Art
The Skinny art guide. We bring you the latest in emerging artists, art exhibition previews, reviews, interviews, and features. Find out the latest art news for Scotland with our news columns, and view emerging artists' portfolios in our monthly Showcase.
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ReviewsÂngela Ferreira @ Stills, until 27 Oct
Ângela Ferreira’s show Political Cameras is dominated by a number of fashionable structures; skeletal forms constructed from stripped wood adorne... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
ShowcaseThe Skinny Showcase: Barry Steadmund
Showcase: Barry Steadmund Barry Steadmund is first and foremost an acclaimed medium and investigator of the paranormal; recently, however, he has come to be... Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Features
Own Art: iota: One Stop Shop for Art
Operating from a busy street in Hyndland, iota is the corner shop of art galleries. Co-founder Monica McCarey gives us an introduction Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
InterviewsLucy Skaer: A Brief History of Time
Back in town after four years in New York, Lucy Skaer gives us a few words on her biggest UK show since the 2009 Turner Prize Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 27 September
In today's Bulletin: Irvine Welsh talks Filth; new Batman spinoff in the works; Metallica invent EDM; Mark Lanegan and friends cover The xx; CHVRCHES cover Whitney Houston; Twin Shadow covers Tori Amos; plus first look at Avengers: Age of Ultron Read more »| 27 Sep 2013 -
Interviews
Jack Vettriano: The Art World's Barry White
Ahead of his major retrospective at the Kelvingrove, Scotland's most successful artist gets down to the nitty-gritty of human nature Read more »| 26 Sep 2013
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Reviews
Andrea Büttner @ Tramway, until 13 Oct
Increasingly viewed as a hotbed for extremists, crazies, perverts and toxic small-mindedness, organised religion has some serious PR problems. Cleaning up it... Read more »| 25 Sep 2013 -
ShowcaseThe Skinny Showcase: Penny Davenport
Showcase: Penny Davenport Liverpool-based artist Penny Davenport makes drawings of characters and scenes. “I always struggle with the explanati... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 20 September
Rare live footage of Nirvana unearthed; new music from Mazzy Star, Honeyblood, Grizzly Bear and Deltron 3030; a look at the Craft Scotland Conference; and some gig dates for your diary with The Outer Church, HaddowFest and Eastern Promise Read more »| 20 Sep 2013 -
Reviews
Richard Mosse @ Irish Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Upon entering the Irish pavilion on the bank of the Grand Canal, you are met with three monumental images of luscious jungle-scape, the foliage unnervingly r... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
Reviews
Vadim Zakharov @ Russian Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Curated by Udo Kittelmann, Vadim Zakharov’s ambitious work focuses on the Greek myth of the impregnation of Danaë. When her father’s death i... Read more »| 12 Sep 2013 -
Reviews
There Will Be New Rules Next Week @ DCA, until 23 Sep
Running in conjunction with the first ever Print Festival Scotland, There Will Be New Rules Next Week celebrates all things print. The show centres around Si... Read more »| 10 Sep 2013 -
Reviews
When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013 @ Prada Foundation, Venice
When Attitudes Become Form is a re-enactment of Harald Szeeman's landmark exhibition that took place in the Bern Kunsthalle in 1969, translated as accurate... Read more »| 05 Sep 2013 -
Features
Stage and Intervention: SPACE IS NOT A VOID at The Royal Standard
A new exhibition at The Royal Standard in Liverpool seeks to question both the notion of collage and the very space it occupies. Curator Madeline Hall introduces us to exhibiting artists Laura Aldridge, Emily Musgrave and Lauren Printy Currie Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
News
Double Indemnity @ Cornerhouse, Manchester, 14 Sep-5 Jan
When Phyllis (Barbara Stanwyck) comes into your life, everything changes. Don’t believe us? Then see for yourself at Cornerhouse’s autumn exhibit... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013