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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ReviewsScotland + Venice @ Venice Biennale
One of the most intellectual shows this year at this year’s Venice Biennale, the Scottish Pavilion requires no small investment of your time. Corin Sw... Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
InterviewsScene Change: Marc Chagall at Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool's summer blockbuster show re-examines the work of Marc Chagall with a particular focus on his drama and narrative. We travel through the artist's ‘Theatre of Dreams’, with insights from co-curator Stephanie Straine Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
ReviewsJohanna Basford @ DCA
The latest offering from Dundee Contemporary Arts showcases the work of one of the city's very own art graduates, artist and illustrator Johanna Basford. Gra... Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
ReviewsAntti Laitinen @ Finnish Pavilion, Venice Biennale
It might be easy to dismiss the series of reconstructed birch trees outside Finland’s pavilion at the Giardini as yet another tree-centric piece of env... Read more »| 09 Jul 2013 -
FeaturesOwn Art: GRID: Going Places
Innovative Glasgow-based interactive art map GRID comes to Edinburgh – we chat to its creators, Sebastian Gorton Kavik and Arron Sands Read more »| 09 Jul 2013 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Callum Sutch
Showcase: Callum Sutch With a BA in Fine Art, Callum Sutch graduates this year from Manchester School of Art – where, he says, he has “spent the... Read more »| 08 Jul 2013
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Emerging Artists
Create at Salford Festival – Degree Show
We discover a class of 2013 more than prepared to take on the real world at the The University of Salford’s degree show Read more »| 04 Jul 2013 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Dennis Reinmüller
Showcase: Dennis Reinmüller On a face-achingly bleak early spring evening in the capital a quietly baffled audience trudged to a re-imagining of one of... Read more »| 04 Jul 2013 -
Reviews
Processing @ The Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool, until 29 Sep
Curated by Jack Welsh, Processing forms a dialogue between artist, writer and exhibition guest, aiding the parallel programme for LOOK/13 (the Liverpool Inte... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
Reviews
Maurice Carlin: Performance Publishing @ Regent Trading Estate, until 20 Jul
Over several months, Maurice Carlin has been producing variations on his Corrupted Images, whereby he takes a printed reading from a surface, publishing it s... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
News
Postcard from Venice Biennale
Our art editor travels to Venice and gives us a selection of highlights from this year's Biennale, including new work by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
Festivals
Jeremy Deller: Master of Ceremonies
Batting for Britain this year at the Venice Biennale is Anglophile Jeremy Deller. We quizzed him about national identity, cultural stereotypes and how he avoids exploiting people. Over a cup of tea, naturally Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
News
Manchester International Festival: Art As Experience
With pulses racing for the likes of Kenneth Branagh and Massive Attack, Manchester International Festival's visual arts strand can feel a little overlooked. We unearth an interactive programme, and talk to Inne Goris about her thoughtful film installation Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Reviews
David Batchelor: Flatlands @ Fruitmarket
Conventionally marginalised or removed from fine art, colour is tacky, tasteless; a distraction from the purity of intellect of serious artistic endeavour ev... Read more »| 28 Jun 2013 -
Galleries
In Pictures: Leith Late 2013
In Pictures: Leith Late 2013 Some images from Leith Late 2013: Photography by David P Scott Read more »| 27 Jun 2013