Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Heads Up
The Degree Show isn’t the only event to look forward to at the GSA this summer. Here are some events, exhibitions and talks to keep an eye on Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Architecture
From the conceptual reimagination of the Highlands to an analysis of the city of Copenhagen, the MSA Degree Show covers the breadth of the built environment today Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Design
Together, these emerging designers are challenging conventional boundaries while proposing thoughtful responses to contemporary life Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: MDes Communication Design
For students on the MDes Communication Design programme this year, location and surroundings appear as a framework exploring how images, narratives and landscapes shape, fix, or unsettle the ways in which people are defined Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Fine Art
Students from the School of Fine Art have explored perception and scale across all degree programmes. Their installations invite immersion across diverse ideas, intentions and forms Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Innovation and Technology
The work of students at SIT embodies the space where future and present overlap, in the intersection of art and technology Read more »| 28 May 2026
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MusicSpotlight On... Acolyte
Following the release of their debut EP The Blue Dark and ahead of a launch party this weekend in Edinburgh, we catch up with Acolyte Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
MusicMusic Now podcast: Kai Reesu on their SAY Award win and songwriting process
Paul Copeland and Jurnalist of Kai Reesu chat to us for the latest episode of our Scottish music podcast – listen to the episode here Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtShame Parade: Bugarin + Castle's Scotland + Venice exhibition
At the Venice Biennale, Bugarin + Castle's Scotland + Venice pavilion reverberates against rising transphobia, reimagining cross-cultural traditions of public shaming through sound, sculpture and spectacle Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
FilmMitchell Robertson on his role in Richard Gadd's Half Man
Richard Gadd has followed up his blistering Baby Reindeer with the similarly intense Half Man, the story of two young men who forge a toxic codependent friendship. We speak to one of the show's young stars, Mitchell Robertson Read more »| 27 May 2026 -
MusicIceage – For Love of Grace & the Hereafter
On their latest album, Danish five-piece Iceage stay true to form with a relentless, fizzing energy and some unexpected turns Read more »| 27 May 2026 -
MusicBoards of Canada – Inferno
The enigmatic brothers Boards of Canada warp space and time on their most sonically diverse offering yet Read more »| 26 May 2026 -
FilmTuner
On paper, Daniel Roher's piano tuner turned safe cracker yarn sounds a bit generic, but Roher's sharp direction and the excellent performances from Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman make it more than worth your while Read more »| 26 May 2026 -
MusicThe Bug Club – Every Single Muscle
Embracing a diet closer to punk than their classic garage rock sound, Every Single Muscle comprises the same beautiful and raw poetry The Bug Club are adored for Read more »| 26 May 2026 -
MusicKurt Vile – Philadelphia's been good to me
Kurt Vile is more upbeat than ever on his excellent new album, Philadelphia’s been good to me – it could just be his best yet Read more »| 26 May 2026