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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ArtVictorians, Sculpture and Degree Shows: Scottish Art news for June 2015
Degree show season is upon us, as well as a historical show of Victorian photography in Edinburgh and new shows in the major Glasgow galleries Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
ArtGSA Degree Show: MFA
In preparation for the Master of Fine Art show, The Skinny speaks to five different students about what they are presenting and how they feel their work has progressed during their time in the programme Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Art
GSA Degree Show: Fine Art
Glasgow's 2015 Fine Art graduates continue to challenge and excite with works that refuse to conform to practical boundaries Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
FilmThe Interview
The backdrop: green-screen North Korea. The premise: self-serving hacks Dave Skylark (James Franco) and Aaron Rapaport (Seth Rogen) attempt to claw some stan... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Comedy
Let out your inner-animal at Edinburgh Zoo Nights
Jenni Ajderian investigates the intriguing set of night time events upcoming at Edinburgh Zoo Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Music
Son Lux – Bones
Ever the evolving project, Ryan Lott’s Son Lux – now a three-piece – have migrated again, from Joyful Noise to Glassnote. This is, by ... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015
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Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – June 2015
Time to pay respect to your fave Roman deity, the fabulous Juno. Here’s a few alternatives if you're running low on sacrificial goats… Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Music
What Are We Taking Care Of? Jenny Hval interviewed
Daring Norwegian polymath Jenny Hval rejects being an artist and questions everything from religion and capitalism to femininity, gender roles and sexuality on her stirring new LP Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
ArtGSA Degree Show: Return of the Mack
The Glasgow School of Art was overwhelmed with support in the days following the fire in the Mackintosh Building last year; the GSA outline their plans for the building, while one alumna explains her project to document the building. Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
ArtGSA Degree Show: Design
In the final week before assessment, we quiz the Design School students for a few exciting teasers of what to expect in the coming degree show Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
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GSA Degree Show: Architecture
Sometime criticised as the most difficult of the visual arts to read, we take a look at this year's Architecture degree show at Glasgow School of Art. Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Film
Society
Society is part of the long tradition of horror as social commentary. Initially, however, Brian Yuzna's 1989 debut, with its flat cinematography and wooden p... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Music
Wolf Alice – My Love Is Cool
Bin those preconceptions now. Turns out Ellie Rowsell's claim (when she spoke to The Skinny back in March) that those pitching her band as 90s alt-rock ... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Film
Jauja
Part meditative, realist anti-western, part metaphysical, Tarkovsky-esque head-scratcher, Lisandro Alonso’s fifth feature, Jauja (pronounced “How... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Books
Northwest Book Highlights – June 2015
From a medieval Fifty Shades of Grey to an evening of experimental poetry, the start of summer brings a diverse selection of literary events to the Northwest Read more »| 03 Jun 2015