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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MusicRun The Jewels – Run The Jewels
With Run The Jewels, El-P and Killer Mike deliver an object lesson in the first principles of hip-hop. The beats are a showcase in minimalist effectiveness &... Read more »| 11 Jul 2013 -
FilmPacific Rim
Fantasy man Guillermo del Toro’s latest, Pacific Rim, is a large-scale love letter to Japanese sci-fi, but also an accessible blockbuster imbued w... Read more »| 11 Jul 2013 -
Art
They Are All Explorers: Manchester School of Art Degree Show 2013
Manchester School of Art Degree Show 2013 suggests a graduating year of explorers and innovators Read more »| 11 Jul 2013 -
MusicPaul White – Watch The Ants EP
Paul White's relentless eclecticism – bouncing manically like a pinball between electro, krautrock, hip-hop, psychedelic synth jams, and even jazz... Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
Books
Natasha Smith: Where the Hidden Andalusia Trembles
Ahead of presenting her latest work at Manchester's Cervantes Institute this month, emerging writer Natasha Smith talks about her life in Spain, Andalusian culture, and studying under Jeanette Winterson Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
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Scotland + 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
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Art
Scene 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 -
Art
Johanna 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 -
Art
Antti 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 -
Music
Star & Dagger – Tomorrowland Blues
Two-thirds of Star & Dagger's membership (White Zombie's Sean Yseult, Dava She Wolf from Cycle Sluts from Hell) should give budding listeners some idea o... Read more »| 09 Jul 2013 -
ComedyBabies aren’t cute. Especially when they’re just born.
Recently my friend had a baby and invited me to come to visit them in the hospital. I was thrilled. And by thrilled, I mean infuriated Read more »| 09 Jul 2013 -
MusicFoals' Yannis Philipakkis looks to festival season
Foals’ ambitious third album Holy Fire has elevated the Oxford five-piece to the next level, but Yannis Philippakis is hungry for more Read more »| 09 Jul 2013 -
Music
Sam Thomas – Blind Theatre
On the cover of Blind Theatre, a young boy fashions spaceships from boxes and bottles while behind, a full-size shuttle blasts itself skywards. It&rsquo... Read more »| 09 Jul 2013 -
Music
Ikonika – Aerotropolis
Emerging onto London’s bass scene with 2010’s Contact, Love, Want, Have, Ikonika (aka Sara Abdel-Hamid) presented an infectious amalgamation... Read more »| 09 Jul 2013 -
Art
Own 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