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 2023: School of Simulation and Visualisation
Students graduating from the GSA School of Simulation and Visualisation have a shared interest in sustainability, and approach to audience engagement Read more »| 01 Jun 2023 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2023: Innovation School
With topics ranging from contraception to designing new ways of creating a cultural connection, the fourth-year exhibition from GSA's Product Design students provides a glimpse into the future of design Read more »| 01 Jun 2023 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2023: School of Architecture
Students at the Mackintosh School of Architecture focus on the challenges of climate change, biodiversity, engaging communities and breathing new life into forgotten infrastructures Read more »| 01 Jun 2023 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2023: Master of Fine Art
2023's graduating MFA class from Glasgow School of Art share an interest in the personal and experiential, and the wider cultural intersections of the two Read more »| 01 Jun 2023 -
FilmTom Hardiman on one-shot whodunnit Medusa Deluxe
Medusa Deluxe, a delirious murder mystery set at a hairdressing competition, is the most original British film of the year. We chat to director Tom Hardiman about his ingenious whodunnit, which seemingly unfolds in a single-shot Read more »| 31 May 2023 -
MusicProtomartyr – Formal Growth In The Desert
Sonically, the sixth album from Detroit-post-punk-quartet Protomartyr is one of their densest efforts yet, and features frontman Joe Casey's finest vocals Read more »| 31 May 2023
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MusicScottish New Music Round-Up: June 2023
From experimental jazz to indie-pop concept albums, there's so much good Scottish music flying around this summer, you'll need a really big net to catch it all Read more »| 31 May 2023 -
ArtCCA Highlights: June 2023
In addition to its regular scheduling of some brilliant film screenings and exhibitions, the CCA will be extra lively this month with the arrival of two immersive arts festivals Read more »| 31 May 2023 -
MusicLe Tigre on DIY culture & their live return
While a wave of new bedroom beatmakers might’ve racked up the awards in their absence, Le Tigre's outspoken singalongs have never felt more relevant. We chat DIY culture with the trio ahead of their return to UK and European stages Read more »| 31 May 2023 -
BooksScottish Books Events: June 2023
It's a poetry heavy month, with the launch of two new poetry nights in Glasgow and plenty of spoken word at Hidden Door and Spit It Out Festival Read more »| 31 May 2023 -
ArtScottish Art Events & Exhibitions: June 2023
Art Night takes place in Scotland for the first time this month, alongside an array of festivals and exhibitions across the country Read more »| 31 May 2023 -
FilmScottish Film Events: June 2023
This month The Folk Film Gathering returns with a focus on Ukrainian cinema and gives some classic Play for Today films the big screen treatment Read more »| 31 May 2023 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: June 2023
Festival season kicks off, plus big gigs from CHVRCHES, Wu-Tang Clan and Arctic Monkeys – here's our pick of June's best gigs across Scotland Read more »| 30 May 2023 -
MusicCaroline Polachek @ SWG3, Glasgow, 25 May
Caroline Polachek brings grace, glamour and grit to the SWG3 Galvanizers’ stage for her knock-out Scottish debut Read more »| 30 May 2023 -
FilmTina Satter on NSA whistleblower thriller Reality
Life proves stranger than fiction in Reality, Tina Satter's gripping real-time thriller about NSA whistleblower Reality Winner. Satter tells us why she wanted to dramatise Winner's life by using verbatim transcripts of her interrogation by the FBI Read more »| 30 May 2023