International Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny international festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and 2019 line-up information for international festivals such as Primavera Sound, Le Guess Who and Toronto Film Fest.
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FestivalsFestival Watch: Outkast to reunite for Coachella 2014
The lineup for this year's Coachella Festival (11-13 & 18-20 Apr) was announced this week, the big news being that Atlanta rap duo Outkast have reformed to headline the event, alongside Arcade Fire Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Portishead & Interpol for ATP Iceland, Slayer & Alice In Chains for Sonisphere
The headliners for this year's ATP Iceland (10-12 Jul) have been announced – the first two artists heading upthe bill in Keflavík will... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
FestivalsFestival Watch: MUTEK Barcelona headliners announced; T in the Park gets 1am license
MUTEK takes place in Canada, Mexico and Barcelona in Spain, with the Barcelona show providing a chance for Spanish artists to play alongside international lu... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
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Festival Watch: Sónar 2014, with Massive Attack, Richie Hawtin and more
Sónar Barcelona (12-14 June) has announced the first wave of acts confirmed to play the 2014 edition of Europe's most established music festival dedic... Read more »| 12 Dec 2013 -
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Festival Watch: Dimensions and Wee Dub lineups announced
Dimensions Festival (27-31 Aug) has just announced the first wave of acts confirmed to play in 2014. The Croatian festival takes place in Pula, in the surrou... Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
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Les Trans Musicales de Rennes Festival 2013
Since 1979, Trans Musicales has maintained a position as one of the truly most unique, startling, baffling and often downright bonkers music festivals on the calendar. We take a look at what curator Jean-Luis Brossard holds up his sleeve this December... Read more »| 22 Nov 2013
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Bedwyr Williams @ Welsh Pavilion, Venice Biennale
There’s something eccentrically humungous about the garden observatory cum shed that's been ceremoniously dropped into a small Venetian chapel by W... Read more »| 13 Nov 2013 -
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Richard Mosse @ Irish Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Upon entering the Irish pavilion on the bank of the Grand Canal, you are met with three monumental images of luscious jungle-scape, the foliage unnervingly r... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
ArtVadim Zakharov @ Russian Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Curated by Udo Kittelmann, Vadim Zakharov’s ambitious work focuses on the Greek myth of the impregnation of Danaë. When her father’s death i... Read more »| 12 Sep 2013 -
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When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013 @ Prada Foundation, Venice
When Attitudes Become Form is a re-enactment of Harald Szeeman's landmark exhibition that took place in the Bern Kunsthalle in 1969, translated as accurate... Read more »| 05 Sep 2013 -
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Dénes Farkas, Estonian Pavilion @ Venice Biennale
With a practice defined in the press release as 'meaningful meaningless,' the premise of Dénes Farkas' contribution to the Estonian pavilion is painfu... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Ed Atkins @ The Encyclopedic Palace, Venice Biennale
The Trick Brain takes as its starting point a section of archival footage filmed in Andre Breton's Parisian home following his death in 1966. Cluttered with ... Read more »| 21 Aug 2013 -
ArtBerlinde De Bruyckere, Belgian Pavilion @ Venice Biennale
In the darkened space of the Belgian Pavilion a massive wax form rests horizontally across the gallery floor –artist Berlinde De Bruyckere’s cast... Read more »| 31 Jul 2013 -
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Yuri Ancarani @ The Encyclopedic Palace, Venice Biennale
Yuri Ancarani's video in the Arsenale is not for the squeamish: the piece Da Vinci takes place in an operating room. The title comes from a human-controlled ... Read more »| 31 Jul 2013 -
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Slottsfjell Festival, Tunsberg Norway – 18-20 July
Vic Galloway reports back from the front-lines of Norway's esteemed annual gathering Read more »| 30 Jul 2013