Art
The Skinny art guide. We bring you the latest in emerging artists, art exhibition previews, reviews, interviews, and features. Find out the latest art news for Scotland with our news columns, and view emerging artists' portfolios in our monthly Showcase.
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FeaturesBacks To The Wall: Glasgow, Community and AI Murals
An AI-generated mural mock-up has struck a nerve in Glasgow's creative community, prompting us to cherish the democratic medium's activist roots Read more »| 26 Jan 2026 -
FeaturesDoor's Open: Keli Mitchell on supporting new Scottish designers
O Street’s Keli Mitchell is opening the studio door to anyone who needs a way in, and offering time, honesty and a little hope Read more »| 16 Jan 2026 -
FeaturesGut Feelings: Reminders of Her
Curator and writer Brooke Hailey Hoffert responds to Andromeda M. Rodriguez's 'Reminders of Her' from My Fierce Aunt Bianca, an exhibition dedicated to the life and legacy of Bianca 'Exotica' Maldonado Read more »| 13 Jan 2026 -
FeaturesAfter Shock: 5 artists shaping performance art in Scotland
Inspired by an exhibition on Marina Abramović’s first performance in Scotland, we interview five artists about the enduring appeal of the experimental medium Read more »| 08 Jan 2026 -
ReviewsJaune Quick-To-See Smith: Wilding @ Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
A survey exhibition at Fruitmarket raises vital questions of land stewardship and offers tender insight into the life of the late artist-activist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Read more »| 07 Jan 2026 -
FeaturesScottish Art Highlights: January 2026
Edinburgh Art Festival is the temporary home to a panel of the beloved UK AIDS Memorial Quilt, while the Glasgow School of Art launches an exhibition on motherhood Read more »| 06 Jan 2026
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FeaturesCreativity Lives!: The Design Hits of 2025
In the face of literally everything, we look at some design industry tops hits to remind us all that creativity is alive and well Read more »| 15 Dec 2025 -
FeaturesGut Feelings: Garnethill Murals
A walk through Glasgow's muralled streets brings up memories of visiting the tenement flat of the late John Kraska, a community activist and artist Read more »| 10 Dec 2025 -
FeaturesPolitical Highlights: On Felicity Hammond and Jamie Cooper's new exhibitions
Two solo exhibitions by Felicity Hammond and Jamie Cooper highlight their political points with vivid colour Read more »| 09 Dec 2025 -
ReviewsRae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊: •~TUA~• 大眼 •~MAK~• @ Tramway, Glasgow
A giant tentacled creature and its tiny co-conspirators occupy Tramway, as Rae-Yen Song’s world-building reaches hypnotic heights Read more »| 09 Dec 2025 -
FeaturesScottish Art Highlights: December 2025
December offers Afrofuturist photography, a meditative film about land dispossession and a survey of Scottish portraiture Read more »| 02 Dec 2025 -
InterviewsRethinking Roots: Shen Xin on Highland Embassy
We speak with Isle of Skye-based artist Shen Xin about the ecological and spiritual themes running through their exhibition at Collective in Edinburgh Read more »| 27 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsGray's Glasgow: A Queer, Working-Class Cartography
Inspired by Alasdair Gray's mythologising of Glasgow, an archive-based exhibition maps the city through a queer, working-class lens Read more »| 10 Nov 2025 -
FeaturesGut Feelings: Get Wet
Rooted in personal discovery, Gut Feelings is a new column that explores how art can be a conduit for memories and sticky emotions. In the launching edition, art writer Megan Rudden responds to Uist Corrigan's exhibition, Get Wet Read more »| 07 Nov 2025 -
FeaturesScottish Art Highlights: November 2025
Fruitmarket presents a major posthumous exhibition dedicated to activist-artist Juane Quick-to-See Smith, while Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊 transforms Tramway into a sub-aquatic world Read more »| 04 Nov 2025