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NewsGlasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts to close
Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) goes into liquidation and closes today following several years of managerial and financial turmoil at the once vibrant multi-arts centre Read more »| 30 Jan 2026 -
NewsArtists are prophets of doom – we need them more than ever
The Skinny’s former Art editor reflects on 20 years of culture, cheap pints and climate dread – and argues that only artists can tell us where this all ends Read more »| 03 Oct 2025 -
NewsScottish Art Highlights: September 2025
Plenty of new exhibitions and curated events to keep you busy this month, including a pop-up installation by Lindsey Mendick in Dundee and Glasgow Southside Art Weekend Read more »| 02 Sep 2025 -
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CCA apologise for treatment of Palestine protesters
The Glasgow arts venue has publicly apologised for its recent decision-making and says it will make changes to its leadership Read more »| 13 Aug 2025 -
NewsScottish Art Highlights: August 2025
Edinburgh Art Festival's programme is fuelled by communal reflection and queer resistance, while an exhibition in Dundee centres the Palestinian practice of tatreez Read more »| 30 Jul 2025 -
NewsScottish Art Highlights: July 2025
As we edge closer to August (AKA Edinburgh Art Festival), a flurry of exhibitions open across the capital Read more »| 30 Jun 2025
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'A profound rift': Anger grows over CCA's response to Palestine protests
Art Workers for Palestine Scotland (AWFPS) have made a statement contradicting CCA's version of events following the arts centre's closure due to AWFPS's pro-Palestine protests, while Scotland's arts community react to CCA's handling of the situation Read more »| 27 Jun 2025 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Art Festival reveals its 2025 programme
The UK’s largest annual festival of visual art returns with a programme featuring performance by Linder and Lewis Walker, film work by CJ Mahony and Lewis Hetherington, festival Jupiter Rising, and a new festival hub on Leith Street Read more »| 29 May 2025 -
NewsScottish Art Highlights: June 2025
June brings your annual reminder to check out the art school degree shows, plus two exhibitions foregrounding acts of resistance open in Edinburgh Read more »| 29 May 2025 -
ArtEdinburgh International Mural Festival to launch this summer
A new festival dedicated to street art and community – Edinburgh International Mural Festival – will make its debut as part of Hidden Door this June Read more »| 28 Apr 2025 -
NewsScottish Art Highlights: May 2025
Linder Sterling confronts patriarchal ideas of gender and sexuality in her first retrospective in Scotland, while Jeremy Deller invites you to a collaborative punk performance in Dundee Read more »| 28 Apr 2025 -
NewsCCA Highlights: April 2025
After a winter spent in hibernation, the CCA is reopening its doors and its spring programme looks incredible. We get into the nitty-gritty of some of the best things on over the next few months Read more »| 03 Apr 2025 -
NewsScottish Art Highlights: April 2025
Motherhood and creativity is the subject of a landmark exhibition in Dundee, while Portia Zvavahera presents her dreamscapes at Fruitmarket and Jupiter Artland reopens for 2025 Read more »| 02 Apr 2025 -
MusicJupiter Rising x EAF: First details for 2025 revealed
Glasgow DJ and electronic artist TAAHLIAH will headline this year's Jupiter Rising x EAF, the after-dark party of live music, art and performance at Jupiter Artland Read more »| 28 Mar 2025 -
NewsEdinburgh Art Festival & The Skinny Emerging Writers' programme returns
Our Emerging Writers programme with Edinburgh Art Festival returns for 2025 with a new longform commission Read more »| 06 Mar 2025