Visual Arts
Satisfying compromise
The problem with art is that it costs money to produce. The problem with artists is that they need to…
Fèis Gleann Albainn
While the eyes of the world are focused on Scotland’s capital for the annual ‘gallon in a pint pot’ International…
Career Profile: Nathan Menglef, artist
Nathan Menglef is a self-taught painter, zinester, illustrator, gutter punk and linux geek, originally from Florida but now living, working…
Edinburgh: the user's guide to greatest show on earth
Well, it might not be the greatest show on earth, but it is big, takes over the whole city and…
Going green
This year environmental sustainability has become 'de rigueur' in the arts. What are some of the green initiatives that have…
Dull, delightful, dazzling: Edinburgh Art Festival
Gordon Haynes takes in three city centre exhibitions as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival and finds them "Dull, delightful…
Career Profile: Martin Ritchie, actor
Martin Ritchie has performed in a number of titles at London's Globe, alongside various other film and theatre projects, and…
Introducing memetics for the arts
As a young artist, there was something about this thing we call ‘Art’ that didn’t quite compute with Anna Howitt…
How to catch a shark, part two: Art that dare not speak its maker’s name
In part one of our look at copyright in the art world, we discovered – shock horror – that Damien…
How to catch a shark, part one: Whose copyright is it anyway?
When Damien Hirst unveiled his diamond-encrusted skull, hands up all those who thought he’d sat up all night sticking the…