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Hot 100 2012: 19-11
11 Dec 2012
David Greig, Karen Gillan and Chris Hoy among Scotland's hottest cultural contributors in 2012
The Hot 100 is our list of Scotland’s 100 hottest individuals and groups who’ve made a splash this year, from comic book writers to comedians, artists to actors. If they've contributed to Scotland's cultural landscape in 2012, you'll find them here.
Hot 100 2012: 29-20
11 Dec 2012
Chvrches, Cora Bissett and Grant Morrison among Scotland's hottest cultural contributors in 2012
The Hot 100 is our list of Scotland’s 100 hottest individuals and groups who’ve made a splash this year, from comic book writers to comedians, artists to actors. If they've contributed to Scotland's cultural landscape in 2012, you'll find them here.
Hot 100 2012: 39-30
11 Dec 2012
Konx-Om-Pax, Ingleby Gallery and NVA among Scotland's hottest cultural contributors in 2012
The Hot 100 is our list of Scotland’s 100 hottest individuals and groups who’ve made a splash this year, from comic book writers to comedians, artists to actors. If they've contributed to Scotland's cultural landscape in 2012, you'll find them here.
Hot 100 2012: 49-40
11 Dec 2012
FOUND, Paul Brannigan and Kerry Hudson among Scotland's hottest cultural contributors in 2012
The Hot 100 is our list of Scotland’s 100 hottest individuals and groups who’ve made a splash this year, from comic book writers to comedians, artists to actors. If they've contributed to Scotland's cultural landscape in 2012, you'll find them here.
Hot 100 2012: 69-60
11 Dec 2012
Rachel Sermanni, Limmy and Peter Capaldi among Scotland's hottest cultural contributors in 2012
The Hot 100 is our list of Scotland’s 100 hottest individuals and groups who’ve made a splash this year, from comic book writers to comedians, artists to actors. If they've contributed to Scotland's cultural landscape in 2012, you'll find them here.
Hot 100 2012: 79-70
11 Dec 2012
Dominic Hill, Ewan Morrison and LuckyMe among Scotland's hottest cultural contributors in 2012
The Hot 100 is our list of Scotland’s 100 hottest individuals and groups who’ve made a splash this year, from comic book writers to comedians, artists to actors. If they've contributed to Scotland's cultural landscape in 2012, you'll find them here.
Hot 100 2012: 100-90
11 Dec 2012
JK Rowling, Tilda Swinton and Andrew Fairlie among Scotland's hottest cultural contributors in 2012
The Hot 100 is our list of Scotland’s 100 hottest individuals and groups who’ve made a splash this year, from comic book writers to comedians, artists to actors. If they've contributed to Scotland's cultural landscape in 2012, you'll find them here.
Hot 100 2012: Five beard trends of 2012
11 Dec 2012
Photographer Jonathan Daniel Pryce - #49 in our Hot 100 - shares a few of his favourite beard pics
Jonathan Daniel Pryce has had a busy year, what with exhibiting his street-style portraits at the Jim Haynes Atelier in Paris, being voted Photographer of the Year at this year’s Scottish Fashion Awards and launching his first book, the beautifully…
Mysterious paper sculptures to reappear for Book Week Scotland
23 Nov 2012
Anonymous sculptor plans to hide new pieces throughout Scotland
The artist behind the mysterious paper sculptures that appeared throughout Edinburgh in 2011 has announced that five more creations will be found during Book Week Scotland. The anonymous sculptor is planning to hide these new pieces in five secret…
Jitka Hanzlova
16 Nov 2012
Photographic retrospective explores post-Cold War communist Czechoslovakia
Whether or not Jitka Hanzlova’s 1982 defection from her home in communist Czechoslovakia to West Germany has any direct bearing on her resulting artistic practice, the very earliest series in this broad-reaching photographic retrospective elicit the…
Cathy Wilkes
16 Nov 2012
Minimal installation by Northern Irish artist explores positioning of objects
Viewers to the Northern Irish artist’s latest exhibition are met with a fairly minimal installation in the Modern Institute, of roughly made dolls, old cross-stitch patterns strewn across the gallery floor and naive little paintings around the walls.
Group show Galapagos explores notion of the islands and Charles Darwin
16 Nov 2012
Including work by Jeremy Deller, Marcus Coates and Tania Kovats
Charles Darwin’s ‘little world within itself’ bears the weight of artistic interpretation in this fascinating group show. Bringing together the work of 11 artists who spent time in the archipelago courtesy of a residency programme set up by the…
Rembrandt and the Passion
16 Nov 2012
Exhibition considers Entombment Sketch in relation to Rembrandt's other work
Rembrandt might be a household name but whenever there is an opportunity to stand in front of his work it brings a renewed understanding of what a master he was in portraying the human condition. This prolific Dutch artist had a disciplined printmaking…
Andy Hope 1930: When Dinosaurs Become Modernists
15 Nov 2012
Investing trash aesthetic of golden age comic book iconography with a subverted mythology
Scary monsters and super-creeps abound in the Berlin-based artist formerly known as Andreas Hofer’s first UK museum exhibition, which features five new works among an epic 41 on show. Seen side by side, there are moments when they resemble an outsize…
Summerhall Art & Music exhibitions
13 Nov 2012
Neil Cooper enjoys six shows exploring the relationships between sound and vision
The pathway from Johnny Cash to Bob Dylan is a tellingly symbolic one in the two most straightforward of six big shows exploring the relationships between sound and vision in very different ways. The images of these two icons of popular music may be a…
The Guardian publish a guide to photography
13 Nov 2012
84-page guide includes contributions from Roger Tooth, Dan Chung and Sean O'Hagan
Those with a keen interest in photography should look out for The Guardian this Saturday 17th November, which contains a free 84-page photography guide. Among those featured in the guide is Roger Tooth, head of photography at The Guardian, who has…
Seth Casteel - Underwater Dogs
12 Nov 2012
A frankly terrifying photography collection documenting submerged hounds
When you see pictures of humans in underwater scenes, they usually have their hair stuck fast to the skull and look as though they are about to implode. It’s a moment when we can look at our most vulnerable and, frankly, weird. In the wet universe of…
Blipfoto: The photo blogging site that went global
8 Nov 2012
How photographer and designer Joe Tree’s own daily photo blog became a global phenomenon
What started as Edinburgh photographer and designer Joe Tree’s own daily photo blog has become - almost by accident - a global phenomenon, with users in over 160 countries who have uploaded two million pictures and counting. Tree started Blipfoto as…
How Glasgow and Scotland became leading forces in visual art
30 Oct 2012
11 Turner prize nominations and six winners in the past 15 years
A country recognised for its commitment to supporting young visual artists and their DIY endeavours, Scotland has planted a well-earned flag on the international art map. Scooping 11 Turner prize nominations and six winners in the past 15 years, a…
Artist-run galleries and collective studio spaces in Scotland
30 Oct 2012
Including Glue Factory, Superclub, Embassy and WASPS Studios
Scotland’s major cities each enjoy a healthy do-it-yourself arts scene, with many collectively run spaces holding exhibitions and providing working studio environments. Among the current key spaces in that hotbed of Turner-prize winning talent, Glasgow…
Emerging fashion designers from Scotland
30 Oct 2012
Tessa Hartmann, Bebaroque, William Chambers, Euan McWhirter, Common People and Rebecca Torres
Tessa Hartmann. Founder of the globally recognised Scottish Fashion Awards and newly announced WGSN (Worth Global Style Network), Hartmann truly deserves a mention on this list. She judge has worked tirelessly over the past decade to give Scottish…
Five design companies from Scotland
30 Oct 2012
Timorous Beasties, Harris Tweed, Blue Marmalade, Linn Audio Equipment and Snook
This Scottish shopping basket shows that the country’s design industries are nothing if not diverse: from traditional woven textiles to the cutting edge of service design, we’ve got it made
Five Scottish buildings of architectural significance
30 Oct 2012
Featuring work from Gareth Hoskins, Richard Murphy and Nicoll Russell
National Museum of Scotland Gareth Hoskins Architects Completed 2011 Roundly hailed as a triumph, the renovation of the somewhat tired and dark National Museum in Edinburgh saw the opening up of the splendidly light central atrium space and the…
Scottish galleries and artworks outside the cities
30 Oct 2012
Including Little Sparta, Taigh Chearsabhagh, Deveron Arts and more
Pier Arts Centre, Orkney. On his native isles’ proliferation of artists, Orcadian writer George Mackay Brown once wrote, ‘I am sure that good art springs from... fruitful contact with the elements.’ The Pier, set up to provide a home for the collection…
Ten emerging artists from Scotland
30 Oct 2012
Including Nick Evans, Torsten Lauschmann, Ashley Nieuwenhuizen and more
Producing six of the last 15 Turner Prize winners – among them Martin Creed, Richard Wright, Susan Philipsz and Simon Starling – the Scottish art scene is an incubator for new international talent. Talitha Kotzé introduces ten of the best
