Spin Events
Private Collector's Visit
Quantity Surveyor (1) 2008 by Craig Mulholland (c) Courtesy of the artist. Private collection
Edinburgh
30 July 2009, 6-7.30pm
This month, we will be visiting the home of a private art collector. Kirstie Skinner, as many of you may know, was the founder of Spin and its co-ordinator from 2003-2005. We are delighted that she has kindly agreed to open up her home so that we can view and discuss her collection of contemporary art which includes works by Jessica Harrison, Andrew Mackenzie, Moyna Flannigan, Janice McNab, Ruth Claxton, Craig Mulholland and Charles Avery. We will find out what draws her to individual works and how she approaches collecting contemporary art for a domestic setting.
Kirstie specialises in the interpretation, mediation and research of contemporary art. She completed her PhD, Spectres of Minimalism, in May 2009 at Edinburgh College of Art, where she also taught for many years. She has devised conferences and talks programmes for National Galleries of Scotland and Glasgow City Council, and regularly organises and leads foreign professional development tours on behalf of the Scottish Arts Council. Recent projects have included the creation of a website for the National Collecting Scheme for Scotland (a catalogue of over 130 acquisitions, accompanied by filmed interviews with participating curators), and Vocal, an action research project at the Collective Gallery focusing on gallery interpretation. From 2005 to 2009, she was a Specialist Advisor for the Scottish Arts Council.