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Will Munro: Ecstatic Legacies In 2010, at the age of 35, Toronto artist/DJ/promoter/activist Will Munro succumbed to brain cancer. Here, David Balzer reviews the first big survey of Munro’s work, which makes apparent how talented, prolific and perceptive this creator was.
Continue reading...26.01.2012 TORONTO Yael Bartana talk 7pm Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas St W
27.01.2012 WINNIPEG Michael Dumontier opening 7-11pm Plug In ICA 1-460 Portage Ave
27.01.2012 VICTORIA “Throw Down” opening 8pm Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 1040 Moss St
28.01.2012 EDMONTON Chris Millar first day Art Gallery of Alberta 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq
01.02.2012 MONTREAL Ghada Amer / Valérie Blass / Wangechi Mutu opening 6pm MACM 185 rue Ste-Catherine O
Dozens of openings, talks and other events happening from coast to coast this week, January 26 to February 1, 2012.
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As a child, Laurie Anderson broke her back while showing off on a diving board. Now, she draws on that experience in The Gray Rabbit, a work having its North American premiere at Calgary’s Glenbow Museum. Nancy Tousley reports on the project, and its inspirations, in this feature interview.
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If Gerhard Richter at Tate Modern was one big painting story in London this fall, Polish painter Wilhelm Sasnal at the Whitechapel Gallery was another. As Richard Rhodes notes in this review, Sasnal’s art has definite staying power.
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While contemporary art often underlines hidden issues in society and politics, the acute absence of an issue is something less easily defined. Opening this week in Montreal, “Chronicles of a Disappearance” makes an attempt towards this difficult project.
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How do we know what we know about war? That’s a question raised by Montreal-based artist Emanuel Licha in “Striking a Pose,” a two-venue show in Saskatoon and Edmonton. Best known for his War Tourist series, Licha explores journalistic reportage in his newest works.
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Calgary-born artist Christian Eckart has always asked a lot of painting, often stretching the medium to optimum effect—right out into sculpture, actually. In this current-issue feature, Mark Cheetham explores Eckart’s innovative, interwoven oeuvre.
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This month, a Lyonel Feininger retrospective organized by New York’s Whitney Museum will open in Montreal. As David Balzer reports, the Canadian spin on this modern master promises to highlight overlooked output in music.
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Curated by artist Sarah Anne Johnson and critic Meeka Walsh, “Out of Nowhere” is New York group show of Winnipeg artists. Hadani Ditmars reviews, finding a fresh perspective on the Canadian aesthetic.
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Amid the many distractions of an information-saturated world, a quiet moment of reflection may seem rare, and even slightly disorienting. Artist Steve Bates (recently featured in the Quebec Triennial) taps this tension in new sound-and-video works showing in Montreal.
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After working in construction for 15 years, Reece Terris went to art school. Now, his works—from time-travelling apartments to guerilla bridges—marry trade tricks with inimitable insights. Find out more in this current-issue feature by Robin Laurence.
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What is a park? More than a century ago, Frederick Law Olmsted offered some answers. In this Canadian Art archives article, Max Kozloff reflects on Olmsted’s legacy as framed by photographers Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander and Geoffrey James.
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Reserve February 22 to 26 to watch fascinating docs about visual artists at the TIFF Bell Lightbox
Submissions for post-secondary student award of $7,000 are due April 6
Talk to take place January 26 at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Canadian premiere of new Marina Abramović documentary to be fêted February 22 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox
All our best wishes for the new year to come
Talks by Dan Cameron and Annie Cohen-Solal, free gallery programs among highlights of 2011
