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Arnaud Maggs: Winner of the $50,000 Scotiabank Photography Award The 85-year-old artist Arnaud Maggs nudged out Fred Herzog and Alain Paiement as winner of the second annual Scotiabank Photography Award, announced last night in Toronto. This $50,000 win follows the opening of a major Maggs survey at the National Gallery of Canada.
Continue reading...10.05.12 CALGARY Luanne Martineau opening 6-8pm TrépanierBaer 999 8 St SW
11.05.12 HAMILTON Dawit L. Petros opening 7-10pm The Print Studio 173 James St N
12.05.12 HAMILTON “TH&B2” closing performances 8pm 270 Sherman Ave N
12.05.12 HALIFAX “Soft” / Sara Hartland-Rowe first day MSVU Art Gallery 166 Bedford Highway
12.05.12 VANCOUVER Yang Fudong first day Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby St
Dozens of openings, talks and other events happening from coast to coast this week, May 10 to 16, 2012.
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Have you ever noticed that, upon graduation from art school, many artists are hesitant to declare themselves as such? It would appear that a degree is not enough. In her second column for our site, author Sarah Thornton looks at credibility as the crux of being an artist.
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Issues from the surveillance society to armed conflict get the spotlight in the Contact Photography Festival’s 2012 outing, which is themed on ideas of the public. As usual, there’s lots to see; here are our picks.
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For journalist Danielle Egan, Angela Grossmann’s collages conjure Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Here, Egan describes Grossmann’s current Vancouver show and examines how her figures highlight the wondrous in contemporary womanhood.
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Is it possible to track the demise of a medium based on its increasing prevalence in art galleries? If so, the physical book is well on its way, as indicated by several recent exhibitions. In this review, David Balzer studies one such show on now in Montreal.
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Vancouver’s James Nizam is known for works that marry the concerns of architecture with those of photography—some of his past projects turned abandoned rooms in into pinhole cameras. Now, for his latest show at Gallery Jones, Nizam sculpts light in surprising ways.
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The Art Gallery of Ontario has a blockbuster on its hands in its new exhibition of highlights from Paris’ Musée National Picasso. With the French museum undergoing renovations, its stellar collection is effectively in Canada until the last week of August.
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The animated public artworks of London’s Julian Opie are known for mesmerizing passersby in cities worldwide. Last week, his first four-sided LED tower with rotating motion debuted in Calgary. Nancy Tousley reports.
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A hereditary chief and renowned Kwakwaka'wakw carver, the late Doug Cranmer was a master artist who preferred to refer to himself as a “doodler” and “whittler.” Here, Susan Walker reviews his Vancouver survey, "Kesu'," which means “wealth being carved.”
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Do you dream in colour or in black and white? It’s a cliché question, but Turner Prize*—the cheekily named Regina collective—has more novel uses for the answers than one might suspect. Over the past few years, it’s been restaging other people’s dreams.
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In an age when print is on the decline, the art of Ève K. Tremblay has a special poignancy. As Daniel Baird writes in this feature from our current issue, Tremblay's projects cogently intertwine printed books with life experiences and vital memories.
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Toronto's most anticipated art party is slated for Thursday, September 20
Timothy Taylor's feature on Zacharias Kunuk and Douglas Weber's portfolio on Kunuk's hometown recognized
Full talks and tours schedule, Douglas Coupland conversation info, and magazine launch details posted for free day of activities
Applications due May 9 for $55,000 in prizes
Free art tours for high-school students to take place in April and May
New writers on contemporary art encouraged to apply by June 1
