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The 44th exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists opened at the Public Reference Library in Toronto on March 11, 1916.
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Fact meets fiction in Iris Häussler’s installation odysseys
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It is a strange, even astonishing phenomenon that a century into its checkered history, the monochrome still represents an act of daring.
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Everybody knows the story: “This is the story of General Idea and the story of what we wanted.”
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Last summer, on a warm, clear day, a breezy afternoon appropriately close to the magical, dreamy stroke of Midsummer’s Eve, a deceptively simple work of art induced in me a feeling I’d thought my art-weary eyes (soul?— I wish) had lost long ago—wonder.
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Arthur Renwick’s photography combines beauty and politics
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The French-Moroccan Montrealer 2Fik is a gender-bending activist and self-taught photographer who considers his debut exhibition, held at Galerie [sas], to be his coming-out as a visual artist.
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It is rare to find a creative practice that harmonizes critical thinking and positive momentum. The Vancouver-based artists Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, however, seem to have mastered this delicate balancing act.
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“Diabolique” is an ambitious two-part exhibition filled with images ranging from bombs to corpses and from fighter jets to, of course, penises. If the symbols seem all too familiar, that is in part the point of the show, which is as much about violence and war as about the iconographies and processes of their representation.
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In his 2009 exhibition at Blanket Contemporary Art, his first after winning the 2008 RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Jeremy Hof introduces recognizably Minimalist forms into his painting, sculpture and monochromes.
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The first work that you stumble upon in Michal Rovner’s exhibition at DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art dispels any doubt about the depth of the Israeli artist’s aesthetic.
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When I first heard about “Animal House: Works of Art Made by Animals,” my first thought was: if the work itself is silly, can the theoretical context that frames it be enough to make for a compelling experience?
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I found myself slipping right into the phenomenology of Kelly Lycan’s all-white installation WHITE HOT at Gallery TPW in Toronto
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Welcome to the 25th-anniversary issue of Canadian Art.
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Ydessa Hendeles joins U of T as professor; Ian Wallace's big honour; MacKenzie Art Gallery names Stuart Reid as head; New mandate for DHC/ART; The New Art Gallery of Alberta; Bob Rennie collection moves to Chinatown; Vancouver's "Offsite" showcase
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Eleven films, two shorts, a public performance and two workshops to take place at the Alberta College of Art + Design
Straight from the Sundance Film Festival, Tamra Davis' moving documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child pays homage to her friend, the legendary artist, in his own words
Two top documentaries on Swiss art will be followed by a special Q and A with Beyeler Foundation head Samuel Keller!
Whimsical, fascinating film to premiere at the Reel Artists Film Festival
World, North American and Canadian premieres to be introduced by specially invited artists, authors, curators and directors, including Susan Vogel, Joanne Tod and Barbara Fischer.
This fall, Canadian Art’s young patron group visited the home and studio of Jason McLean, where they toured the artist’s personal collection.
Canadian Art launched its much-anticipated winter issue at Leo Kamen Gallery in Toronto on Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
Places as finalist in competitive, first-ever best e-newsletter category
On October 23, the Canadian Art New Contemporaries enjoyed a series of art talks and gallery tours at the Toronto International Art Fair.
This year’s festival showcases 13 films on top art world figures including world, North American and Canadian premieres.
Born in Trinidad, raised in Mississauga and based in New York, Denyse Thomasos is known widely for her striking abstract paintings. Following spates in large-scale installation, Thomasos returns to smaller canvases in her latest Toronto solo show.
Reinterpreting movie posters, song lyrics and the idea of the artist documentary, Tony Romano brings a playful, experimental spirit to his latest solo show at Diaz Contemporary in Toronto.
Love it or hate it, the 2010 Olympics had an inescapably surreal quality in its final days. Here, in the last of three reports from Vancouver, Danielle Egan captures the moods and madness of the games’ end and muses on the potential hangover to come.
Dan Perjovschi’s large-scale installations of critically edged drawings on gallery walls have been featured at the Venice Biennale, Tate Modern and other notable venues. With his latest project now on in Toronto, Bryne McLaughlin talks with the artist about his life and work.
Shows based on today’s art collectors are increasingly frequent. But it’s rarer to get a glimpse of historical patrons. Now Gabrielle Moser explores the possibilities in an interview with René Villeneuve, curator of “Lord Dalhousie: Patron and Collector.”
