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In this cover story from the Summer 2011 issue of Canadian Art, critic Sarah Milroy visits with Vancouver artist Steven Shearer as he prepares to exhibit in the Canada Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale.
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In recent years, Victoria’s Luanne Martineau has won renown for conceptual art that employs terrific levels of textile and paper handicraft. In this feature from our spring issue, Martineau talks about her multifaceted practice with critic and artist Noah Becker.
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The Biennale de Montréal kicks off this week with a big international exhibition on the theme of chance. In this article from our spring issue, Isa Tousignant talks with biennale curators Claude Gosselin and David Liss about their curatorial gamble.
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The Automatistes might be art heroes in Canada, but their international importance is often overlooked. In this revelatory feature from our spring issue, curator Roald Nasgaard delves into the group’s pivotal (and globally prescient) production.
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Brendan Fernandes, one of the youngest artists ever to be shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award, is a talent on the rise. Find out why in this Spring 2011 issue feature penned by Canadian Art Foundation Writing Prize winner Pandora Syperek.
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Horror films, slapstick comedy and folk tales converge in the work of Myfanwy MacLeod, whose monumental The Birds sculpture for Vancouver's Olympic Plaza is explored in Danielle Egan's cover story from our Spring 2011 Issue.
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Bombastic American art star Julian Schnabel came to Toronto last fall for the premiere of his new film Miral at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the opening of "Julian Schnabel: Art and Film" at the Art Gallery of Ontario. In this feature from our Spring 2011 issue, writer Daniel Baird visits Schnabel at his summer home in Montauk, Long Island, right before his Canadian landing.
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Artist Brian Jungen, best known for his transformation of contemporary objects into Aboriginal motifs, has seen great success over the past decade. In this feature from our Spring 2011 issue, critic Sarah Milroy talks with the artist of his new work, and his longstanding ties with the reserve at Doig River First Nation north of Fort St. John, B.C.
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This article from the winter 2010/11 issue of Canadian Art provides a glimpse of National Gallery of Canada senior curator of contemporary art Josée Drouin-Brisebois as she prepares to introduce Steven Shearer to the 2011 Venice Biennale.
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First Nations artist Dana Claxton had a great-grandmother who walked alongside Sitting Bull, and as a creator, curator and educator she’s made great strides addressing such overlooked histories. Find out more in this winter-issue feature by Lynne Bell.
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Art, artist and art school intertwine in the recent work of Landon Mackenzie, an energetic painter and influential instructor at Emily Carr. In this feature from our winter issue, critic Robin Laurence explores the webs of connections in Mackenzie’s practice.
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With more than 30 years in the classroom, sculptor Mowry Baden is a teacher’s teacher. In this feature from our winter issue, author Ann Ireland reveals some of Baden’s top teachable moments, from childhood to retirement and beyond.
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He paints. He writes. He teaches. He administers. John Kissick is the busiest person critic Pete Smith has ever met. Now, Smith takes a closer look at Kissick (his past professor and “Guelph Mafia” don) in a feature from the Winter issue of Canadian Art.
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For 30 years, award-winning artist Rita McKeough has been an energetic creator and influential teacher who forgoes separating art and life. Discover why in Diana Sherlock’s in-depth feature from the current issue of Canadian Art.
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The Endless Art of Calgary’s Eric Cameron
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Canadian premiere of new Marina Abramović documentary to be fêted February 22 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox
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Free exhibition at the Power Plant highlights our nation’s emerging painting stars
Award in Portrait Photography category recognizes Donald Weber's artist project in the Fall 2010 issue
More than 300 GTA teens enjoy free downtown-Toronto gallery talks during this fall’s School Hop
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.
The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s recent Group of Seven show was one of the UK museum’s biggest hits ever, drawing 41,000 visitors. The attention was deserved, writes Sarah Milroy, as the exhibition offered new insights even to seasoned Canadian-art observers.
The Occupy movement has galvanized the way we think about haves and have-nots. But where do artists fit in? As Joseph R. Wolin observes in this review of David Altmejd’s show at the Brant Foundation, context can be as powerful as content in determining the split.
What happens to identity when our relationship to land and language is disrupted? This is a key question raised in “A Stake in the Ground,” an exhibition of works by 25 First Nations artists, curated by Nadia Myre, that’s currently at Montreal gallery Art Mûr.
Our education and careers site has just posted more stories and tips to help students achieve a great winter term. Highlights include a profile of internationally renowned fashion designer Jeremy Laing, a Q&A on grad schools and more.
