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A guide to the best exhibitions and events in the visual arts
Mark Arneson’s vintage street photography is a highlight of this diverse gathering of artworks that play eyewitness to instances of everyday beauty, from 18th-century etchings of ruins to con- temporary urban phenomena like parkour and graffiti art. Until Dec. 13. Art Gallery of Alberta, 100–10230 Jasper Ave., Edmonton.
The Toronto- based artist wryly melds the enduring leg- acies of identity politics and pop-culture mythology in her “utopian feminist com- munity” of monumental fun-fur Lady Sas- quatches. Through Oct. 30. University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, 4401 University Dr.
More than 100 drawings, paintings, textiles and glassworks by Chicago dating from 1968 to the present are featured at the Weiss Gallery in Calgary, while the survey exhibition “If Women Ruled the World: Judy Chicago in Thread” runs concurrently at the Art Gallery of Calgary. Opening Sept 26. Weiss Gallery, 1021–6th St. S.W./Art Gallery of Calgary, 117–8th Ave. S.W.
Found objects are trans- formed into “renewed states” for “Those That Float Because They Are Light,” an array of sculptural constructions that meas- ure the entropic nature of material form. From Sept. 26 to Nov. 15. Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 324–5th St. S., Lethbridge.
Unexpected movement and sound are hallmarks of Diane Landry’s light-hearted yet poignant art. A retrospective of the Quebec sculptor’s work makes a welcome appearance at the Esplanade Art Gallery to Aug. 9. (401–1st St. S.E., Medicine Hat.)
An “unearthed” 1963 folk-rock album is just one element in Chris Millar’s latest over-the-top brew of cultural forms. Through August. (TrépanierBaer, 999–8th St. S.W., Calgary.)
The British artist Steve McQueen’s wryly epic slide-projection work Once Upon a Time continues to July 5 at the Banff Centre’s Walter Phillips Gallery.
With its main space undergoing renovation, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery recruits Lyla Rye, Alli- son Hrabluik, Rita McKeough and others for a series of engaging summer artist projects to take place in Lethbridge’s public locales. To Sept. 19. (Various locations.)
Scaled-up works by Suzan Dionne, Timothy McDowell, Kevin Sonmor and others hypothesize that bigger is better when it comes to painting from July 4 to Aug. 22. (Newzones Gallery, 730–11th Ave. S.W., Calgary.)
The brutal underside of the small-town rodeo is revealed in photographs on view July 3 to Sept. 5. (Art Gallery of Calgary, 117–8th Ave. S.W.)
Vocat’s stylized “pop-up book” sculptures and Holst’s psychologically fraught figurative paintings share a preoccupation with the dark side of youthful imagery. To July 11. (Latitude 53, 10248–106th St., Edmonton.)
A pair of installa- tions made from seeds, roots and other gathered organic materials are on view from July 30 to Aug. 29. (Harcourt House Arts Centre, 10215–112th St., Edmonton.)
Gestural watercolours and drawings by Joyce constitute a breezy 21st-century take on the modernist theme of landscape as experienced by a mov- ing subject. To Aug. 23. (Art Gallery of Alberta, 10230 Jasper Ave., Edmonton.)
Known internationally for his wildlife painting, the Canadian artist presents a major exhibition of his work at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies to Sept. 7. (111 Bear St., Banff.)
Shary Boyle calls her otherworldly imagery “uncomfortable in a seductive way.” Celebrated for her drawings, paintings and sculptures, Boyle has also invented a new artform with her overhead projections, which are realized in jaw-dropping detail and often created live in concert with popular indie musicians. Her performative projections from the past decade are the focus of the exhibition “History of Light,” to Apr. 27. (Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 601–3rd Ave. S., Lethbridge.)
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
Dates already set for next year’s Toronto festival
Applications for this $7,000 student award are due April 6
Event to feature a conversation with Douglas Coupland, gallery tours, a magazine launch and more
Films on Shary Boyle, Elmgreen & Dragset, Michel de Broin and Jon Gnarr set to open the festival on March 22
Opening-night celebration and art-industry talks highlight fifth year of fair
Don’t miss the North American premieres of films on Candida Höfer and Thomas Struth, happening February 23
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.
As one of the primary exhibitions for Contact 2012, “Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces” is ambitious. Charlene K. Lau observes that the two-venue show mirrors the fractures of contemporary life: public and private, visible and invisible, place and non-place.
In this review, writer and artist Joni Murphy considers Abbas Akhavan’s current solo show in Montreal, which activates a variety of themes—war and art, destruction and nation building, human and animal—with a distinctively light touch.
Melding William Morris-style ornamentation with more contemporary concerns, artist Luke Painter detours around dry academicism for something more vibrant and visceral. Mariam Nader reviews his current Toronto show at LE Gallery, finding depth in decoration.
Frieze opened its first New York edition last week with some surprising highlights: sculptures that were free for public viewing outside the big commercial tent. Canadian Art art director Barbara Solowan was there, and brought back this slideshow.
