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A guide to the best exhibitions and events in the visual arts
Fact and fiction merge to activate new historical understandings in this group display organized by New York’s Independent Curators International. With works by an A-list cast of more than 15 international practitioners, including Cao Fei, Omer Fast, Jeremy Deller, Joachim Koester and the Montreal artist Emanuel Licha, the show posits that truth is a malleable social and political commodity best seen with a critical eye on both past and present. To Aug. 29. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W.
The Toronto artist’s long-standing interest in collecting and display practices underlies Le jardin du sommeil, an orderly “garden” of century-old cribs and cradles that adds up to a fascinating, poignant meditation on childhood and shared experience. Until Aug. 22. Prairie Art Gallery, 9839–103rd Ave., Grande Prairie.
Works by an all-star cast of Canadian and international artists form the first of a trio of exhibitions arguing for the continuing relevance of the traditional academic genres. Through Aug. 22. Contemporary Art Gallery, 555 Nelson St., Vancouver.
A major retrospective demonstrates how Klein concisely channelled the 20th century’s material and spiritual radicalism in his short, dramatic career. To Sept. 12. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Mall, Washington.
The stylized and spectacular sci-fi imaginings of the 1960s live again in darkly out-there sculptures and diorama pieces by Brandon Vickerd, Kevin Yates and Donovan Barrow. On view July 9 to August 21. Cambridge Galleries, 1 N. Sq.
Works by the Sydney, Australia–based Souliere ingeniously translate First Nations design elements into the language of utilitarian objects. To Aug. 1. New Gallery, 100–7th Ave. S.W., Calgary.
“At the Far Edge of Words,” a survey show of works in numerous media spanning more than three decades, testifies to the Ontario artist’s particular genius for creating ”political art expressed poetically.” June 18 through Aug. 22. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 1825 Main Mall, Vancouver.
Calder’s much-loved art is joined by new work from seven contemporary sculptors who cite the American artist’s direct, expressive aesthetic as a major influence. Opening June 26. Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago.
The Canadian art icon marks her 100th birthday with the twovenue exhibition “Roughing It in the Bush,” featuring rarely seen hard-edge paintings from the 1960s set alongside her trademark large-scale landscapes. To July 24. University of Toronto Art Centre, 15 King’s College Circle/Doris McCarthy Gallery, 1265 Military Trail.
The first-ever US museum show of Warhol’s late work consists of 50 paintings from the prolific, celebrity-drenched ten-year period prior to his 1987 death. Until Sept. 12. Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy., Brooklyn.
A reprised version of a 1981 drawing installation by the Conceptual art figurehead Sol LeWitt alongside a collection of LeWitt’s book works concludes Mercer Union’s 30th-anniversary year with a nod to the continued relevance of an ideas-first approach to contemporary art. On view July 10 to Aug. 18. Mercer Union, 1286 Bloor St. W.
The Canadians Stan Douglas, Luis Jacob, Jeff Wall and Sarah Anne Johnson are included in this vast presentation exploring the desire for an “unrecuperable past” in contemporary photo, video and performance art. To Sept. 6. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave., New York.
Gallery 44’s annual spotlight on emerging photographers provides a key indicator of who and what to watch for in new photographic practices, including this year’s rising-artist contingent of Karen Zalamea, Christophe Jivraj, Aislinn Leggett, Meryl McMaster and Roger Proulx. July 9 to Aug. 7. Gallery 44, 120–401 Richmond St. W.
A commission for the historic Scotsman Steps and a ballet collaboration with Sadler’s Wells are highlights of this survey of the UK artist’s thoughtful yet public-friendly work. From July 30. Fruitmarket Gallery, 45 Market St., Edinburgh.
Davey’s cool but intimate still-life photographs join video works and new folded-photo grid assemblages in ”Speaker Receiver,” the Canadian artist’s first European museum show. Until Aug. 29. Kunsthalle Basel, Steinenberg 7, Basel.
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.
