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This week in Toronto marks the world debut of Marina Abramović Institute – Prototype, conceived as a satellite to the artist’s yet-to-be-built Marina Abramović Institute for long-form...
At age 66, Marina Abramović is thinking about what is, what was, what will be—and what might have been. The revered performance artist and bona fide celebrity is...
Note from the editor: Every few weeks, we dig into Canadian Art's archives to highlight past articles that have compelling echoes in our current moment. This instalment...
"I've met so many Canadians this year!" This was overheard at the Venice Biennale's big preview week by National Gallery of Canada director Marc Mayer. And the statement makes...
What happens when a Canadian moviemaking expert decides to work with still life and sculpture? An answer is currently on view at the Venice Biennale in Norayr Kasper’s...
When a massive cruise ship sails into Canale di San Marco, heads turn, and there is a chorus of oohs and aahs. But yesterday, a few Venetians found...
Yesterday afternoon, Toronto artist Shary Boyle opened a much-anticipated show of new works at the Canada Pavilion of the Venice Biennale. The slow, meditative exhibition, titled “Music for...
In what is being billed as the first official participation of Newfoundland artists in the Venice Biennale, Peter Wilkins and Will Gill opened an exhibition of new...
Built in the 15th century and located on the edge of Venice's Rio de San Marina, the Palazzo Pisani might seem a long way from Vancouver artist-run...
Is the phrase "Canadian modernism" a contradiction in terms? No, argues scholar Adam Lauder—not in the past, and not in the present either. In the upcoming Summer issue of...
The work of BC-born, Berlin-based artist Shannon Bool is rife with oppositions. Whether it’s in a collision of cultural legacies and social realities or in the material...
Canada promises to have a significant presence at this year's Venice Biennale, which opened to the public on June 1. Toronto's Shary Boyle is being featured at the Canada...
Marla Hlady hears sound differently than most people do. She has a keen perception for all sounds—from the most carefully orchestrated songs to the most incidental background...
Over the past decade, there’s been an undeniable renewal in the presence and criticality of contemporary First Nations art in Canada. Artists such as Rebecca Belmore, Lawrence...
In the lead-up to the 2013 Venice Biennale, which opens to the public on June 1, we have been digging through our archives to look at Canada’s...
It’s Contact time again. For the month of May, the city of Toronto is filled with photo exhibitions taking place at almost every conceivable venue, from top...
Though he died on November 17, 2012, at the age of 86, the presence of Canadian artist Arnaud Maggs is being keenly felt in Toronto this week....
“To live with your mind in the past,” writes Augusten Burroughs in his latest book, a curious, wry self-help manual entitled This Is How: Proven Aid in...
If the Atlantic region—through NSCAD and otherwise—has produced or been connected to some of Canada’s top artists, why is the region underrepresented in the national media? How...
In the lead-up to the Venice Biennale, which opens June 1, we have been digging through our archives to trace Canada's history at the event. In this...
Playing house has never been so fun. That's what some might think upon encountering Wreck City—a set of nine Calgary houses slated for demolition that have temporarily been...
Does labelling something Canadian build our society or doom our cultural industries to failure? On April 13, the Spur Festival—a new national festival of politics, art and ideas...
“Gutai: Splendid Playground” at the Guggenheim Museum in New York is the first North American museum exhibition devoted to the revolutionary postwar Japanese art movement. Brilliantly installed—and...
"Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going." —Paul Theroux China is a lot nearer now than it was in 1967 when, in his film...
Note from the editor: In the lead-up to the 2013 Venice Biennale, which opens on June 1, we are digging through our archives to highlight Canada's history...
