Canadian Art

FOUNDATION NEWS

• Journey through the world of visual art with the 2nd Reel Artists Film Festival in Calgary, March 25 to 28, 2010

  Eleven films, two shorts, a public performance and two workshops to take place at the Alberta College of Art + Design

• Save the Date for Ross King at the Winnipeg Art Gallery

  Hear a bestselling author lecture about the Group of Seven, and his related book, on March 25

• Anne Lind International Program: Peter Eleey

  Walker Art Center curator to visit Toronto from May 26 to 28

• Save the Date for the Canadian Art Gallery Hop in Vancouver

  Panel, book launch, gallery tours and reception to take place Saturday, May 29

• Basquiat Tribute Opens Reel Artists February 24

  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

• Spend an afternoon in Basel, Switzerland, on February 28

  Two top documentaries on Swiss art will be followed by a special Q and A with Beyeler Foundation head Samuel Keller!

• Up now! Sneak peek of Pretend Not to See Me, a not-to-be-missed doc on Canadian artist Colette Urban

  Whimsical, fascinating film to premiere at the Reel Artists Film Festival

• Reel Artists 2010 Schedule and Program now Online!

  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.

• Canadian Art New Contemporaries Visit Artist Jason McLean

  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 Winter Issue Launch and Holiday Celebration

  Canadian Art launched its much-anticipated winter issue at Leo Kamen Gallery in Toronto on Wednesday, December 16, 2009.

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• Photogenic: Imaging the Abstract

  Libraries of books have been written on abstraction in painting. But it’s abstraction in photography that gets the focus with “Photogenic,” a Vancouver show that features 1920s work by László Moholy-Nagy alongside contemporary artists’ prints.

• Posing Beauty in African American Culture: Colour Fields

  Hamilton is the only Canadian stop for a new exhibition, curated by NYU photo chair Deborah Willis, that interrogates notions of beauty and blackness. As reviewer Sally Frater observes, Willis’ approach provides antidotes to some longstanding art conundrums.

• David Merritt: Roping Viewers In

  David Merritt is having a quartet of related exhibitions in southern Ontario this year. In his review of the project’s first iteration, “shim,” Sky Glabush marvels at Merritt’s ability to meander between objective clarity and deferred, slippery potential.

• On Newsstands & Online Now: Canadian Art Spring 2010

  The spring issue of Canadian Art hits newsstands and computer screens across the country this week, offering many must-read articles. Web extras on cover artist Althea Thauberger and the 2010 Governor General’s Awards also excite.

• Adrian Norvid: Wrongo

  In his latest solo show, Adrian Norvid mashes up art-world fundraiser antics with exquisite-corpse techniques. Add in DIY flair and painstaking attention to detail, and you’ve got another wild voyage into Norvid’s wacky parallel universe.

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