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Canadian Art

Canadian Art Foundation Leading Artists & Curators

Canadian Art Foundation Leading Artists & Curators

Through View, the Canadian Art Foundation hosts intimate, select-patron presentations featuring the nation’s top artists and curators. These talks often spotlight Canada’s representatives for an upcoming Venice Biennale. Past presenters include artist Mark Lewis and curator Barbara Fischer of the 2009 Canada Pavilion; artist David Altmejd and curator Louise Déry of the 2007 Canada Pavilion; and artist Rebecca Belmore and curators Scott Watson and Jann L.M. Bailey of the 2005 Canada Pavilion.


ANNOUNCEMENTS

LOOKING BACK

  • David Altmejd, Artist & Louise Déry, Curator
    TORONTO, JANUARY 2007: Artist David Altmejd and curator Louise Déry presented to a gathering of art patrons an overview of his past works and unveiled concepts for the Canada Pavilion at the 2007 Venice Biennale.

  • Annie Pootoogook, Artist & Nancy Campbell, Curator
    CALGARY, JANUARY 2007: Sobey Art Award winner Annie Pootoogook was joined in conversation by curator Nancy Campbell on the occasion of Pootoogook’s exhibition at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery.

  • Christopher Eamon, Curator
    TORONTO, MAY 2006: Curator Christopher Eamon joined art professionals at Camera in Toronto to discuss curatorial issues in media art and installation.

 

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ONLINE

  • Jon Rafman: Mapping Google

    Jon Rafman’s work enjoys a deservedly high profile at this year’s Contact Festival. As Saelan Twerdy observes in this review, Rafman’s stunning, and often funny, Google Street View scenes demonstrate how the Internet is making everything public, from information to intimacy.

  • Spring Auctions: Going Once, Going Twice…

    The auction record for contemporary Canadian art was broken earlier this month in New York with Christie’s $3.6 million sale of a Jeff Wall photograph. This week, Canada’s top houses head into their spring sales hoping to break more records.

  • Keren Cytter: Video Virtuoso

    “Based on a True Story” in Oakville boasts the largest North American survey to date of Keren Cytter, the Tel Aviv–born artist known as one of today’s most intriguing video practitioners. Mariam Nader reviews, finding greatest hits and unexpected delights.

  • Sovereign Acts: Painful Histories, Terrific Performances

    The history of indigenous people performing for colonial audiences inspires "Sovereign Acts,” a current Toronto group show. As Max Mosher writes, the show—featuring Lori Blondeau, Adrian Stimson and others—is both campy and contemplative.

  • Dil Hildebrand: In the Green Room

    Dil Hildebrand is one brave painter. In his new show “Back to the Drawing Board (Reprise),” he stares down the old adage that no one wants to look at a green painting, let alone buy one. There's not just one green painting here—there's a room of them.

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