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Artists who teach form the intriguing focus of three-day extravaganza "Art School (Dismissed)," taking place this weekend in Toronto. In an interview with Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes, curator Heather Nicol reveals how the event, hosted in an abandoned public school, came together.
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On Thursday, March 25, at 7pm at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, bestselling author Ross King delivers a much-anticipated lecture on the Group of Seven’s influential (but until recently, overlooked) experiences in Europe. Here, in an audio chat, King reveals more.
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Co-curated by acclaimed artist Robert Gober, “Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield” received high praise during an LA stop last fall. Now, with the show on at Buffalo’s Burchfield Penney Art Center, critic Ashley Johnson talks with Gober about regionalism, realism and reinvention.
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Last week, bestselling author Ross King delivered a much-anticipated Toronto lecture on the Group of Seven's little-known European influences. Now, a brief chat reveals why the Saskatchewan-bred, UK-based author took on the topic, which is soon to be a book and exhibition as well.
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In the winter 2009 print edition of Canadian Art, writer Daniel Baird examines the portrait projects of artist Arthur Renwick. This special online supplement offers more examples of Renwick's striking photography, as well as samples of a very different form of Renwick's creative work—his blues-inspired music.
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In Stephen Andrews’ new works, currently on view at Paul Petro in Toronto, the artist’s critically acclaimed perspectives are pushed to a more metaphysical place. As Bryne McLaughlin observes in a chat with the artist, there is much here to reflect upon.
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An Te Liu’s Monopoly-styled house was a highlight of the “Leona Drive Project,” which repurposed rundown suburban bungalows for art. In this audio interview, Liu speaks to Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes about the development of his project.
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“Promise” is the theme of the 2009 Gallery Hop, so we’re wrapping up web week with a look to futures near and far. Details on Saturday’s talks, an audiocast with panellist Emily Vey Duke and a video chat with Matthew Teitelbaum provide excellent prep for all tomorrow’s parties.
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Canadian Art’s annual gala happens tonight, and we’ve got must-know cocktail chatter: a profile of rising star Ryan Sluggett, who’s created a work for the gala, a video convo with original event host Olga Korper and an audiocast with dealer Yves Trépanier.
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Going once… going twice… and gone! Works by the nation's best artists go under the gavel at Canadian Art’s annual auction this week. Discover select live-auction works and interviews with auction artists in this special online feature.
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Canadian Art magazine is celebrating its 25th anniversary this fall in many ways—including daily audio, video and text updates during Gallery Hop week. Get the scoop on Canadian Art secrets old and new with exclusive interviews and special content.
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Over the past few years, Los Angeles–trained, Toronto-based artist Scott Lyall has won renown for his innovative approach to installation. Now, in a Canadian Art audiocast, Lyall gives Leah Sandals a tour of his unusual exhibition “The Color Ball,” revealing thoughts along the way on SITE Santa Fe, arts fundraising galas and—most uniquely—formalist fog machines.
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Toronto artist John Dickson is one of our leading contemporary sculptors. Now, in an audio interview with Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes, Dickson talks about his current fascination with firebombed landscape, his past collective projects and more.
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Andrew Wright is known for his large-scale photo-based projects. In this interview with Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes, the Sobey Art Award semi-finalist talks about his stint in the Canadian Forces Artists Program.
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Listen in on a conversation between top Montreal dealer Pierre-François Ouellette and Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes as they discuss art fairs, Ed Pien and the Quebec scene in advance of Ouellette’s July 15 talk at Toronto’s Drake Hotel.
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Join us on Thursday, September 23, and Saturday, September 25, for exciting events that celebrate the visual arts.
Canadian Art’s under-40 patron group launches its second year with a program of extraordinary behind-the-scenes art events.
Congratulations go to winner Pandora Syperek and runners-up Deirdre McAdams and Vency Yun.
The Canadian Art Foundation, with RBC, is pleased to announce the 15 semifinalists in the 12th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
In this video, recorded on Saturday, May 29, 2010, as part of the Canadian Art Gallery Hop in Vancouver, Kitty Scott, director of visual arts at the Banff Centre, and Douglas Fogle, chief curator of the Hammer Museum, joined artists Lisa Anne Auerbach and Althea Thauberger to offer their thoughts on the artist’s role in the world.
Canadian Art is currently seeking an Online Production Manager to join its team. Applications are due September 10, 2010.
Canadian Art magazine is currently seeking an editorial professional to join its team. Applications are due September 15, 2010.
Canadian Art’s under-40 patron group had a fun make-your-own dining experience with one of Toronto’s hottest young artists
Learn about the influences that shaped the PS1 curator’s thinking as he prepared for his exhibition “The Talent Show”
Join us September 23 for a gala benefit and September 25 for a free day of talks at galleries citywide
In recent years, both the Dia and MASS MoCA have mounted tribute exhibitions to late American artist Sol LeWitt. This week, Mercer Union wraps up its own notable homage, which recreates a 1981 wall drawing LeWitt did for the then-fledgling space.
For the past number of years, there's been controversy regarding the future of Halifax’s Khyber Arts Society. Seen by many as a key venue locally and nationally, the Khyber was back in the news this month as a city report recommended a new three-year plan for its space.
Play and strife come together, DIY style, in Todd Tremeer’s Little Wars (Make Me), an interactive project that debuted this month at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. In it, viewers can collaborate on a wall-sized battle mural and “bring the war home” via paper-cutout soldiers.
Summer is often marked by contrasts, a dynamic that the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery seems to pick up on in its current pairing of solo shows: John Kissick’s manic, multifaceted paintings and Gwen MacGregor’s calm, geoscience-toned fieldwork.
MKG127 acknowledges Toronto’s above-average summer temperatures with “Heat,” an exhibition that ironically offers some cool respite while displaying works that evoke bubbling tar, existential crises and blistering guitar solos.
