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In this interview, British artist David Hockney speaks with Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes about his current Toronto show. As Rhodes notes, Hockney’s drawings on iPhones and iPads provide both classical and high-tech rewards.
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Attila Richard Lukacs is best known to most as a figurative painter, so his current Vancouver show of abstract canvases might be a surprise to some. But this in-depth Lukacs interview by journalist Hadani Ditmars points out key precedents.
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With her massive public bird sculptures gracing the cover of Canadian Art's spring issue, Myfanwy MacLeod was a key speaker at the 2011 Gallery Hop Vancouver, which took place at venues throughout the city on April 30. This audio file documents her conversation at the event with curator Reid Shier.
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In this audio interview with Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes, artists Josh Thorpe and Mathew McWilliams discuss finding their place in the art world, sharing an interest in the legacies of minimalism and maintaining a friendship that dates back to public school in Vancouver.
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Listen to a Toronto lecture by French author and academic Annie Cohen-Solal on Leo Castelli, one of America’s most influential art dealers and the central figure in her bestselling biography Leo & His Circle.
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In the Winter 2010–11 edition of Canadian Art, Leah Sandals takes a tour through an unusual show housed in a long-decommissioned Toronto schoolhouse and which featured dozens of artists who teach. Here, you'll find a bonus portfolio of six images from the event.
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One of the biggest exhibitions ever on Canadian conceptualism opened in Toronto this fall. Now, Ross Skoggard talks to Barbara Fischer, one of several curators nationwide who collaborated on the show and discovered its fresh insights into our artistic history.
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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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The winner will be published in our magazine and receive a $3,000 award
Toronto's most anticipated art party is slated for Thursday, September 20
Timothy Taylor's feature on Zacharias Kunuk and Douglas Weber's portfolio on Kunuk's hometown recognized
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
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.
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.
“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.
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 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.
