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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.
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To curate “Timeland,” the 2010 Alberta Biennial, Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes travelled the province, reflecting on psychogeography, history and identity. Here, he shares his introductory essay for the exhibition, which elaborates the lessons learned.
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Artists Anna Passakas and Radoslaw Kudlinski, better known as Blue Republic, have a knack for drawing perennial truths out of life’s absurdities. Now Canadian Art’s Bryne McLaughlin chats with the pair about “Weather Report,” their latest Toronto exhibition.
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The National Gallery shook up the art world’s summer lull this week when it announced that Vancouver artist Steven Shearer would represent Canada at the 2011 Venice Biennale. The news also signalled an unexpected structural shift for our country’s approach to the event.
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The second of four Arts & Minds episodes on Canadian Art launched on Bravo! on July 31. The video, now online, features an Elizabeth McIntosh interview, a visit to “Extreme Painting” in Montreal and more.
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Lots of openings, talks and other events happening from coast to coast this week, August 5 to 11, 2010.
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What happens when you set a group of artists loose for an anything-goes summer camp in an historic rural village? That’s exactly what Quebec City’s L’Oeil de poisson aimed to find out with its 25th anniversary exhibition “La Colonie.” Here, curator Jean-Michel Ross and Canadian Art’s Bryne McLaughlin discuss the merits of taking art on vacation.
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July marks the 100th birthday of renowned landscape painter and art educator Doris McCarthy. Now, a series of exhibitions in Toronto and abroad sheds light on some of the artist’s rarely shown bodies of work, providing a fresh look at her lasting creative influence.
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Local sites and global changes converge in “Dig Up My Heart,” a group exhibition of socially engaged art that trades the usual big-city settings for rural landscapes. In this chat with Gabrielle Moser, curator Shauna McCabe discusses how the show was seeded.
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A special painting-focused edition of Canadian Art hits newsstands across the nation this week, with related online features that provide an inside scoop on our crucial canvas creators.
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This week, Toronto kicks off the summer arts season with Luminato. With more than 150 performances, exhibitions and events—including John Malkovich, inflatable playhouses and singing rabbits—there’s something for everyone. Read on for our picks.
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Ron Terada’s latest solo show, currently in Banff, references painting, the image of the artist and Jack Goldstein’s memoirs, among other themes. Talking on-site with critic Amy Fung, Terada expands on art-world anxieties, genre mashups and the difficult ways Canadians view artists.
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Talent is deep in this year’s Grange Prize nominee pool, which includes both fresh faces and rediscovered greats. Read up now to decide who will get your vote for Canada’s biggest photo prize.
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Last month, many in the Canadian art community were saddened to learn of the passing of respected artist David Bolduc. Here, writer Sheila Mudrick remembers Bolduc’s intelligence, wit and generosity, as well as his deep influence on friends, colleagues and fellow artists.
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Nominations for the 2010 National Magazine Awards, the most prestigious prize for periodical quality in Canada, were released last week, including five nominations for Canadian Art—tying for the most of any art magazine this year.
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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.
