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Have you ever noticed that, upon graduation from art school, many artists are hesitant to declare themselves as such? It would appear that a degree is not enough. In her second column for our site, author Sarah Thornton looks at credibility as the crux of being an artist.
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The animated public artworks of London’s Julian Opie are known for mesmerizing passersby in cities worldwide. Last week, his first four-sided LED tower with rotating motion debuted in Calgary. Nancy Tousley reports.
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In an age when print is on the decline, the art of Ève K. Tremblay has a special poignancy. As Daniel Baird writes in this feature from our current issue, Tremblay's projects cogently intertwine printed books with life experiences and vital memories.
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To celebrate its 40th anniversary this year, Vancouver’s Equinox Gallery opened a spectacular 12,000-square-foot project space in an old tractor factory. Here, Nancy Tousley reports on the space and its debut show: a vast Fred Herzog retrospective.
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Papier, the annual works-on-paper fair in Montreal hosted by the Association des galeries d’art contemporain, takes place in a tent in the city’s new Quartier des Spectacles. It's at once unique among Canadian art fairs and the most fair-like among them, David Balzer reports.
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Over the past 10 years, Toronto artist Diane Borsato has built an increasingly concrete art career out of remarkably ephemeral works. In this article, Leah Sandals tours Borsato’s solo show at the Art Gallery of York University, feeling for hints of what might come next.
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What’s left to see in painting that we haven’t already seen? In this feature from our current issue, writer and curator Leah Turner considers how young LA-based, Vancouver-trained artist Monique Mouton is meeting that question—often in fresh new ways.
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April just might turn out to be the cruellest month for British artist Damian Hirst, given the negative early press reaction to his Tate Modern survey that opened in London this week but other exhibition highlights in Paris, Vienna, Venice and Munich are raising happier expectations.
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New technologies have led to exciting evolutions in the field of graphic design. In this video from our education and careers site, Canadianartschool.ca, designers Lisa Kiss, Alex Wittholz and Daniel McCafferty discuss their approaches to current practice.
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For more than three decades, Ken Lum has made overlooked subjects into endearing, noble and transformative works. Find out more about the artist, his East Van roots, and his struggles with the art system in this current-issue feature by Danielle Egan.
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Over the past five years, the ceramic engine sculptures of Saskatchewan artist Clint Neufeld have won increasing recognition. With a Mendel Art Gallery opening this week, and MASS MoCA’s “Oh, Canada” on the horizon, Neufeld talks with Leah Sandals about his military start, farm heritage and more.
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Born in Tehran and based in Toronto, Abbas Akhavan has spent the past five years making drawings, videos and performances that hinge on travel in Vancouver, Dubai, Berlin and beyond. Find out more in Hadani Ditmars’ feature from our current issue.
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Last week, Canada’s largest peer-reviewed photography prize announced its 2012 finalists: Fred Herzog, Arnaud Maggs and Alain Paiement. The winner will receive a $50,000 award as well as an exhibition and monograph at 2013’s CONTACT Festival.]
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Our latest issue hits newsstands and tablets across the country this week with features, reviews and news on Canadian artists both up-and-coming and legendary. IAIN BAXTER&, Monique Mouton and “Oh, Canada” are just some of the must-reads.
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This week, Waddington’s, one of Canada’s oldest auction houses, is attempting something new (and, some say, nearly impossible): growing a secondary market for contemporary, post-1980 Canadian art. In this interview, auctioneer Stephen Ranger discusses the venture with Leah Sandals.
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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.
