Canadian Art

FOUNDATION NEWS

• Journey through the world of visual art with the 2nd Reel Artists Film Festival in Calgary, March 25 to 28, 2010

  Eleven films, two shorts, a public performance and two workshops to take place at the Alberta College of Art + Design

• Save the Date for Ross King at the Winnipeg Art Gallery

  Hear a bestselling author lecture about the Group of Seven, and his related book, on March 25

• Turnout radiant for the 7th annual Reel Artists Film Festival

  On February 24, art-world glitterati came out to Koerner Hall in Toronto for the highly anticipated Canadian premiere of Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child. Sold-out screenings were a hallmark of RAFF 2010.

• Anne Lind International Program: Peter Eleey

  Walker Art Center curator to visit Toronto from May 26 to 28

• Save the Date for the Canadian Art Gallery Hop in Vancouver

  Panel, book launch, gallery tours and reception to take place Saturday, May 29

• Basquiat Tribute Opens Reel Artists February 24

  Straight from the Sundance Film Festival, Tamra Davis' moving documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child pays homage to her friend, the legendary artist, in his own words

• Spend an afternoon in Basel, Switzerland, on February 28

  Two top documentaries on Swiss art will be followed by a special Q and A with Beyeler Foundation head Samuel Keller!

• Up now! Sneak peek of Pretend Not to See Me, a not-to-be-missed doc on Canadian artist Colette Urban

  Whimsical, fascinating film to premiere at the Reel Artists Film Festival

• Reel Artists 2010 Schedule and Program now Online!

  World, North American and Canadian premieres to be introduced by specially invited artists, authors, curators and directors, including Susan Vogel, Joanne Tod and Barbara Fischer.

• Canadian Art New Contemporaries Visit Artist Jason McLean

  This fall, Canadian Art’s young patron group visited the home and studio of Jason McLean, where they toured the artist’s personal collection.

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• In Conversation: Robert Gober on Charles Burchfield

  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.

• Wangechi Mutu: This You Call Civilization?

  In her first solo show at a major North American institution, the Nairobi-born, New York–based artist Wangechi Mutu presents arresting videos and visceral, large-scale collage works. Here, Gabrielle Moser notes the impressive tensions in Mutu’s art.

• Marie-Claire Blais: Interstellar Overdrive

  Light and luminosity have long been top concerns for Montreal artist Marie-Claire Blais. But as Bryne McLaughlin notes, Blais’ latest show of works—created using an auto-industry spray gun—reaches towards a sense of the cosmic as well.

• Myfanwy MacLeod: The High-Art Lowdown

  Myfanwy MacLeod is known for forays into modernism’s iconic moments as well as for delving into the vernacular. Here, National Gallery curator Josée Drouin-Brisebois reviews MacLeod’s latest show with an eye to her “high” and “low” influences.

• FIFA 2010: The Flicks to Pick

  This week, the 28th edition of the Festival International du Film sur l’Art gets underway in Montreal with screenings of 230 films from 23 countries. Here’s Canadian Art’s top FIFA picks for contemporary-art fans.

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