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On Newsstands and Online Now: Canadian Art’s Summer of Paint

Across Canada Jun 15 2010
Cover of Canadian Art's Summer 2010 "All about Painting" edition, featuring art by Elizabeth McIntosh Cover of Canadian Art's Summer 2010 "All about Painting" edition, featuring art by Elizabeth McIntosh

Cover of Canadian Art's Summer 2010 "All about Painting" edition, featuring art by Elizabeth McIntosh

This week, a special edition of Canadian Art, “All about Painting,” hits newsstands across the nation, with related online features that expand on our scene’s crucial canvas creators.

Magazine highlights include

Adele Weder’s feature on cover artist Elizabeth McIntosh, the Vancouver painter whose expansive approach is pushing abstraction to new planes

Trish Boon’s spotlight essay on emerging artist Dorian FitzGerald, a Torontonian who is gaining increasing notice for his massive works on luxury lifestyles

Robert Linsley’s look at the oft-overlooked medium of watercolour, which uses Paul Cézanne and David Milne as masterful points for reflection

• John Bentley Mays’ preview of the inaugural “Extreme Painting” festival in Montreal

• Sarah Milroy’s insights on Victoria icon Sandra Meigs

• James D. Campbell’s meditations on Marc Séguin

• And much more!


Online extras offer

A guide and portfolio for the many galleries involved in “Extreme Painting” this summer

The chance to see inside a painter’s studio with 360° workspace portraits of Calgary artist Mark Mullin, created by photographer Daniel Smith

Installation views of Elizabeth McIntosh’s current solo show at Diaz Contemporary in Toronto

More dark, haunting works by Marc Séguin

Also upcoming online this month is a video of PS1 curator Peter Eeley’s Anne Lind Program visit to Toronto and a portfolio of the Sobey 2010 shortlist.

Don’t miss this chance to learn about the most exciting painters and painting initiatives in the nation! Canadian Art provides everything you need to catch up on must-know art-scene info this summer.

This article was first published online on June 10, 2010.

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