Canadian Art - Features

Canadianartschool.ca: Tips for a Successful Winter Term

2012-01-26T16:56:00Z

Our education and careers site has just posted more stories and tips to help students achieve a great winter term. Highlights include a profile of internationally renowned fashion designer Jeremy Laing, a Q&A on grad schools and more.

Laurie Anderson: Down the Rabbit Hole

2012-01-19T17:20:00Z

As a child, Laurie Anderson broke her back while showing off on a diving board. Now, she draws on that experience in The Gray Rabbit, a work having its North American premiere at Calgary’s Glenbow Museum. Nancy Tousley reports on the project, and its inspirations, in this feature interview.

Christian Eckart: Beyond the Wall

2012-01-19T17:04:00Z

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Calgary-born artist Christian Eckart has always asked a lot of painting, often stretching the medium to optimum effect—right out into sculpture, actually. In this current-issue feature, Mark Cheetham explores Eckart’s innovative, interwoven oeuvre.

Lyonel Feininger: Seeing from a Different Angle

2012-01-12T16:50:00Z

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This month, a Lyonel Feininger retrospective organized by New York’s Whitney Museum will open in Montreal. As David Balzer reports, the Canadian spin on this modern master promises to highlight overlooked output in music.

Reece Terris: The Contractor

2012-01-12T16:47:00Z

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After working in construction for 15 years, Reece Terris went to art school. Now, his works—from time-travelling apartments to guerilla bridges—marry trade tricks with inimitable insights. Find out more in this current-issue feature by Robin Laurence.

Olmsted: Photography and the Democratic Pastoral

2012-01-12T16:46:00Z

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What is a park? More than a century ago, Frederick Law Olmsted offered some answers. In this Canadian Art archives article, Max Kozloff reflects on Olmsted’s legacy as framed by photographers Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander and Geoffrey James.

2012 Preview: The Future Files

2012-01-05T17:00:00Z

Extended Noland 1966 Courtesy Art Gallery of Ontario / photo AGO" />
As 2012 dawns, thoughts turn to what’s next in the Canadian art scene, and there’s already a number of key events—both at home and abroad—that promise to make a major impact. Here’s a bit of what we’re looking forward to.

Jean-Pierre Gauthier: Ghost in the Machine

2012-01-05T16:56:00Z

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As a kid in the Gaspé, Jean-Pierre Gauthier spent hours taking toys apart to see how they worked. Now, as Katie Addleman shows in this feature from our current issue, he puts that mechanical curiosity to excellent artistic use in remarkable kinetic sculptures.

Leah Sandals’ Top 3: The Institution, Reframed

2011-12-22T17:20:00Z

Part 2 of our year-end best-of series offers top picks by our contributing editors and art director, and kicks off with a posting by associate online editor Leah Sandals. For Sandals, art's institutions (and their troubles) are what stood out during 2011.

Nancy Tousley’s Top 3: Supercharged Surveys

2011-12-22T17:15:00Z

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In early 2011, Nancy Tousley, our contributing editor from Calgary, won a Governor General’s Award for her distinguished arts-journalism career. Now, her expertise highlights some strongly curated surveys as the year’s best shows.