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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child isn’t just a movie—it’s becoming a phenomenon. Following sneak peeks at Art Basel Miami and the Sundance Film Festival, this compelling documentary has its gala Canadian premiere on February 24 in Toronto.
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A new St. John’s show pairs two east-coast artists, Michael McCormack and Jason Penney. Both divine future visions from reclaimed materials and locales, creating scenarios that are alternately tongue-in-cheek and apocalyptic.
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Dozens of openings, talks, screenings and other events happening from coast to coast this week, February 18 to 24, 2010.
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For more than 25 years, Sandra Meigs has won accolades for her unusual—and often quite canny—artmaking practice. Now her interests in appearances and illusions get a different spin in a new exhibition of work at Susan Hobbs Gallery in Toronto.
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Montrealers are in for a treat this winter with the Musée d’art contemporain kicking off another promising triple-header. Topping the marquee is a much-anticipated exhibition by Winnipeg wunderkind Marcel Dzama.
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Marcel Duchamp and John Cage spring to mind when viewing Guido van der Werve’s latest film at Prefix. As Bryne McLaughlin observes, the intertwining of life, art, chess and music in van der Werve’s work invites rich comparisons.
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Though sporting events will be the main draw for many this month in Vancouver, there’s also plenty to see on the cultural front. Here, Canadian Art rounds up six of the most compelling Olympic art events to check out in Terminal City.
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Alberta’s abuzz with the opening of the redesigned Art Gallery of Alberta, including its inaugural Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller show. As Diana Sherlock reports, there’s some fear and loathing set loose amidst the museum’s new, and quite laudable, finery.
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Dozens of openings, talks, screenings and other events happening from coast to coast this week, February 11 to 17, 2010.
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Nearly 1 billion people live in Africa, yet we get relatively few reports from it. Now, Congolese artist Sammy Baloji creates a compelling portrait of time and place there in “Vues de Likasi,” an installation at the Contact Festival’s new gallery in Toronto.
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Gabriel Coutu-Dumont filtered thousands of globetrotting photos down to a mere 275 for his current touring show. But as critic Amy Fung reports, Coutu-Dumont’s exhibition is at its best when it focuses on the artist’s photographic—rather than curatorial—skills.
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In the past, Montreal photographer Yann Pocreau has focused on the body’s interaction with architectural forms. Now, in a show of newer work, Pocreau focuses on something less concrete—the interaction of mobile bodies with local light.
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Vancouverite Geoffrey Farmer has earned an international name for himself by turning Arte Povera materials into rich meditations on history, psychology and other big themes. Now fans can get a look at his new explorations in a show at Catriona Jeffries.
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Since the 1970s, Raymonde April has studied key contemporary issues in photography. Now, with her art spawning three Montreal exhibitions, Bryne McLaughlin talks with curator Eduardo Ralickas about what makes April’s art so compelling.
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Dozens of openings, talks and other events happening from coast to coast this week, February 4 to 10, 2010.
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Eleven films, two shorts, a public performance and two workshops to take place at the Alberta College of Art + Design
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
Two top documentaries on Swiss art will be followed by a special Q and A with Beyeler Foundation head Samuel Keller!
Whimsical, fascinating film to premiere at the Reel Artists Film Festival
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.
This fall, Canadian Art’s young patron group visited the home and studio of Jason McLean, where they toured the artist’s personal collection.
Canadian Art launched its much-anticipated winter issue at Leo Kamen Gallery in Toronto on Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
Places as finalist in competitive, first-ever best e-newsletter category
On October 23, the Canadian Art New Contemporaries enjoyed a series of art talks and gallery tours at the Toronto International Art Fair.
This year’s festival showcases 13 films on top art world figures including world, North American and Canadian premieres.
Shows based on today’s art collectors are increasingly frequent. But it’s rarer to get a glimpse of historical patrons. Now Gabrielle Moser explores the possibilities in an interview with René Villeneuve, curator of “Lord Dalhousie: Patron and Collector.”
Born in Trinidad, raised in Mississauga and based in New York, Denyse Thomasos is known widely for her striking abstract paintings. Following spates in large-scale installation, Thomasos returns to smaller canvases in her latest Toronto solo show.
Reinterpreting movie posters, song lyrics and the idea of the artist documentary, Tony Romano brings a playful, experimental spirit to his latest solo show at Diaz Contemporary in Toronto.
Love it or hate it, the 2010 Olympics had an inescapably surreal quality in its final days. Here, in the last of three reports from Vancouver, Danielle Egan captures the moods and madness of the games’ end and muses on the potential hangover to come.
Dan Perjovschi’s large-scale installations of critically edged drawings on gallery walls have been featured at the Venice Biennale, Tate Modern and other notable venues. With his latest project now on in Toronto, Bryne McLaughlin talks with the artist about his life and work.
