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  • Reviews26.01.2012

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    Will Munro: Ecstatic Legacies

    In 2010, at the age of 35, Toronto artist/DJ/promoter/activist Will Munro succumbed to brain cancer. Here, David Balzer reviews the first big survey of Munro’s work, which makes apparent how talented, prolific and perceptive this creator was.
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  • Reviews26.01.2012

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    Painting Canada: Artistry in the UK

    The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s recent Group of Seven show was one of the UK museum’s biggest hits ever, drawing 41,000 visitors. The attention was deserved, writes Sarah Milroy, as the exhibition offered new insights even to seasoned Canadian-art observers.
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  • Reviews26.01.2012

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    David Altmejd: In the Belly of the Beast

    The Occupy movement has galvanized the way we think about haves and have-nots. But where do artists fit in? As Joseph R. Wolin observes in this review of David Altmejd’s show at the Brant Foundation, context can be as powerful as content in determining the split.
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  • Reviews19.01.2012

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    Wilhelm Sasnal: The New Black

    If Gerhard Richter at Tate Modern was one big painting story in London this fall, Polish painter Wilhelm Sasnal at the Whitechapel Gallery was another. As Richard Rhodes notes in this review, Sasnal’s art has definite staying power.
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  • Reviews12.01.2012

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    Out of Nowhere: Winnipeg Wonders

    Curated by artist Sarah Anne Johnson and critic Meeka Walsh, “Out of Nowhere” is New York group show of Winnipeg artists. Hadani Ditmars reviews, finding a fresh perspective on the Canadian aesthetic.
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  • Reviews05.01.2012

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    Kananginak Pootoogook: Such a Long Journey

    From traditional wildlife to shiny Ski-Doos, Kananginak Pootoogook documented contemporary Inuit life from the 1950s right up till his death in 2010. Now, a keenly observed memorial exhibition is on in Vancouver. Robin Laurence reviews.
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  • Reviews05.01.2012

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    Gerhard Richter: Nowhere Man

    This weekend, London's Tate Modern wraps up its career survey of German painter Gerhard Richter, which will soon travel to Berlin and Paris. Here, Richard Rhodes reviews the bold oeuvre that managed to recalibrate painting as conceptual art.
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  • Reviews05.01.2012

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    Nicole Collins: Glimpses of Renewal

    The term “reconstruction” can be associated with Civil War history, plastic surgery and financial crises alike. As Pete Smith reports, the term also gets fresh aesthetic definition in Nicole Collins’ new paintings, currently on view in Toronto.
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  • Reviews08.12.2011

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    Francis Picabia: Postmodern Predictor

    In his final fall report from New York City, David Balzer reviews a show of Francis Picabia’s late paintings at Michael Werner. As Balzer observes, Picabia’s production in the 1940s seemed to predict the kitsch and remix tendencies of postmodern painting today.
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  • Reviews01.12.2011

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    Jesper Just: The Human Touch

    It’s rare to find a talent who can bridge the structural interests of the art world with the hungers of popular audiences. But as Richard Rhodes found on a trip to the Paris suburbs last week, Danish-born film and video artist Jesper Just rises to the challenge.
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  • Reviews01.12.2011

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    Changing Stakes: Deconstructing Dubai

    Dubai, home to the world’s tallest building, is a city known for extremes. This fall, fissures between its fantastical marketing and hard-labour reality were concisely revealed in an exhibition at Mercer Union. Cheyanne Turions reviews.
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  • Reviews24.11.2011

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    Performa 2011: Live Wires

    Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin and recent Banff Centre resident Ragnar Kjartansson were among the big highlights of this month’s Performa biennial in New York. David Balzer reviews, finding a performance-art festival that’s as vast as the city hosting it.
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  • Reviews24.11.2011

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    Maurizio Cattelan: All Things Considered

    Frank Lloyd Wright’s design for New York’s Guggenheim is famously rough on the artists exhibiting work there. But as critic Daniel Baird points out in this review, Maurizio Cattelan may have solved that problem in “All,” his current retrospective.
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  • Features17.11.2011

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    Prospect.2: Mardi Gras Masterpiece

    New Orleans’ Prospect.2 biennial was founded to revitalize the city, and despite budget overruns and a recently resigned artistic director, reviewer Nancy Tousley finds that its artwork still shines brightly. Read on for her highlights of the event.
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  • Reviews17.11.2011

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    Art and Drinks: Oswald’s Oasis

    Answering the prayers of art-opening attendees everywhere, a new hybrid gallery-bar in Toronto is filled with couches and chairs, as well as a casual, welcoming vibe. Here, Alexander Snow reports on Art and Drinks, John Oswald’s newest project.
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  • Will Munro: Ecstatic Legacies

    In 2010, at the age of 35, Toronto artist/DJ/promoter/activist Will Munro succumbed to brain cancer. Here, David Balzer reviews the first big survey of Munro’s work, which makes apparent how talented, prolific and perceptive this creator was.

  • Painting Canada: Artistry in the UK

    The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s recent Group of Seven show was one of the UK museum’s biggest hits ever, drawing 41,000 visitors. The attention was deserved, writes Sarah Milroy, as the exhibition offered new insights even to seasoned Canadian-art observers.

  • David Altmejd: In the Belly of the Beast

    The Occupy movement has galvanized the way we think about haves and have-nots. But where do artists fit in? As Joseph R. Wolin observes in this review of David Altmejd’s show at the Brant Foundation, context can be as powerful as content in determining the split.

  • A Stake in the Ground: When Language Wounds

    What happens to identity when our relationship to land and language is disrupted? This is a key question raised in “A Stake in the Ground,” an exhibition of works by 25 First Nations artists, curated by Nadia Myre, that’s currently at Montreal gallery Art Mûr.

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