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It’s often said that art-making is about making choices—what medium to use, what scale to deploy, what iconography to draw on. Here, Sarah Milroy reviews Micah Lexier’s current Toronto show, detailing the many decisions made along the way.
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Culture constructing ideas of nature is a common theme in contemporary art, but a new show in Kamloops, curated by Patrik Andersson, is taking it to the next level. Vancouver critic Robin Laurence reviews, finding a captivating mix of artists young and old.
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For Vancouver journalist Hadani Ditmars, “Surreal: Eight Artists in the Fantastical Tradition” prompts a different perception of Inuit art, and even a changed worldview. After seeing it, familiar urban landscapes can seem to shape-shift.
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The gentrification of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside—and local curatorial strategies of addressing it—recently provided conceptual and satirical fodder for Seoul art duo Young Hae-Chang Heavy Industries. Here, Tess Edmonson reviews some of the resulting works.
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One of the most talked-about shows in New York this season was Thomas Demand’s Magritte-inspired curatorial project at Matthew Marks Gallery. David Balzer reviews, finding Canadian connections and impressive works along the way.
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In this slideshow, assistant editor David Balzer reports on “No Comment,” an intriguing group show held near the New York Stock Exchange last week. Though the exhibition grew out of Occupy Wall Street, its visuals verged into Thomas Hirschhorn.
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Melding a major regional survey of more than 50 artists with an off-site installation, regular performances and a 500-page catalogue, the Quebec Triennial kicked off this week at an impressive scale. Daniel Baird reviews, finding it nearly flawless.
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For critic Sarah Milroy, a museum is successful when it answers a question: Where are we? By this measure, writes Milroy, the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal’s new pavilion, opening October 14, is successful indeed.
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Robert Waters’ recent Toronto exhibition, “Malefactor,” poetically juxtaposed controversial themes of religion, violence and sexuality. Noor Ale reflects on the show, noting the international recognition this Canadian artist has received.
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David Balzer reports that a religious mood reigned at MoMA PS1 last week as its 9/11-anniversary show met the closing days of Vancouver artist Jeremy Shaw’s Best Minds. In Minds, Shaw illuminates the unexpected transcendence of a BC punk concert.
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Nationalism and patriotism get put in the crosshairs in the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art’s current group show “¡Patria o Libertad!” Daniel Baird reviews, mulling political crises and migratory cultures along the way.
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Winnipeg curator Anthony Kiendl offers a rock 'n' roll take on media art in his current exhibition for Belgium’s fifth Contour Biennial. Sandee Moore reviews, finding echoes of punk, folk and psychedelia amid Mechelen’s medieval churches.
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This fall, Montreal’s international photography biennial returns with the theme “Lucidity: Inward Views.” Christina Bagatavicius reviews, noting a thoughtfully curated range of heavy hitters and emerging talents unafraid of addressing the unconscious.
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Can one make public art these days that actually refuses to be site-specific? Critic Robert Linsley admires Josh Thorpe’s attempt in his current show at Campbell House, one of Toronto’s oldest buildings.
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Hunting Blind, a new outdoor sculpture installation by Robin Arseneault and Paul Jackson at the Art Gallery of Alberta, proves an exception to the rules of public art. Moreover, notes Nancy Tousley, its design takes some shots at the art world itself.
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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.
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.
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.
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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