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From ships in a bottle to cardboard cities, Toronto artist John Dickson has an uncanny knack for the alchemy of ordinary materials, a truth writer R.M. Vaughan makes clear in the winter 2009 edition of Canadian Art magazine. This special online bonus portfolio recaps a decade’s worth of Dickson’s creative chaos.
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In the winter 2009 print edition of Canadian Art, writer Daniel Baird examines the portrait projects of artist Arthur Renwick. This special online supplement offers more examples of Renwick's striking photography, as well as samples of a very different form of Renwick's creative work—his blues-inspired music.
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In the winter 2009 edition of Canadian Art magazine, Toronto critic Gillian MacKay takes on the imaginative, enigmatic installations of German-born artist Iris Häussler. These online bonus images give further glimpses into the projects that have made Häussler a key name in Canadian artmaking.
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Though the 2010 Winter Olympics don’t officially begin until this coming February, Vancouver’s cultural landscape is already transforming in anticipation of the games. Here, in a special online supplement to the Newsfront section of our winter 2009 magazine, a slideshow of nine images highlights Olympic art projects by Canadian and international artists.
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Attended by patrons, curators, artists and dealers, Canadian Art’s annual fundraising gala is always a good time for a great cause. This 12-image portfolio shows some of the revellers at this year’s event, held September 24 at the KoolHaus in Toronto.
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Adad Hannah’s carefully staged video tableaux of pre-existing images have become hallmarks of the Montreal-based artist’s practice over the past few years.
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U.K.-based artist Kelly Richardson’s surreal video landscapes inspire Toronto writer David Jager to consider the nature of reality and disbelief in our image-saturated society in the fall 2009 print edition of Canadian Art.
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Failed modern utopias and childhood radicalism drive the work of artist Corin Sworn.
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Vancouver artist Gareth Moore has made a name for himself through his wry performances and complex ephemeral sculptures that blur the lines between art and life.
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Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby have become increasingly well known for wry, provocative and self-revealing video and installation works.
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Montreal artist Valérie Blass has generated one of the most diverse, intelligent and engaging bodies of sculpture to emerge from Canada in recent years.
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Smart, skeptical and self-directed, Jennifer Marman and Danield Borins take on vernacular themes in a savvy way through various media.
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Jed Lind’s art practice channels concerns around human ingenuity, romantic idealism and diminishing environmental resources into affecting sculptures, photographs and installations. In “Navigating Time,” an essay for the fall 2009 edition of Canadian Art, artist and writer Robert Fones investigates the fusion of these ideas in Lind’s oeuvre. This special online supplement provides 10 images that elaborate Lind’s cohesive body of work.
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David Altmejd definitively grabbed the attention of the international art scene with his spectacular installation The Index at the 2007 Venice Biennale.
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Shary Boyle’s haunting, psychologically probing, dreamlike images have been rendered masterfully in paint, overhead projections and porcelain sculpture over the past number of years.
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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.
