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DAVID ALTMEJD PORTFOLIO: AN ONLINE SUPPLEMENT TO THE FALL 2009 PRINT EDITION OF CANADIAN ART
David Altmejd The Outside, The Inside and The Praying Mantis 2005 Installation view at Fundació La Caixa Museum Barcelona Courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery © David Altmejd / photo Jordi Nieva
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The roster of national finalists for this year’s $50,000 Sobey Art Award is strong. But even the regional semifinal showdowns were quite competitive. Cambridge Galleries proves same in a summer show of Sobey’s Ontario candidates.
Montreal curator Louise Déry had a worldwide hit when she commissioned David Altmejd for the 2007 Venice Biennale. Here’s a slideshow of a more recent international Déry exhibition: “Métamorphosis” in Istanbul, reviewed in the Spring 2009 print edition of Canadian Art.
“Through the Looking Glass” is a thoughtful, A-list-spiked examination of perceptual inversion strategies in contemporary art. And it puts Calgary’s Glenbow Museum back on the map as a major contemporary exhibition venue to boot.
Join us on Thursday, September 23, and Saturday, September 25, for exciting events that celebrate the visual arts.
Canadian Art’s under-40 patron group launches its second year with a program of extraordinary behind-the-scenes art events.
Congratulations go to winner Pandora Syperek and runners-up Deirdre McAdams and Vency Yun.
The Canadian Art Foundation, with RBC, is pleased to announce the 15 semifinalists in the 12th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
In this video, recorded on Saturday, May 29, 2010, as part of the Canadian Art Gallery Hop in Vancouver, Kitty Scott, director of visual arts at the Banff Centre, and Douglas Fogle, chief curator of the Hammer Museum, joined artists Lisa Anne Auerbach and Althea Thauberger to offer their thoughts on the artist’s role in the world.
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Canadian Art’s under-40 patron group had a fun make-your-own dining experience with one of Toronto’s hottest young artists
Learn about the influences that shaped the PS1 curator’s thinking as he prepared for his exhibition “The Talent Show”
Join us September 23 for a gala benefit and September 25 for a free day of talks at galleries citywide
More than ever, comics are considered a diverse, vibrant and exciting art form. But what defines the medium? What are its potentials and limitations? Critic Kenton Smith explores these issues with Seth, Chester Brown, Jillian Tamaki and other genre leaders.
Toronto was atwitter last week with the arrival of famed artist Julian Schnabel, who was installing his show “Art and Film” at the AGO. Sky Goodden reports from Schnabel’s press meeting, and wonders about this mighty figure’s seeming return to modesty.
Closing this weekend in Montreal, “Yesterday’s Tomorrows” brings together 10 artists who deal with modernism’s much-debated legacy. As Alhena Katsof observes, the show helpfully resists defining statements, focusing instead on artists’ fascinations with the era.
Dawson City, Yukon, is a key destination for outdoor-adventure travellers, but it’s also becoming a worthy centre for contemporary art. Odd Gallery’s annual summer exhibition series continues to prove the point with projects on geography, nature and the north.
Danish artist Nina Saunders’ spectacular furniture-sculptures have turned heads at the Saatchi Gallery and the Venice Biennale. Now, David Gleeson reviews her canny collaboration with a Canadian shoemaker that turned a retail shop into a mini-art-fantasia.
