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DAVID ALTMEJD PORTFOLIO: AN ONLINE SUPPLEMENT TO THE FALL 2009 PRINT EDITION OF CANADIAN ART
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David Altmejd The Index 2007 Installation view at the Canada Pavilion Venice Courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery © David Altmejd / photo Ellen Page Wilson |
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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.
The winner will be published in our magazine and receive a $3,000 award
Toronto's most anticipated art party is slated for Thursday, September 20
Timothy Taylor's feature on Zacharias Kunuk and Douglas Weber's portfolio on Kunuk's hometown recognized
Full talks and tours schedule, Douglas Coupland conversation info, and magazine launch details posted for free day of activities
Applications due May 9 for $55,000 in prizes
Free art tours for high-school students to take place in April and May
New writers on contemporary art encouraged to apply by June 1
Dates already set for next year’s Toronto festival
Applications for this $7,000 student award are due April 6
Event to feature a conversation with Douglas Coupland, gallery tours, a magazine launch and more
Jon Rafman’s work enjoys a deservedly high profile at this year’s Contact Festival. As Saelan Twerdy observes in this review, Rafman’s stunning, and often funny, Google Street View scenes demonstrate how the Internet is making everything public, from information to intimacy.
The auction record for contemporary Canadian art was broken earlier this month in New York with Christie’s $3.6 million sale of a Jeff Wall photograph. This week, Canada’s top houses head into their spring sales hoping to break more records.
“Based on a True Story” in Oakville boasts the largest North American survey to date of Keren Cytter, the Tel Aviv–born artist known as one of today’s most intriguing video practitioners. Mariam Nader reviews, finding greatest hits and unexpected delights.
The history of indigenous people performing for colonial audiences inspires "Sovereign Acts,” a current Toronto group show. As Max Mosher writes, the show—featuring Lori Blondeau, Adrian Stimson and others—is both campy and contemplative.
Dil Hildebrand is one brave painter. In his new show “Back to the Drawing Board (Reprise),” he stares down the old adage that no one wants to look at a green painting, let alone buy one. There's not just one green painting here—there's a room of them.
