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Reel Artists Album: Premiere Pictures

AN ONLINE SUPPLEMENT TO THE SPRING 2010 EDITION OF CANADIAN ART MAGAZINE
Tamra Davis, director of <I>Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child</I>, with producer David Koh at the film’s gala Canadian premiere during Reel Artists 2010 Tamra Davis, director of Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, with producer David Koh at the film’s gala Canadian premiere during Reel Artists 2010

Tamra Davis, director of <I>Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child</I>, with producer David Koh at the film’s gala Canadian premiere during Reel Artists 2010

The seventh edition of the Reel Artists Film Festival in Toronto, which ran from February 24 to February 28, featured several premiere screenings, as well as extra director discussions and some special artist appearances. Canadianart.ca will be releasing video from these events and talks through spring 2010. In the meantime, enjoy these pictures from the gala Canadian premiere of Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, the sold-out world premiere of Fold, Crumple, Crush: The Art of El Anatsui, the first screen homage to recently deceased Art Basel founder Ernst Beyeler, and much more.

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This article was first published online on March 11, 2010.

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