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SOBEY FINALIST BRENDAN FERNANDES: AN ONLINE SUPPLEMENT TO THE SUMMER 2010 PRINT EDITION OF CANADIAN ART
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Brendan Fernandes Neva There 2008 |
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Daniel Barrow, the finalist for the 2010 Sobey Art Award representing Prairies and the North, has gained increasing notice for low-tech works that combine comic-book aesthetics with richly poetic fantasy. Take a look at this portfolio to find out more.
Patrick Bernatchez is the Quebec-region finalist for the 2010 Sobey Art Award. Known for dark, eerie works that haunt overlooked spaces in one of Canada’s biggest cities, Bernatchez is one to watch. Find out more with our portfolio of his key works.
Brendan Lee Satish Tang is the 2010 Sobey Award finalist for the region of West Coast and the Yukon. Tang is known for unique ceramic sculptures that evoke both manga comics and Ming dynasty vases. Find out more in this award-finalist portfolio.
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.
