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2008 Gallery Hop Panel, Part 2

OCAD, Toronto Sep 20 2008
Power Plant curator Helena Reckitt speaks at the 2008 Gallery Hop Power Plant curator Helena Reckitt speaks at the 2008 Gallery Hop

Power Plant curator Helena Reckitt speaks at the 2008 Gallery Hop

Listen in as curator Helena Reckitt explores the new mood of modesty, distress and community-based approaches as reflected in recent exhibitions at Toronto’s Power Plant. Reckitt spoke as part of the 2008 Canadian Art Gallery Hop panel on theme “Delicate: Art and Post-Millennial Culture.”



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This article was first published online on September 20, 2008.

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