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Michael Turner

Michael Turner is a writer of fiction, criticism and song based in the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil Waututh people. His most recent book, 9x11 and other poems like Bird, Nine, x and Eleven, is published by New Star Books.
how do you carry the land?

how do you carry the land?

Vancouver Art Gallery, July 14–October 28, 2018

Interior Outpost: Vancouver Art Heads East

Interior Outpost: Vancouver Art Heads East

Why are artists, curators and collectors leaving Vancouver for BC’s interior? Real estate is only one factor

The Apartment: Vancouver’s Changing Scene

The Apartment: Vancouver’s Changing Scene

Michael Turner recounts the history of the Apartment, an influential Vancouver gallery that helped to launch an eastward shift in the city’s art scene.

Rock, Paper, Scissors: “Custom Made” Review

Rock, Paper, Scissors: “Custom Made” Review

Wrapping, with beadwork and basketry, recurs throughout the Kamloops Art Gallery's “Custom Made/Tsitslem te stem te ck’ultens-kuc.” Michael Turner reviews.

Ron Tran Plays Shopkeeper

Ron Tran Plays Shopkeeper

In "The Kitchen Garden at Home/Store," Ron Tran takes on the role of shopkeeper, amassing objects and display supports from nearby Chinatown stores.

Gesture Dominates in Valérie Blass’s “My Life”

Gesture Dominates in Valérie Blass’s “My Life”

In her new exhibition at Vancouver's Artspeak, Valerie Blass confounds visitors with her clever and unexpected sculpture.

Michael Turner’s Top 3 of 2014: Moments of Possession

Michael Turner’s Top 3 of 2014: Moments of Possession

Michael Turner lists his top three picks of 2014, including unexpected twists on institutional critique and bowls of reindeer soup.

Kamloops’ Luminocity Paints the Town Blanche

Kamloops’ Luminocity Paints the Town Blanche

A week-long nighttime art festival, inspired by Nuit Blanche, hints at how the Okanagan is undergoing a cultural renaissance, Michael Turner writes.

Black Diamond Dust: Industry and Labour

Black Diamond Dust: Industry and Labour

From utopian outposts to mining archives, Nanaimo Art Gallery's multi-venue group show "Black Diamond Dust" takes a hard look at the power of coal.

Hyung Min Yoon: From Page to Screen

Hyung Min Yoon: From Page to Screen

When a 1515 prayer book by Dürer is reworked as a 2014 political-joke film by Yoon, what does that say about our era? Michael Turner reviews.

Show of Ai Weiwei’s Early NYC Photos Gets Canadian Debut

Show of Ai Weiwei’s Early NYC Photos Gets Canadian Debut

Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver September 5 to November 30, 2014

George Sawchuk: The Forest as Gallery, and Studio

George Sawchuk: The Forest as Gallery, and Studio

Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay June 28 to August 9, 2014

Berlin Biennale Tells Tales Old and New

Berlin Biennale Tells Tales Old and New

Various locations, Berlin May 29 to August 3, 2014

Sex, Drugs & Rock n’ Roll: Myfanwy MacLeod in Vancouver

Sex, Drugs & Rock n’ Roll: Myfanwy MacLeod in Vancouver

Vancouver Art Gallery March 8 to June 8, 2014

A Look at Painting as Journey in Vancouver

A Look at Painting as Journey in Vancouver

Equinox Gallery, Vancouver March 22 to April 19, 2014

Glenn Lewis Crashes Art-Craft Divide at Trench Gallery

Glenn Lewis Crashes Art-Craft Divide at Trench Gallery

Trench Gallery, Vancouver February 13 to March 22, 2014

A Course on Pictures Within Pictures, in Vancouver

A Course on Pictures Within Pictures, in Vancouver

Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver January 25 to March 9, 2014

Michael Turner’s Top 3 of 2013: Signs of Change
Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools

Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools

Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver September 6 to December 1, 2013

Swarm Celebrates Vancouver’s Artist-Run Autumn

Swarm Celebrates Vancouver’s Artist-Run Autumn

Various locations, Vancouver September 12 and 13, 2013

Q&A: Melanie O’Brian’s View on Vancouver
Q&A: Haema Sivanesan on Centre A & Vancouver Scenes
Crystal Tongue Defies Analysis in Vancouver

Crystal Tongue Defies Analysis in Vancouver

Exercise, Vancouver May 31 to June 29, 2013

Brian Jungen Shows Continuity & Contrast in German Survey

Brian Jungen Shows Continuity & Contrast in German Survey

Kunstverein Hannover April 20 to June 26, 2013

Art Spiegelman as Modern Master in Vancouver

Art Spiegelman as Modern Master in Vancouver

Vancouver Art Gallery February 16 to June 9, 2013

Edible Glasses Provides New View of Vancouver ARC Culture

Edible Glasses Provides New View of Vancouver ARC Culture

Western Front, Vancouver January 18 to February 23, 2013

Things’ Matter Sets Thoughts in Motion at Or Gallery

Things’ Matter Sets Thoughts in Motion at Or Gallery

Or Gallery, Vancouver December 8, 2012, to January 26, 2013

Shannon Oksanen & Valérie Sonnier

Shannon Oksanen & Valérie Sonnier

UNIT/PITT Projects, Vancouver

Nathan Coley CAG Show Offers Chance to Reflect on Vancouver’s Problems & Prospects

Nathan Coley CAG Show Offers Chance to Reflect on Vancouver’s Problems & Prospects

Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver November 22, 2012 to January 20, 2013

Intersections: a new Ian Wallace retrospective at the VAG

Intersections: a new Ian Wallace retrospective at the VAG

Vancouver Art Gallery, October 27, 2012, to February 24, 2013

“State of Mind” Marches to a Regional-Art Beat

“State of Mind” Marches to a Regional-Art Beat

The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver September 28 to December 9, 2012

Esther Shalev-Gerz at the Kamloops Art Gallery
Gareth Moore: Utility and Fragility

Gareth Moore: Utility and Fragility

Karlsaue Park, Kassel Jun 9 to Sep 16 2012

Native American Modernism: Art and Artifact

Native American Modernism: Art and Artifact

Berline Ethnologisches Museum Mar 3 to Oct 28 2012

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