Writing Performances
Does a performance need an audience like writing needs a reader? In a conversation over several months, artist Jana Omar Elkhatib discusses how she developed a series of new works for Hamilton Artists Inc., through writing, sound and the body
Camille Rojas
Ryerson Artspace, Toronto, Performance on October 5, 2019
From Environmental Activist to Minister of Canadian Heritage
In a Toronto chat just days into leading the nation’s culture file, Steven Guilbeault answers questions on climate crises, museums and an artist resale right
ExtraOrdinary Objects
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, October 19, 2019, to January 12, 2020
Some Other Refusals
The Automatists built a generation of genre-defying art. But they also left instructions for how to question the canon that praised them
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The Politics of Sensing
A two-part exhibition at the Blackwood Gallery reflects on how we collect information about the world, through both the senses and technology
From Margin to Centre, and Back Again
“I sensed a social ecology I had to navigate but did not understand,” says artist Ken Lum of the rules-based art world that surrounded him. “And when I did start to understand it, I was unsympathetic to why this social ecology had to be heeded”
Leanne Olson
Mitchell Art Gallery, Edmonton, September 13 to December 7, 2019
“Àbadakone” Creates Community
When Indigenous artists gathered at the National Gallery of Canada, something significant happened
Indigenous Art Is So Camp
An international Indigenous art exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada reveals a feminist, camp aesthetic
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In the Studio with Gloria Swain
“I try to create creative healing spaces. It’s like me saying to young black women: it’s ok not to be ok.”
In the Studio with Gloria Swain
“I try to create creative healing spaces. It’s like me saying to young black women: it’s ok not to be ok.”
In the Studio with Valérie Blass
“I try as much as possible to push through the constraints I’ve set up for myself, to push as far as possible into something that is very experimental. ”
In the Studio with Valérie Blass
“I try as much as possible to push through the constraints I’ve set up for myself, to push as far as possible into something that is very experimental. ”
Current Exhibitions
Urban Regalia: Contemporary Fashion by Sug-ii-t Lukxs
University of Victoria' s Legacy Gallery, 630 Yates, Victoria BC
The Boat
Project/everythingwillbefine
McMaster Museum of Art, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton ON
Kim Adams: Bruegel-Bosch Bus
Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King Street West, Hamilton ON
How far do you travel?
Contemporary Art Gallery (Off-site), 555 Nelson Street, Vancouver BC
Editors' Pick
Blanketing: Jesse Campbell
Open Space Arts Society, 510 Fort Street, Victoria BC
Urban Regalia: Contemporary Fashion by Sug-ii-t Lukxs
University of Victoria' s Legacy Gallery, 630 Yates, Victoria BC
The Boat
Project/everythingwillbefine
McMaster Museum of Art, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton ON
Kim Adams: Bruegel-Bosch Bus
Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King Street West, Hamilton ON
How far do you travel?
Contemporary Art Gallery (Off-site), 555 Nelson Street, Vancouver BC
Editors' Pick
Blanketing: Jesse Campbell
Open Space Arts Society, 510 Fort Street, Victoria BC
