Nicole Kelly Westman
Western Front, Vancouver, May 31 to July 13, 2019
The Showstoppers
A new generation of drag stars is changing how we think about performance art
The Luxury of Making Art
As Vancouver’s DIY studios struggle to make rent, artists re-evaluate their practices
What’s Missing from the World’s First Gauguin Portraits Exhibition?
National Gallery of Canada director admits more could be done to engage Indigenous artists and thinkers around this landmark show
Caroline Mousseau Wins the 2019 Plaskett Award
Lauren Pelc-McArthur, this year’s runner up, receives the Nancy Petry Award
A Different Kind of Futurism
Kali Spitzer reclaims historical photography in her recent exhibition “An Exploration of Resilience and Resistance”—and reveals a queer Indigenous future
Reflections on an Art Project about Indigenous Mothering
Rooted in Indigenous knowledge systems, “Mothering Spaces” in Edmonton addressed barriers caregivers experience in the arts—and it also prompted thoughts about mothering as a collective action
In Your Face
A national survey of 10 artists who find new ways to define feminism
You Want Our Art but Not Our People
Dressed in regalia to support their kin at the 2019 Whitney Biennial opening, a group of NDNs experience art-world militarization first-hand
To Salvage an Archive
What does it mean to make public your family's history of migration? Deanna Bowen discusses her new exhibition ”A Harlem Nocturne,“ and Black histories across the continent
Beau Dick
White Columns, New York, March 16 to May 4, 2019
videos
In the Studio with KC Adams
“I've always jumped from medium to medium,” says this influential Indigenous artist. She adds: “There was a lot of things that we had to do for survival. I’m just merely following the footsteps of the ancestors”
In the Studio with Faraz Anoushahpour, Parastoo Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko
In this video they discuss working together and the challenges of collective authorship
In the Studio with Faraz Anoushahpour, Parastoo Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko
In this video they discuss working together and the challenges of collective authorship
A Conversation with Brenda Draney
Viewing a Brenda Draney painting is like witnessing a dream. Here, the artist speaks about the role of small-town memory and mystery in her work
Current Exhibitions
David Campion and Sandra Shields: Grand Theft Terra Firma
Art Gallery of Peterborough, 250 Crescent Street, Peterborough ON
Omar Ba: Same Dream
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1380 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal QC
The Vancouver Art Gallery presents “Moving Still: Performative Photography in India”
Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street, Vancouver BC
Editors' Pick
Bien Dans sa Peau
Akasha Art Projects, 204D Carlton Street, Suite 200, Toronto ON
Common Place: Common-Place
Art Museum at the University of Toronto, 15 King's College Circle, Toronto ON
Kathy Slade + Amber Frid-Jimenez | A Dream and a Drive: Circles, Dots, Os and Zeros
Mónica Reyes Gallery, 602 East Hastings Street, Vancouver BC
David Campion and Sandra Shields: Grand Theft Terra Firma
Art Gallery of Peterborough, 250 Crescent Street, Peterborough ON
Omar Ba: Same Dream
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1380 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal QC
The Vancouver Art Gallery presents “Moving Still: Performative Photography in India”
Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street, Vancouver BC
Editors' Pick
Bien Dans sa Peau
Akasha Art Projects, 204D Carlton Street, Suite 200, Toronto ON
Common Place: Common-Place
Art Museum at the University of Toronto, 15 King's College Circle, Toronto ON
Kathy Slade + Amber Frid-Jimenez | A Dream and a Drive: Circles, Dots, Os and Zeros
Mónica Reyes Gallery, 602 East Hastings Street, Vancouver BC