A New Kind of Land Acknowledgement
Artist and Toronto Biennial advisor Ange Loft, senior curator Candice Hopkins and deputy director and director of programs Ilana Shamoon talk to Lindsay Nixon about what it means to use a land acknowledgement as a guiding principle for curatorial and artistic work
The Biennale of Sydney: Songs of Survival
The 17th Biennale of Sydney launched in May with some bold claims about art. As curator Candice Hopkins writes, the exhibition goes far—if not always far enough—to meet its aims. At its best, it frames aboriginal artists (Canadian Beau Dick included) with the respect their work deserves alongside big names like Louise Bourgeois and Isaac Julien.