Mirrors, Mandalas and Seeing the Self
Chrysanne Stathacos talks about her new installation for the Gwangju Biennale and psychic communications and connections amid pandemic loss
Azadeh Elmizadeh
The suite of paintings in “Subtle Bodies,” at Toronto’s Franz Kaka this fall, blended Sufi cosmologies, Persian miniatures, abstraction and light
Passing Time
The isolation of this slow spring has not been easy. Here, Canadian Art editors share thoughts on finding solace in language and surprising moments of coincidence
Art for Strange Times
While we’re living and working in separation, art offers connection, distraction and ways to find ourselves anew. Here, five Canadian Art editors share what we’ve been looking at over the past week
A Future That Has No History
Laure Prouvost and Jonas Staal talk about how they oversee, as artists and co-administrators, a universe of nipples, tentacles, plants, signs and other non-humans in their projects
Constellations
Like a compass without a needle or a map without a grid, Hajra Waheed’s work uses technologies of orientation to disorient perception, asking us to think differently about surveillance, security and the stories we have in common
Alexander Calder
With a few weeks left, the rare opportunity to see a survey of Calder’s work in Canada is an occasion for three reflections on science, systems and abstraction
What Images Don’t Do
The Anthropocene Project contains stunning views of mining, deforestation, pollution and more. But how does it normalize what humans have done to the planet?
The Politics of Preference
Two recent exhibitions in São Paulo explore ideas of affinity
TIFF Premieres Notable Artist Films
Maria Lassnig, Richard Billingham, Sky Hopinka, Beatrice Gibson and Steve McQueen are among those featured
Donkeys in the Don and Other Temporary Acts
A conversation with Toronto curator Kari Cwynar about what we want, and need, from civic space—whether it's built or naturalized, domestic or wild