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Philip Monk

Philip Monk is a Toronto writer. His latest book, Migrating the Margins: Circumlocating the Future of Toronto Art (AGYU, 2019), was co-written with Emelie Chhangur. Monk is the 2021 recipient of the Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Founders Achievement Award. All of his writing, from 1977 on, can be accessed at Reading Philip Monk: philipmonk.com.
Roughing It in Toronto

Roughing It in Toronto

In his new book on Toronto art, Luis Jacob examines how colonialism and its erasures—along with hidden ravines and tangled gardens—have had a defining influence on the city’s creative ecology

The Shoreline Dilemma

The Shoreline Dilemma

Located on a Great Lake shoreline many kilometres long, the Toronto Biennial asks: How do we listen and learn from the lake? It’s a complicated question with no simple answer

Toronto Art’s Queer, Punk Past

Toronto Art’s Queer, Punk Past

Move over, Pictures Generation: 1980s appropriation art was invented in Toronto. Find out why in Philip Monk's book Is Toronto Burning?

Elgaic Pantomine: Arnaud Maggs After Nadar
Why I Write Such Good Books…and How You Can, Too!
Fun with Mythmaking

Fun with Mythmaking

What General Idea taught us about Canadian history.

Warhola: A Horror Film

Warhola: A Horror Film

The prosthesis was a telltale sign. We all had one; forty extras in the first room at least. Without asking, we were each given one for free. Even before we reached the admission desk, it was a necessary interface.