The Angel’s Share
Rae Johnson‘s angels catalogue the passage of a body through time
How Amy Lam’s Make-Believe Bathroom Offers Real Relief
This virtual artwork showed that, in the wake of the virus, the lack of will or public policy to make washrooms safe and accessible has exacerbated brutal discrepancies
Life of Objects
Liz Magor speaks about her landmark installation, One Bedroom Apartment, and our relationships to the objects we live with
Eric Mack
Scrap Metal Gallery, Toronto, September 19, 2019, to January 25, 2020
DIS Placed: Q&A with the Curators of the Berlin Biennale
"People constantly repeat the cliche that Berlin is over, but it's only just begun." Canadian writer Tess Edmonson talks with Berlin Biennale curators DIS.
Taryn Simon’s MoMA Show Sets Photography Versus Reality
Museum of Modern Art, New York May 2 to September 3, 2012
Found in Translation: Missing Links
The typical take on translation favours something more lost than found. But as Tess Edmonson reports, the Deutsche Guggenheim’s recent show on translation showed it to be productive and positive for culture and language.
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries: There Are No Problems in Art
The gentrification of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside—and local curatorial strategies of addressing it—recently provided conceptual and satirical fodder for Seoul art duo Young Hae-Chang Heavy Industries. Here, Tess Edmonson reviews some of the resulting works.
Aganetha Dyck: A Hive of Activity
Aganetha Dyck has made work with honeybees a hallmark of her multidisciplinary career, which encompasses sculpture, drawing and photography. In this interview with Tess Edmonson, Dyck discusses her current show at Confederation Centre Art Gallery, which literally brings her co-workers into the gallery space.
Lyla Rye: A Platform for Ideas
Lyla Rye’s newest work is a lyrical homage to a renovated foundry, its “stage” a sleek, low platform that moves softly back and forth as viewers step on it. Tess Edmonson reviews, finding industrial materials made elegant.
General Idea: AA Bronson Talks Haute Culture
The first major retrospective of General Idea, “Haute Culture,” opens in Toronto this Friday following spring praise in Paris. Find out more about the show’s behind-the-scenes evolution as AA Bronson chats with Tess Edmonson.
