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In the Atmosphere
On January 20, 2021, Jill Biden highlighted a Robert S. Duncanson painting at the US inauguration reception. Find out about Duncanson’s years in Montreal and connections with Canadian artists in this story from our Fall 2020 issue, “Chroma”
In the Atmosphere
On January 20, 2021, Jill Biden highlighted a Robert S. Duncanson painting at the US inauguration reception. Find out about Duncanson’s years in Montreal and connections with Canadian artists in this story from our Fall 2020 issue, “Chroma”
Jed Lind: Navigating Time
Over the past four years, the Toronto-born, Los Angeles–based artist Jed Lind has produced a cohesive body of work that is a peculiar fusion of 1960s and 1970s ideology and technology and 21st-century concerns about environmental degradation and human survival.
Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins: Finders Keepers
As last winter passed into spring, the artists Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins were intent on making every minute count. They had just finished an immense installation for Canada Blooms, Toronto’s annual flower-and-garden show, hard on the heels of exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of York University. Several other projects were in varying states of completion or looming on the horizon.
Valérie Blass: Particle Collider
Though its industrial past was downright gritty, Montreal’s Darling Foundry is, today, a pretty tidy place. On the first floor, two large, pristine galleries host exhibitions. On the third floor, artists and curators lunch in a stylish open kitchen. Even on the second floor, where the artists’ studios are located, the hallways are clean, with nary a blot of paint or a dot of clay in sight.
Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby: Possibilities of Redemption
Begin with a song. In Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby’s debut video, Rapt and Happy (1998), the first thing we hear is Duke’s voice singing “Doo doo doo...I’d love to keep you warm.”
Gareth Moore: A New Salvage Paradigm
My first meeting with Gareth Moore took the form of a walk. On the day of our hike along the tidal flats of Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond, B.C., the sky was overcast with a slight drizzle.
Corin Sworn: Soft Focus, Sharp Tools
Corin Sworn revisits the fictions of modernism through playgrounds, B movies and a school rulebook
Kelly Richardson: The Radiant Real
Kelly Richarson blurs the line between fantasy and reality in her culture-saturated video landscapes
Adad Hannah: Masterpiece Theatre
Adad Hannah brings the art of the past into the new world of video
Faces: Ben Walmsley – Father Goose
It is conventional art wisdom that it’s best to paint what is around you. And what is around the artist Ben Walmsley is children. He has four of them, ranging in age from nine to 19. “I’ve been a stay-at-home dad for 20 years now,” Walmsley tells me during my recent visit to his Toronto studio.
Places: Joe Battat’s Playhouse
Things are changing for Montreal, the perennial little brother of North America’s big cities and big art scenes. In a review of last year’s Québec Triennial, the Globe and Mail asked, “Is Montreal the real art capital of Canada?” It’s now a fair question.