Reviews
On Charles Campbell and the Underrepresentation of Caribbean Art in Canada
The Jamaica-born, Victoria-based artist has shown at the Brooklyn Museum and Pérez Art Museum Miami—but only recently had his first Vancouver solo show
On Charles Campbell and the Underrepresentation of Caribbean Art in Canada
The Jamaica-born, Victoria-based artist has shown at the Brooklyn Museum and Pérez Art Museum Miami—but only recently had his first Vancouver solo show
Ottawa Report: Human Nature
Recent exhibitions in Ottawa explore the natural world—and humanity’s attempts to control it.
Making a Case for 21st-Century Feminist Art
The new book Desire Change: Contemporary Feminist Art in Canada subverts mainstream colonial narratives.
The Art of Urban Renewal in Windsor-Detroit
The Windsor Triennial tests how art can revive the rust belt.
A Compass That Points True
The exhibition “Morning Star“ celebrates Indigenous agency and kinship networks in the arts community.
Worlds Inside Worlds
The 2017 Canadian Biennial includes international artists for the first time—casting the National Gallery's recent acquisitions in a global light
Vancouver Report: From One Body to Another
References to bodies—human and otherwise—link a number of recent Vancouver exhibitions. Together, they offer passage to different realms.
Halifax Report: Can the White Cube Truly Be Reclaimed?
Recent projects at Anna Leonowens Gallery, the Khyber and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia suggest how galleries can promote healing, belonging and inclusion.
Thinking beyond the White Frontier
The recent Glenbow Museum exhibition “North of Ordinary” typecast Inuit as relics. The result was a harmful misrepresentation.
A Creative (Time) Take on Nuit Blanche
The 10th annual Creative Time Summit culminated in a Nuit Blanche display that centred around revolution—and, for this critic, actually kind of delivered.
Making Models of Conformity
Can an architectural model be revolutionary? A new show argues yes, but ultimately fails to build support for its cause.