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
Performatorium: Blood, Sweat and Queers in Regina
Performatorium, an ambitious five-day festival of queer performance art in Regina, connects LQBTQ+ communities well beyond the Prairies.
When a Contemporary Ruin Becomes an Art Festival
From Expo 67 wannabe to civic relic—Ontario Place has seen it all. What does its new art festival, In/Future, mean to a critic with a history on the site?
What Does Art Do? Canadian Artists Make a Mark in Gwangju
Duane Linklater, Nadia Belerique, Hajra Waheed and Mohammad Salemy are among the Canadians inquiring into the state of art, and the world, in Gwangju.
Meet the Artist Who Embroiders Kleenex and Cheerios, Not Cloth
Cheerios, paper towels, bouquets of flowers, leaves, and yes, Kleenex—Kate Jackson only wants to embroider materials whose lives are shorter than her own.
Seriously Funny: Chris Cran at the National Gallery of Canada
Calgary painter Chris Cran has a lively National Gallery of Canada retrospective packed with wordplay and optical twists and turns. Rosie Prata reviews.
Can the White Cube Ever Be a Nightclub?
Many museums and galleries have been holding nightclub-style events in an attempt to win new audiences. This transformation is tough, Merray Gerges writes.
Big Art in a Small Town: A Report on Sackville’s Ok.Quoi?!
Experimental music, graphic novels, noontime BBQs, film screenings, alleyway installations and karaoke caves—that's one week at a New Brunswick art fest.
The 250-Year-Old Story of a Woman Who Got Paid
Vigée Le Brun, the subject of a summer retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada, is art history’s unsung entrepreneur.
Vancouver Entrances: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun and Beau Dick
“I see this as unceded territories. I have never surrendered this to you." So begins a journey into some of the most-discussed art in Vancouver today.
Whose Idea of North? Lawren Harris at the AGO
Does a new exhibition of work by Lawren Harris at the AGO, curated by actor Steve Martin, offer fresh insights? Three members of our editorial team discuss.