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
Sky Glabush
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor
Ceal Floyer
DHC/ART Foundation, Montreal
Kelly Richardson
Birch Libralato, Toronto
“The Last Frontier”
Halifax, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Pascal Grandmaison
Montreal, Galerie René Blouin
Art Installations at the Dataville Bunker: Cold War Cool
On May 21, a day predicted for the end of the world, some Atlantic Canadians gathered in a Cold War Diefenbunker in Nova Scotia. Their purpose wasn’t to escape apocalypse, but to enjoy a unique one-day art show. Halifax journalist Lizzy Hill reports.
Habitaptation: Future Shocks
A playful two-person exhibition in Saskatoon featuring Toronto’s Olia Mishchenko and Montreal’s Karine Giboulo has proved appealing to children. But as critic Bart Gazzola observes, it also suggests sobering visions for the future of the world’s youth.
Biennale de Montréal: The Gamblers
Curators Claude Gosselin and David Liss bet on the benefits of contingency when they themed the current Biennale de Montréal on elements of chance. Managing editor Bryne McLaughlin reviews, finding both payoffs and problems for this fast-and-loose motif.
Janice Kerbel: I Saw the Light
Canadian artist Janice Kerbel’s new commission for Chisenhale Gallery in London is an unusual “play for stage lights.” Aileen Burns reviews, illuminating the implications for a city feeling both pre-Olympics and post–austerity measures strife.
Images Festival: Lasting Impressions
For 10 days each spring, the Images Festival presents a dizzying array of moving image–based art across Toronto. In this review, Jennifer McVeigh highlights the four artists whose effects have lingered in the weeks since this year’s fest wrapped.