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
Shary Boyle: Flesh and Blood
An exhibition of new Shary Boyle works at the Art Gallery of Ontario is one of the highlights of Toronto’s current art season. As reviewer Vanessa Nicholas notes, the show offers a potent mix of the fantastical and the corporeal.
Nocturne: A Return to the Gardens
Halifax’s third annual nighttime art festival, Nocturne, took over the city’s streets and oft-gated public gardens this weekend. Sue Carter Flinn reports on the highlights, from elliptical-trainer karaoke to citizen-operated post offices.
Gwen MacGregor: River-Run Recherché
For the latest edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery’s River Grand Chronicles, artist Gwen MacGregor canoed the waterway and made an installation of her findings. As Ivan Jurakic notes, MacGregor’s strength came in looking at river as a multifaceted site.
Eric Fischl: In Deep Water
Celebrated New York artist Eric Fischl has numerous Canadian ties, from his teaching at NSCAD in the 1970s to his current exhibition at Toronto’s Barbara Edwards Contemporary. David Balzer reviews the latter, finding languid, elegant watercolours.
Heather and Ivan Morison: Blueprint for Happy Endings
UK artists (and Venice Biennale alums) Heather and Ivan Morison are known for their uncanny, semi-optimistic approaches to a dismal future. As Danielle Egan reports, their new public work in Vancouver continues this practice—often transfixingly so.
Nelson Henricks: The Writing on the Wall
Montreal artist Nelson Henricks is known for toying with memory, history, time and the difficulty of articulating one’s truths. As Alhena Katsof reports, Henricks’ first mid-career retrospective, opened this month, anthologizes works both classic and current.
Beyond/In Western New York: Buffalo Stance
Some say that one of the biggest Canadian art biennials actually happens every other year in the States—namely at the regionally focused fest Beyond/In Western New York. Bryne McLaughlin reports on the opening of this fall’s sprawling, Buffalo-based event.
Do You Love Me?: Pet Sounds
The relationship between affection, companionship and pets was the focus of an enjoyable group show at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery this summer. In review, John Armstrong notes the work provided insights about the artists as much as their animals.
Michael Merrill: Nights at the Museum
Is painting’s recent surge about accelerated aesthetic vitality or calculated “condo art”? Cameron Skene poses the question and finds hope for fine-art fans in the museum-themed works of Michael Merrill, currently on view in Montreal.
Giving Notice: Signs of Change
Advertising, text-art and signage converge this fall in a Halifax show featuring works by Lawrence Weiner and Gordon Lebredt, among others. As Adam O’Reilly observes, the grouping raises many questions about political, artistic and commercial persuasion.