Essays
On the Life and Death (and Life) of Dancemakers
In November, the board of directors at Dancemakers said it would close, after a 46-year run. Then in February, a new board took the reins, with a new, in-process vision
On the Life and Death (and Life) of Dancemakers
In November, the board of directors at Dancemakers said it would close, after a 46-year run. Then in February, a new board took the reins, with a new, in-process vision
The Snails Are Back in Town
Snails are back in the art world—but were they ever really out?
A Feminist Diary
So much feminist thinking tells us to be wary of visual pleasure. But for some artists, taking pleasure in the painted surface is as political as it is recuperative
Pussy Potential
In 1970s Vancouver, Kate Craig imagined writing an avant-garde sex scene for a video that would never come to be
From Affordability to Artwashing: An Inquiry
The Canadian developer Westbank uses art to pave the way for real-estate developments—sometimes with civic encouragement
Touch It
When I stopped making clothes, I started exploring textiles in a different way
Why Have There Been No Great Black Canadian Women Artists?
Spoiler alert: there have been—they just don't get major exhibitions
A Year in Waiting
2018, through the lens of two trips to Vancouver
What Images Don’t Do
The Anthropocene Project contains stunning views of mining, deforestation, pollution and more. But how does it normalize what humans have done to the planet?
Between Two Ferns
Why are there so many houseplants in contemporary art? It's the economy, stupid