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In the Atmosphere
On January 20, 2021, Jill Biden highlighted a Robert S. Duncanson painting at the US inauguration reception. Find out about Duncanson’s years in Montreal and connections with Canadian artists in this story from our Fall 2020 issue, “Chroma”
In the Atmosphere
On January 20, 2021, Jill Biden highlighted a Robert S. Duncanson painting at the US inauguration reception. Find out about Duncanson’s years in Montreal and connections with Canadian artists in this story from our Fall 2020 issue, “Chroma”
Jerry Pethick: Visionary Giant
From pioneering holographic constructions to multi-dimensional, lens-based sculptural works, the late BC-artist Jerry Pethick maintained a primary concern with disrupting expected ideas of perception and the experiential nature of art. A survey exhibition currently on view at Catriona Jeffries Gallery in Vancouver takes another look at Pethick’s innovative work and increasingly prescient legacy.
Christopher Pratt: Beyond Cities, and Into the Real
It’s a big country out there, a fact easy to forget when cities crowd the agenda with their problems and hold on to how we imagine the future. In his landscape paintings of the past decade, Newfoundland painter Christopher Pratt has never forgotten the scale of the land we inhabit.
Scott Lyall Audiocast: A Gala Fundraiser’s Minus-One?
Over the past few years, Los Angeles–trained, Toronto-based artist Scott Lyall has won renown for his innovative approach to installation. Now, in a Canadian Art audiocast, Lyall gives Leah Sandals a tour of his unusual exhibition “The Color Ball,” revealing thoughts along the way on SITE Santa Fe, arts fundraising galas and—most uniquely—formalist fog machines.
Sarah Milroy chats with Reinhard Reitzenstein
In this video, taped during the 2008 Canadian Art Gallery Hop, critic Sarah Milroy discusses themes of transformation and materiality in the work of German-born, Ontario-based artist Reinhard Reitzenstein. Listen in as the artist, also present at the talk, speaks about his interest in photography and his need to heighten the tangibility of the world around him.
2008 Gallery Hop Panel, Part 2
Listen in as curator Helena Reckitt explores the new mood of modesty, distress and community-based approaches as reflected in recent exhibitions at Toronto’s Power Plant. Reckitt spoke as part of the 2008 Canadian Art Gallery Hop panel on theme “Delicate: Art and Post-Millennial Culture.”
2008 Gallery Hop Panel, Part 1
The Canadian Art Gallery Hop is always kicked off with a stimulating panel on key issues in art today. In this video, Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes introduces the 2008 Gallery Hop panel on the theme “Delicate: Art and Post-Millennial Culture.” Curator John Zeppetelli of Montreal’s DHC/ART Foundation discusses the topic in relation to his recent exhibition on British sculptor Marc Quinn and the group show “Re-enactments.”
Vikky Alexander: Mirror, Mirror
In her new exhibition, “Lost Horizons,” Vancouver-based photographer Vikky Alexander shows why her work has been recognized across Canada, Europe, the US and Asia. Her droll, mirrored appropriations of landscape imagery prompt questions about truth in contemporary seeing.
Michel de Broin: Emote Control
Berlin- and Montreal-based artist Michel de Broin mines intriguing common ground between primal urges and mass communication in “USURE MENTAL,” an exhibition of new sculpture and photo works in Montreal.
John Dickson Audiocast: A Nice Firebomb-side Chat
Toronto artist John Dickson is one of our leading contemporary sculptors. Now, in an audio interview with Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes, Dickson talks about his current fascination with firebombed landscape, his past collective projects and more.
Diana Thorneycroft: Tragicomic Canadiana
Diana Thorneycroft has a masterful photographic touch when it comes to tackling the darker side of the human condition. Her latest exhibition, “Group of Seven Awkward Moments,” takes a satirical turn, using toy figures to depict a pantheon of all-Canadian “tragedies.”