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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”
Pierre-Francois Ouellette: One Fair at a Time
Listen in on a conversation between top Montreal dealer Pierre-François Ouellette and Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes as they discuss art fairs, Ed Pien and the Quebec scene in advance of Ouellette’s July 15 talk at Toronto’s Drake Hotel.
Videocast: Katy Schimert at the Anne Lind International Program
In this free videocast of Katy Schimert’s May 2008 Canadian Art lecture, the New York artist discusses how Alice in Wonderland, war, migraines and mythology have influenced her artwork.
Shary Boyle Lectures in Vancouver
On June 5, 2008, Toronto artist Shary Boyle spoke in Vancouver as part of the Canadian Art Foundation International Lecture Series, co-presented with the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver. Now art lovers across the country can watch as Boyle discusses her unique practice in Canadian Art’s online videocast of the talk.
Dave Dyment: Monster Mash-up
Given his delight in records, mash-ups and instrumentation, Dave Dyment is clearly a music junkie’s kind of artist. So it’s especially appropriate to see him mining pop culture as part of the Yo La Tengo– and Broken Social Scene–headlined Sled Island Music Festival.
François Lacasse: Poured Poetics
Over the past two decades, Montreal painter François Lacasse has developed an impressive reputation for poetic compositions formed by the deft manipulation of paint poured directly onto canvas. The results in his latest show are strikingly beautiful.
Sophie Calle: Public Relations
Sophie Calle has built a career on making the private public. Now the DHC/ART Foundation offers a peek at Calle’s latest with the North American premiere of “Prenez soin de vous,” a major exhibition that debuted at last year’s Venice Biennale.
Kristine Moran: Where Cities Break, and Paint Survives
In the few short years since her graduation from the Ontario College of Art and Design, Kristine Moran has built a busy career with exhibitions of her paintings in Toronto, New York and elsewhere.
Kyla Mallett: Duly Noted
Once the king of all media, print is on the decline. Still, there are many ways in which books continue to provide the standard tale of society. Vancouver artist Kyla Mallett investigates these forms (and their failings) aptly in “Marginalia.”
Katie Bethune-Leamen: Mushroom Crowd
Popular during the Arts & Crafts movement and the 1970s, mushroom motifs seem to be in vogue again. This is nowhere more evident than in the work of Katie Bethune-Leamen, has been creating (and even inhabiting) mushrooms both minuscule and majestic.
John Massey: Driven to Distraction
John Massey’s This Land (The Photographs) shows a wry sense of humour about our contemporary relationship to the landscape. Each photo presents a glimpse of water, sky or forest as seen through the windows of a luxury car, with the camera foregrounding leather upholstery rather than lakeside majesty.