Features
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”
Isa Tousignant’s Top 3: Into the Deeps
Montreal critic and Canadian Art contributing editor Isa Tousignant saw many shows this year, but the ones that rose to the surface were also the ones that pulled her down to the depths—be they suburban basements, contested histories or poetic darknesses.
Nancy Tousley’s Top 3: Supercharged Surveys
In early 2011, Nancy Tousley, our contributing editor from Calgary, won a Governor General’s Award for her distinguished arts-journalism career. Now, her expertise highlights some strongly curated surveys as the year’s best shows.
Leah Sandals’ Top 3: The Institution, Reframed
Part 2 of our year-end best-of series offers top picks by our contributing editors and art director, and kicks off with a posting by associate online editor Leah Sandals. For Sandals, art's institutions (and their troubles) are what stood out during 2011.
Mariam Nader’s Top 3: Nature, Necrosis and Nexus
From dreamy phantasms to hard-knuckle labour, Canadian Art intern Mariam Nader took in appealing shows on a wide range of themes this year. Here are the three exhibitions in Montreal and Toronto that made it onto her best-of list.
David Balzer’s Top 3: Art for the Ages
Mythic creatures, Warholian visions and mid-century dreams—for assistant editor David Balzer, the best shows of 2011 had a tendency to play off elements of the past, or place a renewed focus on them. In capable hands, he notes, the results are daring, not dated.
Bryne McLaughlin’s Top 3: Against the Grain
Year-end best lists often highlight popular favourites. But looking back over 2011, what lingers for managing editor Bryne McLaughlin are the figures who have gone against the grain—even, impressively, in one of the fall season’s biggest shows.
Tim Whiten: The Real Deal
Tim Whiten is a professor emeritus of York University's fine arts faculty, but when asked how he fits into the current Canadian art scene, he says, without hesitation, "I don't." This and other revealing perspectives are offered in author Ann Ireland's feature on the artist, which appears in the Winter 2012 issue of Canadian Art.
Jacques Bilodeau: Watch Your Step
You enter artist-designer-architect Jacques Bilodeau's Montreal studio expecting a stark modernist interior, but what you find instead is a sort of Plato's cave of blue-black steel, all hollows and shadows. This and other surprises abound in critic Gary Michael Dault's feature on the artist, published in our Winter 2012 issue.
Michel de Broin: Cities of Light
Michel de Broin's new street-lamp sculpture in New Orleans is a notable return to North America for the artist, who has spent much of the past six years living and working in Europe. In this feature from our Winter 2012 issue, managing editor Bryne McLaughlin takes a closer look at de Broin's work, which is both popular and powerful.
Canada in Miami: Not-So-Cold Comforts
What's left to say about this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach and its dozens of concurrent fairs and events? Quite a lot, if you’re looking to know the Canadian artists, dealers and presence there. Find out more in Leah Sandals’ report.