Interviews
Expanding Access: An Interview with Michelle Jacques
As Jacques embarks on a new position as Remai Modern’s New Head of Exhibitions and Collections/Chief Curator, she looks back at her achievements at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Expanding Access: An Interview with Michelle Jacques
As Jacques embarks on a new position as Remai Modern’s New Head of Exhibitions and Collections/Chief Curator, she looks back at her achievements at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
A Conversation on Indigenous Youth and the Power of Art
Artist Faye HeavyShield and Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective reflect on a recent Edmonton art project involving Indigenous youth.
Howie Tsui’s Subversive, Epic New Work
In a sprawling video projection at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Howie Tsui explores the martial-arts genre that shaped him—and the city in which he was born.
A Surrealist Film, Written by Children
Merray Gerges interviews Joële Walinga, director of Cave Small Cave Big, a surrealist short film written and designed by two five-year-old girls.
Xenofeminism and New Tactics for the Left
An open-ended, multi-voiced, online manifesto repositions feminism, technology and the political left.
Isaac Julien: On Political Expediency
UK artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien is in Toronto to revive two older works at the ROM—ones that feel uncannily relevant to current politics. Merray Gerges interviews.
Building Prisons In Order to Destroy Them
With investments in the prison industry skyrocketing, the sculptural practice of Montreal’s Sheena Hoszko is more relevant than ever.
Aida Muluneh: From Ethiopia to Canada and Back Again
Aida Muluneh is shown from New York to Johannesburg, Basel to Addis Ababa. But few know that her photo love began in a tiny high-school darkroom in Calgary.
On Board Culture and Rule Breaking
An exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery looks at Indigenous relationships with the land that come through snowboarding, skateboarding and surfing.
#WelcomeToBlackhurst: Curating a Black History of Toronto
“Welcome to Blackhurst” is a unique group exhibition that pays tribute to the life of Toronto’s black diaspora. Find out more in this curator interview.
Ryan Foerster: “I Was Always Against Art School”
Ryan Foerster is one of several young Canadian artists now living in New York. For him, the city is a school in itself.