Interviews
Life of Objects
Liz Magor speaks about her landmark installation, One Bedroom Apartment, and our relationships to the objects we live with
Life of Objects
Liz Magor speaks about her landmark installation, One Bedroom Apartment, and our relationships to the objects we live with
Althea Thauberger: Faraways
Himalayan peaks meet Queen West sidewalks in Althea Thauberger’s latest Toronto installation, where a massive, billboard-sized image shows Kashmiri actors staging King Lear. In this interview with Bryne McLaughlin, Thauberger discusses the work’s making and meaning.
Samuel Roy-Bois: Surreal Estate
As part of his latest project, Vancouver artist Samuel Roy-Bois posted an ad promising a rent-free apartment in Canada’s most heated real-estate market. Now, he chats with Bryne McLaughlin about the results.
Marina Abramović: The Gifts of the Present
This week, a new documentary on Marina Abramović had its Canadian premiere at the Reel Artists Film Festival in Toronto. In this interview with Leah Sandals, Abramović talks about the film, fundamental beliefs and future plans.
Marc Mayer: The National Gallery and Taxpayers’ Money
Last week, National Gallery of Canada director Marc Mayer gave public talks in Toronto and Winnipeg on an oft-controversial arts topic: taxpayers’ money. Here, in follow-up interview with Leah Sandals, he discusses what he’s like to do with the gallery’s budget in the future.
IAIN BAXTER&: An Eye Scream Interview
N.E. Thing Co.’s Eye Scream was a restaurant/artwork opened in 1977 in Vancouver. It closed after a year and a half, but its legacy lives on in an IAIN BAXTER& retrospective in Chicago. Here, Mark Clintberg speaks with BAXTER& about the project.
Raqs Media Collective: The Equation Makers
Poetics, politics and paradox multiply in the work of India’s Raqs Media Collective, which has gained wide international attention in the past decade. Last week, as its latest exhibition opened in Toronto, Raqs’ Shuddhabrata Sengupta sat down to chat with Bryne McLaughlin.
Nuit Blanche: Alight, but for how Long?
Though Toronto’s Nuit Blanche is often a jubilant celebration, it's shadowed this year by the threat of municipal arts funding cuts. In this interview, programming manager Julian Sleath talks with Leah Sandals about the context and content of this Saturday’s fest.
40 Years of the CAG: Looking Ahead with Nigel Prince
The new director of Vancouver’s Contemporary Art Gallery makes an ambitious debut this week with a trio of exhibitions that challenge the institution’s image as it celebrates its 40th birthday. Now, David Balzer asks Nigel Prince about this unusual move.
Wavelengths: An Interview with TIFF’s Andréa Picard
With the Toronto International Film Festival launching this week, movie madness is gripping the city. But it’s not just about popcorn flicks; the fest’s also got Wavelengths, an experimental program. Here, Bryne McLaughlin explores its highlights with TIFF’s Andréa Picard.
Aganetha Dyck: A Hive of Activity
Aganetha Dyck has made work with honeybees a hallmark of her multidisciplinary career, which encompasses sculpture, drawing and photography. In this interview with Tess Edmonson, Dyck discusses her current show at Confederation Centre Art Gallery, which literally brings her co-workers into the gallery space.
From the Archive
Veronika Pausova Paints a Spidery Sublime
This artist spins webs of imagery by turns cartoonish and trompe l’oeil, ab ex and VFX, rife with loopy insects, nail-bitten fingers and other surreal turns
I Need to Know Where I’m Standing
Following her Sobey win, a conversation with Kapwani Kiwanga on audiences, critique strategies and when critics get it wrong
Moyra Davey Discusses Her Mother Reader, 15 Years On
Acclaimed Canadian artist Moyra Davey published her perennially relevant Mother Reader in 2001. Now, she reveals how motherhood continues to affect her art.