Interviews
What We Mean When We Rant about Digital Art
Six months into living and working remotely, what has the “rush to digital” meant for artists and curators already trying to push virtual exhibition spaces in new directions?
What We Mean When We Rant about Digital Art
Six months into living and working remotely, what has the “rush to digital” meant for artists and curators already trying to push virtual exhibition spaces in new directions?
Joan Stebbins: Laframboise, and a Lethbridge Love Letter
Curator Joan Stebbins received the Order of Canada for her 25-year cultivation of Canada’s contemporary art. Now, after stepping down from the Southern Alberta Art Gallery’s top curating job, Stebbins talks about the gallery’s current Marie-Josée Laframboise show, a recent Shary Boyle survey and advice for young curators.
Kitty Scott’s Serpentine Segue
In August, 2006, Kitty Scott left Ottawa, where she was curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Canada, to take up a new position as Chief Curator at the Serpentine Gallery in London, England. In this interview, Reesa Greenberg asks her about working in London and about her years building the contemporary collection at the National Gallery of Canada.
Biennale Beyond Borders: Interview with Wayne Baerwaldt
Reportage, shifting identities, hybridity and the return of the museum of curiosities— images flood into my head as the curator Wayne Baerwaldt uses these words to describe the themes of the upcoming Biennale de Montréal.
Interview: Melvin Charney
Thoughts from the artist, architect and organizer of Montreal's infamous "Corridart" street-art project Winter 2001
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.