Khachiyan will examine our infatuation with digital platforms and information technologies, asking what part, if any, can art have in posing a political challenge to Platform Capitalism?

Art in the Cloud functions as a companion talk to Anna Khachiyan’s essay “Art Won’t Save Us” (Open Space, 2018) in which she critiqued ineffectual attempts at “resistance” coming out of the art world and argued that we have more to fear from the uncontested cultural and economic hegemony of tech firms than from any political administration, however reactionary it may be.

Khachiyan is a New York-based writer and co-host of Red Scare, a cultural commentary podcast with a focus on women’s issues and neoliberal critique. Listen here: redscarepodcast.libsyn.com.

Art Toronto is Canada’s international fair for modern and contemporary art. PLATFORM is Art Toronto’s original series of lectures and panel discussions from prominent art world figures. Included within PLATFORM are POWER TALKS, a series of lectures organized in partnership with the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery.

PLATFORM is included with admission to Art Toronto, Tickets

Art Toronto Hours
Friday October 26, 2018 12–8pm
Saturday October 27, 2018 12–8pm
Sunday October 28, 2018 12–6pm
Monday October 25, 2018 12–6pm

Visit C Magazine’s booth at the 3/edition Toronto International Art Book Fair, hosted by Art Toronto. 3/edition is dedicated to the promotion of art book publishing in all forms and artworks created in editions. Join us on the opening night on October 25, 6–10pm. Admission to 3/edition is free.

3/edition Hours
Thursday October 25, 2018 6–10pm
Friday October 26, 2018 12–8pm
Saturday October 27, 2018 12–8pm
Sunday October 28, 2018 12–6pm

Metro Toronto Convention Centre (North Building)
255 Front Street W, Toronto M5V 2W6

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