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Exhibitions

Collections

Photography

A guide to the season’s exhibitions, including Andreas Gursky at MoMA in New York, “An American In Europe” at Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, “The World Observed” at the Morgan Library in New York, “Substitute City” at The Power Plant in Toronto, and “Elusive Paradise: The Millennium Prize” at the National Gallery in Ottawa.

What to C: Gursky at MoMa & The World Observed at Morgan Library, NY / Photography Collection at Norton Museum, Palm Beach / Substitute City at Power Plant, Toronto / Millennium Prize, National Gallery, Ottawa

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Collaboration

Video

Brief reviews on four exhibitions, including Michael Snow’s semi-retrospective show “Snow Alert” at White Box in New York, Eric Walker’s solo show at Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery in Halifax, the collaborative “Give and Take” at the Victoria & Albert Museum and Serpentine Gallery in London, and Jan Dibbet’s “Early Works” at Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New York.

What was c'n: Walker at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Hfx / Snow at White Box, NY / Give & Take at the Victoria & Albert Museum and Serpentine Gallery, Ldn / Dubbet at Barbara Gladstone, NY

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Location

Identity

Daryl Elaine Wells takes a critical look at the exhibition “Made in California” at the LA County Museum of Art. The survey show has elicited much criticism from the art world, and Wells considers the backlash while attempting to understand the curator’s choices, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the exhibit. 

California Trip: Daryl Elaine Wells reports on "Made in California" at the LA Country Museum of Art

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Politics

Travel

Diary

Robin Metcalfe visits the Bienal de la Habana in Cuba and keeps a five day diary of the trip, giving insight into the hectic pace of a biennial work trip and discusses the highs and lows of what was seen. Among the standouts is a performance-installation by Cuban artist Tania Bruguera Fernández, which was later shut down by authorities.

Robin Metcalfe's Bienal de la Habana Notebook

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Artist-run centres

Curatorial practice

John Armstrong takes a retrospective look at Tableau Vivant Gallery in Toronto, its standout exhibitions, and its owner and director, Wren Jackson, as it prepares to close its doors. Highlights over the gallery’s six years include shows by artists Matthew Stein, Douglas Walker, Peter MacCallum, Eli Langer, Anette Larsson, and Moira Clark.

Tableau Vivant 1995-2000: John Armstrong's retrospective look at the gallery and its director

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Art Director

Publisher

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Education

Film

Children

“Lessons” is an art project comprising of seven works by artist Ho Tam. The images appear to be blurry film stills of an elementary school and schoolchildren. The images include children in their uniforms, students standing still in a playground setting, an empty classroom and hallway, boys playing soccer, and a child reading. 

Lessons

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Canadian

Text

Typography

Garry Neill Kennedy’s art project “Nothing Personal” for CMagazine comprises of a single page. The front of the page is left completely blank, quite an unusual sight in a magazine. On the back of the page, in bold lettering placed in the centre of the page, is the word PERSONAL. 

Nothing Personal

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Cultural Studies

History

Narrative

Kathy Slade reviews Rodney Graham’s exhibition “Getting It Together in the Country” at Presentation House in Vancouver. Graham’s works explore familiar tropes and constructs of historical events and cultural icons, often Graham himself in disguise. Through reworking and fragmenting identifiable motifs, Graham appropriates, distorts, and subverts the narrative.

Rodney Graham: Presentation House, Vancouver

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Death

Art History

Still Life

Robin Metcalfe reviews the exhibition “Vanitas” at Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery in Halifax. The small exhibition includes three artists: Louis Joncas, Claude Perreault, and Phillip McCrum, whose works collectively explore visceral desire, appetite, pleasure, death, decay, and materiality.

Vanitas: Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax

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Installation

Fantasy

Carla Garnet reviews Sharon Switzer’s installation “Time-Out” at The Red Head Gallery in Toronto. The installation comprises of six looped video animations, each playing short dream-like narratives of fantastical events, questioning faith through the fragile and persistent hopes and disappointments of small reveries. 

Sharon Switzer: The Red Head Gallery, Toronto

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Portrait

David Haycock reviews fashion photographer Terry Richardson’s first solo exhibition, “Feared by Men, Desired by Women,” at Shine Gallery in London. The intimate and frank photographs of nude women prompts Haycock to question the line between art and pornography, while the remaining portraits of middle-aged nudists offer a unapologetic juxtaposition.

Terry Richardson: Shine Gallery, London

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Sound

Minimalism

Time

David Gibson reviews On Kawara’s exhibition at David Zwirner Gallery in New York. Comprising of a pair of empty rooms save for cube seats, voices alternate from speakers above, counting towards dates. In one room, the voices and lighting are softer and warmer, contrasting to the second room’s colder and distant setting, a comment on the perception of time.

On Kawara: David Zwirner Gallery, New York

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Painting

Christopher Brayshaw reviews Peter’s Doig’s works at Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery in Vancouver. The exhibitions comprises of Doig’s loose and gestural paintings, the content of which is secondary to the treatment of the paint. Brayshaw suggests that Doig’s technique is rife with subliminal traces of visual culture, including photography, horror films, and concert posters.

Peter Doig: Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver

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Art movements

Ray Cronin reviews “There are No Limits,” a survey exhibition of the work of Hermènègilde Chiasson, at Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton. Chiasson is a major figure of the Acadian Renaissance in Moncton, and his work includes printmaking, painting, drawing, installation, photography, film, and video. 

Hermènègilde Chiasson: Beaverbrook Art Gallkery, Fredericton

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