These handbills are about to go to sale at Swann Galleries‘ annual Rare and Important Travel Poster auction (Nov 11) in New York. The journey-to-Canada ads are among several hundred pieces of travel art deemed significant because they were previously not in circulation, or because of their dazzling […]
Delhi-based artist Gauri Gill has won the 2011 Grange Prize, Canada’s largest cash award for photography, for her work capturing marginalized communities, migrants and modernity. Voting by the public determines the winner in this national competition. Read more here. See a previous post on Canadian Art Junkie about […]
The elegant pop-culture themes of Anthony Redpath’s work are captivating, whether in the story-style trailer park shot (above: Trailer Park Party – lightjet output on chromogenic print) or the straight-up photography of industrial locations. Vancouver-based, Redpath is a well known commercial photographer with a high profile portfolio. But […]
This recent graduate of the Ontario College of Art & Design has her first solo exhibit through Nov 5 at Nicholas Metivier, one of Toronto’s top galleries, which has shown her work since 2009. She’s clearly a young artist to watch, especially since Metivier seems to have a […]
Douglas Coupland‘s new art installation – Group Portrait 1957 – is making waves at Oshawa’s Robert McLaughlin Gallery. The 11 circular shapes posted as a sculpture on the outside of the building refer to the gallery’s history as a haven for the art of the Toronto abstract collective […]
Canadian NDP Leader Jack Layton’s death in August has led to many new pieces of art, including this beautiful piece of graffiti in Toronto, one of dozens that have sprung up around the city. Now, Canadian folk and children’s singer-songwriter Raffi has just created a musical ode to […]
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