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 […]
Heartbreaking remnants of clothing and personal effects left behind by the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August, 1945, are the images in this exhibit at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver. Internationally acclaimed for a career spanning three decades, Ishiuchi Miyako chose the subjects of […]
It’s impossible to resist the divine style of Matt Straub, one of the artists whose work will be on display at the Toronto International Art Fair Oct. 28-31. Born in Wyoming, his evocative, comic-style, western themes flow from early years spent hitchhiking and train hopping across the plains. […]
Bjoerling’s Larynx, by photographer David Leventi, is a series of crisp, dramatic records of the world’s famous opera houses, named for Swedish tenor Jussi Bjoerling, one of the leading operatic singers of the 20th century. All the images are photographed with 4×5” and 8×10” Arca-Swiss cameras to maximize […]
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