Quebec artist Claude A. Simard has had more than two dozen solo exhibitions, designed stamps for Canada Post, completed a number of major mural commissions and published two books. His newest exhibit (just ended) at Galerie Walter Klinkhoff in Montreal describes a lifelong love of Provence, and gives […]
The small heads and long limbs of the figures in Gordon Wiebe’s collages identify his widely used work.The bold characters illustrate books, magazines, newspapers, journals and ad campaigns worldwide, including the surface of a 25-story building in Taipei. “His distinctive characters have elongated limbs and bulky patchwork torsos, […]
Two of Canada’s most iconic paintings are centerpieces in a major exhibit at London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery aimed at introducing the revered Group of Seven to England. The show is deemed so significant it has prompted British media, including The Daily Telegraph, to send writers to Canada for […]
Thanks to Toronto artist Rachel MacFarlane’s amazing work, Canadian Art Junkie was “Freshly Pressed” today (Nov 3) on the WordPress front page, and in the featured section of Culture. Her exhibit at the Nicholas Metivier Gallery in Toronto runs through Nov. 5, so if you’re in Toronto, go […]
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 […]
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