Hi there! It’s been a while. Such a while that I can barely remember how to use this trusty WordPress theme. I realize that my last several posts are a) years old and b) announcing other sites, but here I am again doing the same thing.
Just a note to officially launch the tinygrants website! I’m pretty pumped about this project, and I can’t wait to hear some feedback from friends and strangers alike. A few things: 1. Subscribe for email updates. I will send information about the projects that receive funding, as well as monthly updates about the status of [...]
There is a huge influx of dance events, manifested in myriad forms, at this year’s Nuit Blanche. I’ve already published my picks for Zone A, Zone B and Zone C, but if you’re a fan of dance — be it watching or participating — be sure to check out the programs highlighted below. (Images and [...]
Zone C (South/West) curator Makiko Haro has titled her zone, Urban Disaster/Catastrophe/Survival Actions. The three projects recommended below certainly make good on the theme by facilitating nebulous people-sculptures, mobile dwellings, and collective architecture. Zone A recommendations here. Zone B recommendations here. (Images and descriptions lifted from the Nuit Blanche website.) It all starts on October [...]
How do I pick just three for Zone B (Downtown South)? Curated by Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher of DisplayCult, and accessible by the Yonge-University subway line (start at Union) this zone is packed–and I mean packed–with a ton of multimedia, performance, installation and sculpture by some of Canada’s (and the world’s) best known artists, [...]
It’s hard to believe that the 2009 incarnation of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is just around the corner. Happening this Saturday, October 3rd from 6:55pm to sunrise, this year’s catalogue of art-related debauchery is looking pretty good. Zone A, in Downtown North — most of which is accessible by the Yonge-University subway line — features 53 [...]
Balint Zsako‘s Old Master Paintings are showing in Toronto at Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects from September 18th to October 18th. You may recall I interviewed Zsako about this series when he was showing them in New York. Here’s an excerpt: Although your new collage work continues to express themes you’ve often worked with — [...]
This year, for the second year in a row, I am choosing TPFF over TIFF. There isn’t any particular reason why I began this tradition, except that last year, $50 got me into 10 TPFF screenings and it seemed like an incredible deal for festival action. I wasn’t sure what the quality of the festival [...]
New York City-based Michael De Feo‘s career spans an impressive number of years and an even more impressive array of media. His paintings–drippy, abstract self-portraits painted on maps–are on exhibition alongside Alex McLeod‘s 3D renderings (read my interview with McLeod here) at Angell Gallery until August 29th. Although some may question why the summer group [...]
