It was great to see Inuit Art Quarterly’s (IAQ) Editor Britt Gallpen this weekend at the Northern Lights trade show. Held every two years in Ottawa the show gathers a mix of cultural provocateurs and corporate investors. At IAQ’s booth I picked up the Winter 2018 ...
Without doubt Sandra Brewster is one of the Canadian artists I keep my eye on the most. We met as a result of a purchase I made of her work many years back. From that time on I have watched her career develop. Sandra has evolved to become an important Canadian artist. She ...
My New Year’s present to myself was a copy of the National Gallery of Canada’s Art in Canada catalogue. This magnificent hardcover publication commemorates 150 years of Confederation with a selection of 150 works of art made in Canada, drawn mainly from the ...
Congratulations to SAW Video on moving into their new digs! After a lot of starts and stops the Grand Opening is today – Saturday, January 27, 2018. The opening includes the exhibition Addenda. DETAILS: SAW Video 2.0 Grand Opening! Saturday, January 27th, noon til 10pm ...
This week I began a placement at Library & Archives Canada and I have to say the experience exceeded my expectations. I even exceeded my own expectations. Sometimes you have no idea how much knowledge you have gained until you can test it out in practice. This project ...
I am starting my morning right by listening to my client Ursula Johnson on CBC Radio’s Ideas with Paul Kennedy. Ursula recently won the Sobey Award and her prominence and national recognition as an important Indigenous artist is growing. This is great to see as her ...
Congratulations to Jeff Thomas on the purchase of his work by the Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM). The AGM announced their acquisition in the Winter edition of Canadian Art Magazine. The announcement shows a detail of the work What happened to the Mississaugas? and was part ...
Rehab Nazzal is a Palestinian-born artist based in both Canada and Palestine. I had the opportunity to meet Rehab during her residency at AXENÉO7 in Gatineau, Québec in the winter of 2016. Her residency culminated in a powerful exhibit Choreographies of Existence based on ...
Christi Belcourt’s (www.christibelcourt.com) beautiful art work is featured as the cover art for the First American Art Magazine Winter 2017 / 2018 issue. Christi is also included as one of the artist’s profiles along with Mi’kmaq artist Jordan Bennett, ...
I love how AXENÉO7 celebrates! Always the most delish foods and sexiest crowd, they do the holidays in style across the River. Tonight is the night! 7 pm at 80 Rue Hanson, Gatineau, Québec. GATINOËL is here once again! FROM THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: AXENÉO7 and DAÏMÔN ...