Yesterday, at Art Toronto 2019, Michael Belmore (www.michaelbelmore.com) installed his newest work “A Gathering.” Interestingly, the title of the work points to the energy being created around Kinsman Robinson’s booth which has been a busy hub for artists, ...
Congratulations goes out to my clients Kinsman Robinson Galleries (www.kinsmanrobinson.ca) and artists Barry Ace (www.barryacearts.com) and Michael Belmore (www.michaelbelmore.com) on a stunning opening night for Art Toronto 2019. The booth was a buzz drawing people in to ...
ON THE EDGE OF IMMENSITY Travelling into unknown land. Birds as companions and guides. Retracing ancestral steps. On paths walked many times. Great migrations across land and water. Connecting with kinfolk. On journeys that lead here. Time passes by in cycles. On journeys ...
This weekend, the exhibition Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art opened at its third location, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. The first location on the tour was the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto. Launching the tour at the ROM was symbolic. Here We Are ...
Employing her own body, Ayana V. Jackson deconstructs racial and gender stereotypes to create contemporary portraits laced with historical allusions. (read more) An incredible opening night! Ayana V. Jackson stood on the winding hallway steps of the historic Campbell House ...
The intellectual and artistic labour of Black women are largely absent from the Canadian art history canon, ushering the continuous urgency to name, visualize and celebrate their contributions. Tomorrow a historical event will occur at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). 100 ...
From Thursday, September 13 – Saturday, September 15 the Aabaakwad Conference will be taking place at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. Tomorrow evening Rebecca Belmore, Jolene Rickard and Wanda Nanibush open the conference as the keynote speakers. aabaakwad (it ...
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 ...