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 ...
On Friday, February 15 Fatima Garzan’s (www.fatimagarzan.com) exhibition Borderless opened at Open Studio, “Canada’s leading printmaking centre,” in the George Gilmour Members’ Gallery at the 401 Richmond building in Toronto. The exhibition includes ...
The internet is helping to improve the quality of life in Inuit Nunangat. It connects individuals across northern communities as well as those in the South and is increasingly helpful to the growth of local businesses and entrepreneurship. This is partially achieved through ...
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 ...
Barry Ace (www.barryacearts.com) has wrapped up his residency at Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD U) in Toronto. His residency began with a Buffalo Stew Lunch and Artist Talk which I was fortunate to attend. Over the years, I have appreciated his gift as a ...
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 ...