Poems for Impending Doom Art Bar, 1873 Granville Street March 29, 7pm cfat.ca/poemsforimpendingdoom “The world is pretty fucked up right now—let’s write some poems about how we would do it if we could do it all again,” reads the opening statement for Poems for Impending Doom, launching March 29 at Art Bar. In this spirit, […]
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M. Prud’homme’s fictions, fakes and forgeries
Make Believe: The Secret Library of M. Prud’homme—A rare collection of Fakes To March 29 The Chase Gallery, 6016 University Avenue The objects from The Secret Library of M. Prud’homme don’t quite make sense in a museum—though they are said to be old and rare—nor do they exactly belong in a conventional art gallery setting, though they […]
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Visual arts review: A Sense of Site at the AGNS
To May 12 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis Street In 2017, a series of projects were commissioned and performed by contemporary artists in and around National Parks and Historic Sites. In contrast to the Canada 150 celebrations that took place that summer, the artworks that were a part of Landmarks 2017 / Repères […]
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Visual arts review: Merle Harley’s artist residency
Merle Harley, artist in residence To March 3 Centre for Craft 1061 Marginal Road, suite 140 Tue-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm “Craft LAIR” is a name that feels both cozy and a little ominous at once. This name for the Centre for Craft’s artist in resident space is fitting for its current inhabitant, artist Merle Harley, […]
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Jordan Bennett goes outside the boxes
Jordan Bennett, Ketu’ elmita’jik To March 31 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia 1923 Hollis Street The use of colour in Jordan Bennett’s Ketu’ elmita’jik is almost dizzying. Standing in front of a patch of gallery wall painted an impressive neon red, you can imagine how Bennett and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia’s prep team […]
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New year, same you
January, arguably more than any month of the year, is when we are the most focused on ourselves. This can be a great thing: What are our goals? What are the changes we want to see in the coming year? How can we do better? It’s pretty much “me” month, which makes this well-being guide […]
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Visual arts review: Arianne Pollet-Brannen, nine one one
To January 27 Hermes Gallery, 5682 North Street Artist talk: Sunday, January 13, 2pm When sourcing materials for her artwork, Arianne Pollet-Brannen always has a sympathetic eye. In repurposing objects such as old leather shoes, she reconstructs these discarded pieces into wearable art—somewhere between ball gowns and gladiator costumes. While the forms she creates are […]
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Vacant Faces’ window on the city
Ariel Twist and Brandon Hoax, Vacant Faces To January 2019 The Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis Street Christening the new Khyber Window gallery is Vacant Faces, a display of poetry by Cree writer Arielle Twist and sculptures by Haudenoshaunee and Onyota’a:ka artist Brandon Hoax. Though modest in size, the exhibition is eerie and […]
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Miss Chief and the Resilience
Kent Monkman is known for working on a monumental scale, and his recent work is as ambitious as ever. With the help of his Toronto studio, the Cree artist and his team of assistants (like a renaissance master and workshop) create stunning, giant canvases that reimagine the genre of history painting. History painting has less […]
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Visual arts review: James MacSwain, Ex Libris
To November 25 Hermes Gallery, 5682 North Street There is a children’s game called Exquisite Corpse, which is much less gruesome than the name suggests: A piece of paper is folded three times and players take turns drawing the head, torso and legs of a figure, to create a weird and funny Frankenstein’s monster. Though […]
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Visual arts review: David Urban, The Precious Book
To November 14 Studio 21, 5431 Doyle Street The colours in David Urban’s paintings are satisfyingly combative. Backgrounds of goldenrod and deep lavender house strange shapes in apricot orange, cornflower blue and turquoise—contrasting tones that Urban corrals into pleasing scenes. These backgrounds, while home to abstract bodies, tend to feel like a horizon line or […]
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Urbania’s legend
Christopher Porter, Urbania Part 1 October 5-15 (opening reception Oct 5, 7pm) Lunenburg School of the Arts, 6 Prince Street, Lunenburg The current exhibition at the Lunenburg School of the Arts showcases the long-lost work of photographer Christopher Porter: 20 years ago tens of thousands of Porter’s photographs, negatives and other belongings were stolen from […]
