John Devlin doesn’t draw for other people. He doesn’t draw for museums or galleries (even though, right now, his work is hanging in New York’s American Folk Art Museum, Berlin’s Galerie Parterre Berlin and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia). He doesn’t even do it for the agents in London and Paris who represent his […]
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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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Shary Boyle and Emily Vey Duke’s epic feminist poem
Shary Boyle & Emily Vey Duke, The Illuminations Project To April 29 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis Street “Meet Bloodie,” reads the promotional material for the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia’s latest exhibition. A naked, dirt-encrusted girl stands in murky darkness as colours burst from her body: Rainbows stream from her arms and […]
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Ursula Johnson’s big win
“It’s strange, you know, thinking about this idea of ‘the first,’” says Ursula Johnson. “There’s a certain amount of pride that comes with it, but then there’s also a certain amount of ‘What the hell,’ you know?” Johnson is sitting in Java Blend on a rainy Monday. Five days ago she was in Toronto, being […]
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Review: Prime Suspects: Canada’s Prime Ministers in Caricature by Bruce MacKinnon at AGNS
Prime Suspects: Canada’s Prime Ministers in Caricature by Bruce MacKinnonThrough April 1 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis Street With only a swooping hairline needed to bring him to mind, there has perhaps never been a POTUS more easily caricatured than Donald Trump, and few Prime Ministers that have looked better in comparison than Justin […]
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Review: Centuries of Silence: The Discovery of the Salzinnes Antiphonal at the AGNS
<i>Centuries of Silence: The Discovery of the Salzinnes Antiphonal</i> Curator: Judith Dietz Through October 29 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis Street It’s not uncommon for art galleries and museums to be compared to churches, but the rooms filled with choir songs and religious portraits in Centuries of Silence: The discovery of the Salzinnes Antiphonal […]
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Four ways to NOT celebrate Canada 150
By now we’ve all heard that this Saturday will be a big party, with the Common in particular being a hotbed of house music and crowd navigating thanks to deadmau5’ appearance. But what if you don’t want to don your best red-and-white for an event that can feel like a celebration of settlers and colonization? […]
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7 things you need to know Monday
1 If you missed it, NSCC photography instructor and bike enthusiast Ingram Barss took over The Coast’s Instagram account this weekend. Saturday didn’t provide the best weather to document the great things happening during Bike Week/Doors Open/100 in 1 Day, but Barss still ended up with some amazing shots (like the one above). If you […]
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Major AGNS shake up
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia director and CEO Ray Cronin will step down after seven years in the job and 14 years total at the gallery. allNovaScotia is reporting that he was fired by the AGNS board. Cronin will be replaced in the interim by Lisa Bugden, the former head of Film & Creative Industries […]
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Hanson and Sonnenberg’s internal language
Most Haligonians are probably familiar with the three lampposts installed on the waterfront: one is drunk and has fallen over, one is pissing in the harbour and the other is probably checking its phone. Chris Hanson and Hendrika Sonnenberg are the Brooklyn-based duo behind these pieces, which are part of a larger body of work […]
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Congrats to Sobey Art Award winner Duane Linklater!
North Bay, Ontario artist Duane Linklater takes home the prestigious Sobey Art Award in the prize’s 11th year. The $50,000 prize was awarded to Linklater after a jury deliberated over the work of 5 emerging contemporary artists under the age of 40—including Atlantic nominee Tamara Henderson, Quebec’s Pascal Grandmaison, Alberta’s Mark Clintberg and BC’s Isabelle […]