This morning, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Sobey Art Foundation announced the five shortlisted artists for this year’s Sobey Art Award, a coveted prize for Canada’s contemporary artists under age 40. A curatorial panel whittled down the longlist of 25 artists to come up with five, one from each region. The selected […]
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Longlist for the 2015 Sobey Art Award announced
The Sobey Art Award, Canada’s pre-eminent contemporary art award since 2002, has announced the curatorial panel’s 25 artist-strong longlist. The award is given annually to a visual artist under 40 who has exhibited in a public or commercial art gallery within 18 months of the nomination. There’s a total of $100,000 in prize money awarded […]
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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 […]
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Jeanne Beker hosts the Sobey Award
Artists, you make Beks fly so high against the sky. It may not be the popular stance, but I love Jeanne Beker and her diva divineness. She may be the closest this country comes to an André Leon Talley. So I was happy to hear that she’s taking over hosting duties for tonight’s Sobey Art […]
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Sobey Art Award longlist announced
Still from Graeme Patterson’s Grudge Match. Today, the 2010 Sobey Art Award longlist was announced, which means that there are 25 artists right now dreaming of what they can do with the $50,000 winnings. Locally, Graeme Patterson, nominated last year, returns, and we’re really happy to see Lucie Chan on that list too. Although Emily […]
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Sobey Art Award 101
Shary Boyle Right before the Sobey Art Award announcement a few weeks ago, I spoke to AGNS director Ray Cronin and Rob Sobey about their trip to London for the Turner Prize announcement. The Turner, which is presented annually to a British artist under 50, is as well known and discussed in the UK as the Oscars are in North America. Sure, a lot of the media attention is paid to notorious behaviour at the events themselves, and to “questionable” art (elephant dung, porn, blow-up dolls, etc., tend to get the public talking, especially as it somehow confirms many people’s
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Secret party: AGNS keeps ArtRising location under wraps
Pastoralia in the studio, Go North! 2009 Remember that episode of 90210 where the gang had to take an egg to a convenience store, in exchange for the party location? Well, keep the produce at home, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is going to release the location of its fundraising party, ArtRising, on its […]