Gold Winner Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Silver Winner Argyle Fine Art Bronze Winner Swoon Fine Art What can we say? The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is a big gun in this category, consistently placing in the top three (more often than not, taking the gold) for as long as we’ve been asking for […]
Swoon—Fine Art, Antiques and Fashion
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Best Gallery
Gold Winner Argyle Fine Art Silver Winner Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Bronze Winner Swoon Fine Art “Over the moon, we are,” says Argyle Fine Art’s Adriana Afford of the gallery’s first first-place BOH finish since 2008. The Barrington Street community-centric contemporary art space recognizes variety is the spice of life, and fills its two […]
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Best Gallery
Gold Winner Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Silver Winner Argyle Fine Art Bronze Winner Swoon—Fine Art Antiques Fashion One culture-loving voter says, “We are so lucky to have the AGNS. Sarah Fillmore is an outstanding curator—and Ray! I just love our AGNS.” Donna Wellard, marketing and communications at AGNS, responds to the love: “We are […]
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The Feminine Form takes shape
Basia Lukwinski’s first solo show got its early inspiration from a life-drawing session and one model in particular. “Life had beat her body down. I started drawing her and I was amazed at how beautiful the lines and the forms and the shapes were coming together. It made me realize there’s beauty in anything and […]
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Swoon grand opening
Brant Eisner, formerly the assistant director at Argyle Fine Art is starting up his own ambitious new space in a nine-room Victorian farmhouse. Swoon – Fine Art, Antiques and Fashion (1410 Hammonds Plains Road, 404-2888) is… well, maybe it’s best if we let Eisner explain: “Swoon will feature not only fine art and craft but […]