Exhibit 400 Alteregos Cafe, 2193 Gottingen Street Different folks have different strokes, and that’s no lye when it comes to Black hair. For many years, Black women have adhered to Eurocentric hair ideals—oftentimes to their detriment. Black Hair Magic encourages us to see the beauty in Black hair. Inspired by the natural hair movement embraced […]
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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 […]
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Fall Arts: On & Off the Wall at Chase Exhibition Gallery
On & Off the Wall To September 30 Chase Exhibition Gallery Nova Scotia Archives, 6016 University Avenue Discover two hidden gems with On & Off the Wall: Peer Gallery Contemporary Art and Chase Gallery. Pondering what artist and Peer Gallery member Bob Hainstock calls “problems-opportunities,” this show from Lunenburg’s Peer Gallery—in conjunction with its 17th anniversary—explores […]
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Fall Arts: Selections from Five Decades at Studio 21
James G. Davis and Turner G. Davis Selections from Five Decades To October 10 Studio 21, 5431 Doyle Street Studio 21 christened its new location at 5431 Doyle Street last Friday with the opening of Selections from Five Decades, showing the work father and son artists James G. Davis (1931-2016) and Turner G. Davis. While […]
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Fall Arts: Emily Lawrence, Scratch & Sniff Menu at The Craig Gallery
Emily Lawrence, Scratch & Sniff Menu To October 7 The Craig Gallery, 2 Ochterloney Street Emily Lawrence is at work mapping the familiar footpath between our olfactory glands and our memory vaults. She perches on one of several petite stools inside The Craig Gallery, surrounded by the photographs of her new exhibition, Scratch & Sniff […]
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Fall Arts: Anna Leonowens at 50
With over 125 shows annually, Anna Leonowens Gallery has plenty on its plate. But for its 50th anniversary, the Anna lets us know just how ambitious it really is. The Anna hosts exhibitions by NSCAD students almost weekly, as well as visiting artists and alumni. The small but mighty team that runs these shows and […]
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Prismatic preview: SuperNova and Rah-Eleh’s identity issues
SuperNova To September 17 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis Street Iranian-Canadian artist Rah-Eleh is bringing her talents to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia to debut her video installation SuperNova. As one of many artists visiting Halifax for the Prismatic Arts Festival, her work offers a look at diverse and marginalized identities, with […]
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The kid gloves come off at CFAT
Tiny Takeover: Kid Critics To August 31 Centre For Art Tapes, 2238 Maitland Street “I find the general public that’s not already interested in the media arts often will use the works that have a narrative to pull them in and get them to have a look at the other work,” says Tori Fleming, programming […]
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Visual arts review: A Tapestry of our Towns
To July 31 Art 1274 Hollis, 1274 Hollis Street While autumn in Nova Scotia is arguably our nicest season, our summers are probably what we are best known for. White sails in blue water, grey rocks securing tall lighthouses, red lobsters, yellow sou’westers. Summer is the time where city dwellers may take an annual venture […]
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Visual arts review: Jane Kidd’s Curious and group show Material Remains at MSVU
Jane Kidd, Curious and Material Remains To August 26 Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, 166 Bedford Highway Meticulously and intricately hand-woven, Jane Kidd’s tapestries in Curious explore human agricultural intervention and ideas of a “post-natural” world. In her three distinct series: Wonderland, Curiosities and Land Sentence, she composes strange landscapes and collages, merging botanical […]
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Visual arts review: Kaashif Ghanie, Adaption and Nicholas Rosin, Disposable Income
Kaashif Ghanie, Adaption and Nicholas Rosin, Disposable Income To June 24 Hermes, 5682 North Street In the latest exhibitions at Hermes, curator Becky Walter-Nolan has paired two emerging artists fresh out of the 2018 airCRAFT residency at the Centre for Craft Nova Scotia. Entering the gallery we see the five large ceramic pots that make […]
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Coast 25: Art directors on their favourite covers
CHRIS MUELLER Coast art director: March 1997-August 1999 Career highlights: Assistant art director at Esquire, art director at Vanity Fair, design director at The New Yorker Now: Creative director at The Foundry at Time Inc. Memorable covers: The one with the present. It was super-fun. Hannah [Thomson] shot it and we were hanging out at […]
