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The New Old Abstraction: Contemporary Canadian painters look back to earlier examples 24 Aug 2013 | 01:32 am
Reports of the “return of painting” have circulated for so long, it’s hard to escape the suspicion that the end of painting was never more than a convenient alibi. The story goes like this. In the mi...
Captivity and Martyrdom: Ai Weiwei in Venice 23 Aug 2013 | 08:33 pm
In 2011, the artist Ai Weiwei spent 81 days in a Chinese prison on dubious charges of tax evasion. A condition of his release was that he not speak about his experience, but the silence didn’t last lo...
Monika Sosnowska: Twisting History 22 Aug 2013 | 09:51 pm
The summer is quickly drawing to a close, and it’s the final week of Polish artist Monika Sosnowska’s exhibition at Vancouver’s Contemporary Art Gallery. Sosnowska has already participated in numerous...
Must-Sees This Week: August 22 to 28, 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 09:02 pm
There are lots of great shows opening across Canada this week, and notable art events happening too. Here are our best bets. VANCOUVER Los Angeles artist Mari Eastman presents a suite of works at Mo...
Big Time: Ai Weiwei’s China comes to the AGO 22 Aug 2013 | 01:15 am
Pity the Chinese authorities. The more they try to shut Ai Weiwei down, the bigger he becomes. Deprived of a passport since his release from prison in June, 2011, he lives under heavy surveillance at ...
Art Spin: Critical Mass in the Making 21 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
Recently I found myself in an unusual position as an art critic: having to elbow my way through more than 300 other art-goers, many carrying bike helmets and panniers, to try to get a glimpse of Dougl...
Camille Henrot’s Venice Biennale Hit Coming to Canada 20 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
The film Grosse Fatigue by French artist Camille Henrot—a rollicking, much-praised 21st-century tour through history, evolution and mythology that won Henrot the Silver Lion for most promising younger...
Soft Turns: The Tree of Life 20 Aug 2013 | 02:55 am
While a life’s narrative is often described in terms of dramatic high points and low points, the more ubiquitous and familiar realities of our day-to-day lives can be the most difficult aspects of exp...
Concern Grows As Canadian Artist John Greyson Detained in Egypt 20 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
Over the past few days, concern has grown about Canadian artist John Greyson, an award-winning filmmaker and professor at Toronto’s York University, who has been detained by Egyptian authorities in Ca...
Contest — Win Tickets to Leonardo Live 17 Aug 2013 | 12:23 am
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