It’s hard to believe that Toronto has changed so much. These days, King Street west of Yonge is walled in by towering steel and glass, streaming with nervous drivers. Back in 1856, however, it was a quiet,...
The National Gallery of Canada’s Jack Bush retrospective is the first major exhibition of the Canadian artist’s works in nearly 40 years. In this Q&A, exhibition co-curator — and Gallery Director — Marc...
After a successful run in Ottawa, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art is playing host to one of Canadian Artist Vera Frenkel’s most celebrated installations: …from the Transit Bar .
Jack Bush was one Canada’s most important abstract painters. A master of colour, light, composition and form, he made a name for himself on the international art scene in the heady, hedonistic 1960s and 1970s...
Some works of art cannot help but seduce the viewer — if not for their beauty or execution, then perhaps simply for the ideas they propose. Brian Jungen’s sculpture Vienna , on display at the Winnipeg Art...
Artists are free to choose any medium they like to express their ideas. Why, then, would a group of artists — working separately, but from the same part of the world — choose one particular medium over another?
If you want to see what’s happening in contemporary art production in Canada, the National Gallery’s Shine a Light: Canadian Biennial 2014 is illuminating.
A new exhibition in the National Gallery of Canada’s Library — Then Again: A Celebration of Art Metropole’s 40th Anniversary — explores Art Metropole’s history and continuing legacy through a broad selection...
When we think about going to an art gallery to enjoy an exhibition, we typically expect to see something physical when we get there. But it is exactly that expectation that the Museum of Contemporary Canadian...
