Denyse Thomasos: just beyond at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

October 5, 2022 – February 20, 2023 Exhibition Overview One of the finest painters to emerge in the 1990s, the late Trinidadian-Canadian artist Denyse Thomasos (1964-2012) left an indelible, yet frequently overlooked, mark on contemporary painting. A career retrospective, Denyse Thomasos: just beyond, brings together more than 70 paintings and works on paper, many rarely seen, to show how […]

Barbara Hobot: The Further Apart Things Seem-UWAG

Sep 15–Dec 10, 2022 University of Waterloo Art Gallery The Further Apart Things Seem Anna Binta Diallo, Atanas Bozdarov,Barbara Hobot, Adriana Kuiper & Ryan Suter,Brendan Lee Satish Tang,and Couzyn van Heuvelen Co-curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson Opening Reception: Thursday September 15, 5–8 pm Curator’s Walk-Through: Thursday September 29, 12–1 pm In a social […]

Katherine Takpannie on the cover of Inuktitut magazine

See Katherine’s work in Inuktitut Magazine Issue 130, page 31-35. https://www.itk.ca/inuktitut-magazine-issue-130/

Barbara Steinman in Border Crossings

BARBARA STEINMAN: KEEPING TIME Barbara Steinman: Keeping Time, photographic portfolio. Introduction by Zoë Tousignant, Border Crossings, Issue 159, 2022 For the past few years popular literature on psychology has been dominated by the notion that being connected to the present moment brings happiness. The vast number of books dedicated to the topic is evidence that […]

Sandra Brewster’s Blur 18

Art writer Jordana Moore Saggese recently had an article published in ASAP Journal on Sandra Brewster’s iconic Blur series. “A photograph of a body looms before us. Cut just at the torso we are only able to view the bust of the figure, positioned in a quasi-traditional, three-quarter view. There is no indication of interior […]

Sandra Brewster’s Blur in Arles

“Sandra Brewster’s Blur visualizes the migrant experience. Her series of portraits, which range from small photographs to large series, stem from her extensive work with gel transfers. Her images are intentionally blurred, cracked, and distorted: these alterations depict the shifting and mutilation of identity that can occur as a part of the Black and migrant […]

Sandra Brewster at the Arles Festival

“This manifesto against sexism and gender inequality resonates with more recent work, such as that of Sandra Brewster, a Canadian artist who produces blurry portraits (the series is called Blur) in very large format, printed imperfectly on the wall. via a gel transfer technique requiring rubbing. These blurry portraits function as metaphors for change and movement, […]

Reinhard Reitzenstein in Peripheral Review

Matt Donovan: The Soul of the Building

Great reflection on Matt Donovan’s massive sculpture Digital Wave on the Menkes building in downtown Toronto, read the full article here: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/adv/article-the-soul-of-the-building-condo-lobby-artworks-are-more-than/

Meaghan Hyckie’s ‘Nestled’ at The Cotton Factory

Meaghan Hyckie’s print exhibition ‘Nestled’ is open at The Cotton Factory in Hamilton, May 6-June 10. ‘Smokestack Gallery is thrilled to present Nestled: a solo-exhibition of intaglio prints by Toronto-based artist Meaghan Hyckie, produced as part of the inaugural 2022 Smokestack Analog Print Residency. Collaborating with Smokestack’s Master Printmaker, Laine Groeneweg, Hyckie undertook an intensive, […]