Hankblog (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
I made a quick trip up to Vancouver this past weekend to catch a few exhibitions before they close - and I would like to wholeheartedly make a recommendation for the rural border crossing, should you choose to take a winter BC art trip. Peace Arch crossing drools, rural crossing is FAST and rules. And if you're [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 12/20/2007
Temple Gallery has been going out of its way - literally - to introduce artists it considers deserving of attention. Its latest exhibition marks the first U.S. appearance for conceptual artist Damian Moppett, whose drawings, paintings and sculptures have been seen mainly in his native Vancouver.
Tyee - Home (Free subscription) | 12/06/2007
A photographer gets in touch with his city's ugly side.
everybody likes sandwiches (Free subscription) | 11/26/2007
This past weekend was pretty wonderful. On Saturday, Cornelius and I headed out early to run some errands and then walked downtown to the Vancouver Art Gallery where we saw some amazing videos by Mark Lewis and great photographs by Roy Arden and others. It wasn't until we were walking home in the darkness that I realized that I was having a couple friends over that night. Oops!! I decided to make...
View on Canadian Art (Free subscription) | 11/09/2007
A meditation on suburbia at Oakville Galleries , from 17 November 2007 to 20 January 2008. Is there a there there? examines the suburban phenomenon - not unlike what's currently being experienced in suburbs just like Oakville. Gertrude Stein once wrote of her hometown of Oakland, California, "There is no there there." This selection of images of suburbia from the collections of the National Gallery...
View on Canadian Art (Free subscription) | 10/29/2007
1. Highlights from the Toronto International Art Fair - Part Two Tatsumi Orimoto at DNA Gallery, Berlin - click HERE Tatsumi Orimoto . Bread Men, 1991/2007. Image: dna-galerie.de Gilbert Garcin at Stephen Bulger Gallery - click HERE A surreal image by Gilbert Garcin. Image: gilbert-garcin.com Elizabeth McIntosh at Diaz Contemporary - click HERE Elizabeth McIntosh, Untitled (Red, Blue and Purple), 2005-2006....
Apartment Therapy - San Francisco (Free subscription) | 10/24/2007
Atlanta restaurants are getting lucky this month. Throughout October, select eateries are receiving these cool paper placemats that feature the work of 40 photographers. It's part of an Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP) public art project curated by Atlanta native...
View on Canadian Art (Free subscription) | 10/18/2007
1. Two Half Reasons - One Night Only: A special event with Oliver Husain TONIGHT: Thursday October 18th, at 8pm Gallery TPW , Toronto A work by Oliver Husain. Image: husain.de Two Half Reasons - One Night Only is a participatory event with German artist Oliver Husain. It's a social cabaret/art opening/exhibition experiment on wobbly stilts. Click HERE for Husain's website. For one night only audiences...
News1130 - All News Radio (Free subscription) | 02/27/2007
A Vancouver photographer's work is on display at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Jeff Wall's exhibition includes pictures dating back to 1979 and it runs until May 14th. Wall was born in Vancouver in ...
Zeke's Gallery (Free subscription) | 02/23/2007
Howdy! Back in July Canadian Art magazine published a review by RM Vaughan on some show in Antwerp by a bunch of Vancouver artists called Intertidal . Afterward he and hte magazine got trashed from here to Timbuktu (and some more here , and here , and here , I think) Well it's now online and it is hilarious! Contrary to what appears to be a bunch of vocal people, I think RM Vaughan is the best arts...
