Art
Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Michèle Pearson Clarke Is Toronto's Photo Laureate
LGBTQ Pride Month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.
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Art
Photography Still Has the Potential to Reveal the Uniqueness of the Human Body
At the CONTACT photography festival in Toronto, the most compelling pieces are variations on portraiture, searching and incantatory.
In Brief
The Art Gallery of Ontario Makes Admission Free for Visitors 25 and Below
The Toronto museum will also stop charging added fees for special exhibitions in an effort to increase and diversify its audience.
Art
An Unsung Hero Who Has Been Decolonizing the Toronto Artworld Gets a Solo Show
Pamila Matharu's work connects to the anti-racist work of the Black and Indigenous People/Person(s) of Color (BIPOC) led Desh Pardesh movement of the 90s.
Art
Black Women Artists Stage a Performative Dinner at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Black Wimmin Artist hosts a historical gathering that aptly reflects forgotten Canadian art.
News
Tanya Lukin Linklater Explores Silence in the Art of Indigenous Storytelling
The artist's first solo exhibition in Toronto transposes the viewer into the oral traditions and everyday domestic rituals of Indigenous female life through documentation of dance and movement.
Art
A Droning Chant of Our Ceaseless Media Consumption
Mitchell F. Chan's sound piece "Infinite Newsfeed" turns New York Times headlines into monotone chants that reverberate through his new exhibition.
Art
The Penetrating Portraits of an Overlooked Photographer
TORONTO — Wendy Snyder MacNeil is as much a documentarian as she is an artist.
Art
Czech Artists’ Radical Book Designs of the Early 20th Century
The founding of the Republic of Czechoslovakia in 1918 also led to a cultural renaissance in the region, with a desire to create a distinctive Czech culture spurring decades of artistic experimentation and creativity.
Performance
With Work by Living Composer, Canadian Opera Company Embraces the Edges of Its Art
TORONTO — What do you get when you pair the work of a living composer with that of one from the 17th century?
News
Conservative Politician Demands Removal of Sexual Mandala, Gallery Refuses
At first glance, French Canadian artist Rosalie Maheux's artwork displayed in the lobby of a government office building in Toronto resembles a kaleidoscopic mandala composed of harmless, symmetric shapes.
News
Toronto University Acquires Berenice Abbott Archive
Berenice Abbott was best known for being New York City's official photographer during the Great Depression, though she actually explored a panoply of subjects during her six-decade-long career.