A Ghostly Form: Scrap Metal Embraces Presence, Absence, and the Space Between
Emerging curator Rui Amaral is troubling the third rail of contemporary art. He’s been fingering the margins of what’s visible, the all-important link to…
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The Future of Art Toronto, and How It Plans to Adapt
A dramatic narrative emerged in Toronto’s artworld, this fall, regarding the perceived challenge presented to Canada’s best-established international art fair, Art Toronto, by the…
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Blue Republic Finds its Center
Since its inception, Blue Republic (comprised of the married collaborator-duo Anna Passakas and Radoslaw Kudlinski) has been working somewhat site-unseen. It has presented solo exhibitions…
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Feature Art Fair’s Focus on the Art, and the Currents That Emerged
The latest fair to arrive to Canada’s growing art market was named Feature, but could have been titled Focus. With only twenty-three galleries, and…
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Working with the Material at Hand: A Roundtable on Regionalism
Since the London Regionalists’ first wave of activity in the early 1960s, it’s become clear that the movement wasn’t isolated to a single generation…
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Interview: Ben Davis on Marxism, Criticism, and Contemporary Art
Ben Davis is among the most keenly-read young critics working in the field today. His analyses of the contemporary artworld – both its machinations…
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Frank Mädler’s Fleeting Capture
Before the Polaroid very nearly went extinct, five years ago, there was something about the medium that, poignantly, already suggested its devolution. Iconic in…
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