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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The Problematized Fun of Cosima von Bonin
Cosima von Bonin is an artist who won’t let go. Her new exhibition at Vienna’s MUMOK is an explosion of stuffed animals and chicks…
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“He Did Not Ring My Head Like a Bell”: Reviewing Geoffrey Farmer
Kathy Acker rang my head like a bell. It happened in the Spring of 1990, while she was reading out loud, a passage to…
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Kill the Expert: An Interview with Brian Droitcour
The word “post-internet” is a useful, if maybe not quite necessary, evil. First attributed to the writing of artist Marisa Olson, the term has…
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Independent Projects Extends on the “Curated Fair,” with Mixed Results
An infamous art historical tale goes a little something like this. In April of 1917 the Society of Independent Artists was preparing for its…
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Future Forecast: The Montreal Biennale 2014
The Montreal Biennale is at once a new institution and an old one. Last year, the previous iteration of the Biennale (independently operated since…
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The Dreamscapes of Vienna’s Sprawling “Century of the Bed” Series
In last year’s cyber-romance Her, Amy Adams plays a videogame developer who is making a documentary film in her spare time. When she screens…
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Karen Kraven Nets Meaning in the Threads
As viewers of art – and as living things – we are built to find patterns, to process vast and various data with frenetic…
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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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A Theory of Everything: On The State of Theory and Criticism (Part Two)
Continued from “A Theory of Everything: On the State of Theory and Criticism (Part One)” Looking at Towards an Anthropology of Influence, it’s possible to see…
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