The Depressing Power of Art in Raphaëlle de Groot’s “Summit Meetings”
Between 2009 and 2012, Raphaëlle de Groot invited people to give her objects that they no longer wanted but couldn’t get rid of. As…
Read MoreBetween 2009 and 2012, Raphaëlle de Groot invited people to give her objects that they no longer wanted but couldn’t get rid of. As…
Read MoreI woke up this morning to find that Jon McCurley was emitting tiny wails from the “isolation chamber” of Facebook late last night, a…
Read More“Artists don’t own the meaning of their work.” New York Times critic Roberta Smith issued this controversial and affecting line to a full auditorium…
Read MoreAt the end of our interview Ryan Gander is suggesting we meet again, “Same time next week?” He’s laughing. I’ve involuntarily submitted myself to…
Read MoreWhen you have as many critics as Dave Hickey, you don’t hope to publish a book quietly so much as attract the right kind…
Read MoreThe image above is an installation shot from When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013. It was a recreation of Harald Szeeman’s famous exhibition…
Read MoreJoseph Tisiga is an emerging artist of a particular stripe. He is young (born in 1984), and very successful: he was nominated as a…
Read MoreLiz Magor claims her “space between the mould and the cast.” It’s a pronouncement reified by thirty years of installation and sculpture that reads tentatively, delicately,…
Read MoreEverything about publishing is changing, including art criticism and news. What sort of art coverage we consume, how we consume it, and on what…
Read MoreToronto recently saw Union Station’s protracted and over-budget revitalization project achieve one of its first clear signs of completion, an expansive public art installation…
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