Disposability, Divestment, and Action: The Palestine Solidarity Movement and the State of Art in Toronto
What was the problem? I didn’t know and nobody told me and what could I do or say, anyway? Yes, I did know…
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June Clark’s Perseverance of Memory
June Clark’s Tubman (2023) is a large, mixed-media sculpture that captivates a glance immediately. Vertical strips of red, blue, and white yarn are bound…
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“Where Does Art Get To Live?”: A Conversation Between Anique Jordan and Michèle Pearson Clarke
On a perfect spring day in late May, I found myself huddled in a crowded gallery for an artist talk, my head leaning forward,…
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Toronto the Good, in Two Histories
Sometimes you get the history you want. Sometimes you get the history you deserve. And sometimes you get the history that’s good for you….
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Interview: Paul Petro on Becoming the Legacy-Building, “Bent Identity Politics” Gallerist of Toronto
The spiritual iconographies of Paul Petro’s roster are many. Robert Flack’s seven chakras series from the 1990s; Stephen Andrews’s heaven painting, and The Apostles;…
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