- Akimblog Hamilton and St. Catharines now online
My latest post for Akimblog is now online for your reading pleasure. Follow the linkage to see my whirlwindy observations on By Design and By Chance at the McMaster Museum of Art, Rick Pottruff’s Search Engine City at Art Gallery of Hamilton and Colin Lyons at Hamilton Artists Inc. Rick Pottruff, Search Engine City (detail), [...]
- Weekend Links: The Critic’s Progress
The shortened work week after Victoria Day left me with little time for excess blogging due to the need for too many last-minute gallery visits in preparation for today’s Akimblog deadline. I’ll be sure to link to the post when it goes live next week, but until then it’s not too surprising that the gritty [...]
- TOMORROW: Supercrawl Artist Info Night
In the interests of boosting the signal as a member of the Supercrawl Curatorial Committee, I’m co-opting my digital soapbox to remind folks in my local arts community of an upcoming opportunity for art installations at this year’s Supercrawl. For those interested in presenting a site-specific project at this year’s event in September, the information [...]
- James North Art Crawl: May
Because this month’s Art Crawl review is longer than most, I won’t go on at length with any preamble except to say that something really peaked this time around – not only in the number of venues to take in, but also in the overall quality of work to be enjoyed. As ever, discussing it [...]
- Weekend Links: The Old and the New
This week’s many doses of nostalgia run the temporal gamut from the 16th century to the last decade and altogether revel in the contemporary verve found in the enjoyment of old but never forgotten things. Dan McCarthy, ‘The City on the Edge of Forever.’ 12″ x 24″ screen print. Hand Numbered. Edition of 325. Printed [...]
- City of Hamilton Arts Awards
Despite my reservations about the nominations process, I attended the City of Hamilton Arts Awards this past Monday with an uncharacteristic degree of optimism, assured that the “sold-out” status of free tickets for the event and the unique venue would guarantee a bustling, energetic night for the arts community. Sure enough, attendance at the Awards [...]
- Lip(stick)service
I didn’t realize that arts award season was well and truly upon us until my morning skim of the BBC news feed heralded the announcement of this year’s Turner Prize nominees with the usual distancing panache designed to further mystify contemporary art for the general populace. This year’s opening zinger… An artist who uses make-up [...]
- Loving the KWAG
First things first for my Canadian audience – if you haven’t yet done so, get your ass away from your computer and VOTE. Seriously, if you read this before you’ve voted you’ll make the ghost of Sir John A. MacDonald sob into his scotch. And if you really care about art, don’t vote Conservative but [...]
