- The 2011 Sobey Art Award Shortlist
Last week I attempted to make up for the lack of my usual region-by-region breakdown of the Sobey Art Award Long List by taking a closer look at the Ontario Long List currently on show at Oakville Galleries Centennial Square and Gairloch Gardens. The confluence of those five Ontario-based artists revealed a taut commonality of […]
- Old-school Leonard Nimoy is totally (not) relevant to my artistic practice
Among the daily slew of Akimbo announcement emails to hit my inbox this morning was one odd bunny in particular that managed to penetrate the fog created by inadequate coffee supplies (my Bodum coffee press has a crack in the glass) and an impending grant deadline:
The Owens Art Gallery (Sackville NB) is looking for Artists […]
- Review Recycling: David Hoffos at MOCCA
While I gouged away this past couple days at an effort to condense Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980 into a 750 word review for the good folks at MAP Magazine, I couldn’t help but think back wistfully on the far easier task I would have had if I were reviewing David Hoffos’ current exhibition […]
- James North Art Crawl: September
As much as I’m still reluctantly dragging my way back into a dual artist-writer mindset after a steady month of studio focus, it proved hard to ignore the onset of yet another Art Crawl when I was able to see its imminence growing from my perch behind the drafting table facing my second-floor window overlooking […]
- James North Art Crawl: March
Despite the chilling sort of rain that half-tempted me to just stay in for the evening (to say nothing of a new episode of Caprica on Space), traffic at this month’s art crawl was going strong such that I spent the first twenty minutes circling the neighbourhood in search of parking. Great for the crawl, […]
- Art in the age of digital reproduction
Now that the Hands-On Hamilton Art Party is over and done with - hangover faded, glow-stick residue gently fading from my puppy’s fur - I hope to return to a more regular schedule of blogging, one that will no doubt be kick-started back into gear by Art Toronto and the upArt Contemporary Art Fair this […]
