October 25 – 28, 2013
METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE
continues to impress and surpass its previous year in what is the largest exhibition ever. This year’s project is NEXT, focuses on emerging artists
ART TORONTO 2013
Category: Leanne Simaan
Nuit Blanche 2013
by Leanne Simaan, Margaret Irving, Rhys Male
Leanne covered mainly the downtown area while Margaret stayed in her neighborhood at Wychwood Barns and Rhys hanged out into the wee hours
Gallery Hop / Panel Conversation and Magazine Launch
September 21, 2013
The events were very well attended and a great mix of exciting conversation about innovative art, the opening of Hadley+Maxwell’s exhibition, the launch of the fall issue of Canadian Art, and test drives of the all electric Smart Car.
Ghost Dance / Opening Reception
September 18, 2013, 6 – 8 p.m.
Ryerson Image Centre
The Ghost Dance, as stated by John Mooney in “The Ghost Dance Religion and Wounded Knee”, aims to reunite the living with their ancestral spirits and bring forth unity, prosperity and peace.
An Intervention: Slapstick Meets Instances of In Finite
by Leanne Simaan
Together, Slapstick and In Finite present their audience with a breath of fresh air by challenging us to think and act outside of the box, even if it gets a little awkward.
New Erotica
by Leanne Simaan
Collectively, these ladies put forth a message that uplifts and empowers the modern-day woman, even in moments of weakness and vulnerability.
Terry Gambarotto / Kardionic
by Leanne Simaan
the narrative that Gambarotto was attempting to communicate to his audience about the depths of our hearts, and not simply the scientific/cold exploration of this organ, but the emotional/spiritual connotations of the heart.
MAI (Marina Abramović Institute) – Prototype
by Leanne Simaan
Abramović wants to “give the public the possibility to experience and to reflect upon emptiness, time, space, luminosity and void…in three basic positions: standing, sitting and lying down.”
Darkness at the edge…
by Leanne Simaan
there were many redeeming qualities, particularly the pieces and the atmosphere in the North Gallery.
Jeremy Jansen
by Leanne Simaan
the works challenge the audience to rethink how their bodies are required to move/act in, as Soi puts it, “supposedly free and open environments.”
CONTACT 2013 / 2nd week
May 3 – 10, 2013
please visit with our staff the exhibitions, openings and events of Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, 2013 through its second week
CONTACT 2013 / 1st week
April 25 – May 2, 2013
please visit with our staff the exhibitions, openings and events of Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, 2013 through its first week