by Hugh Alcock
This is a thoughtful, well-curated show, that is genuinely moving. A jewel.
Joan Kaufman at Lonsdale Gallery
Jennifer Murphy at Clint Roenisch Gallery
by Hugh Alcock
These work show how ardent her love of nature is. Certainly, there is a tenderness and joy to her work that is infectious.
Harold Town: The Muscle Show at Cutts Gallery
by Steve Rockwell
The Muscle Show is a prime example of a Harold Town career shift on steroids, energized here by a supporting tactic, “pumping irony.”
Jorian Charlton, Kadine Lindsay: Fi Di Gyal Dem
by Rashana Youtzy
The exhibition meaningfully depicts Black women in their various states and with an energy of refusal; whether it is relation to perform a prescribed role, level of sexuality, or position of submission.
Ginette Legaré at Birch Contemporary
by Steve Rockwell
The keys to its translation involve a mixing and matching the wire letters of the artist’s alphabet with our own experience as a way of “sounding out” the material world around us.
NetherMind – “Elegy”
by Mikael Sandblom
The exhibition’s theme is a heavy one; one of loss and grief. The work addresses the issues head on, with solemnity, but around the edges there’s a quiet sense of humour.
Touring the Toronto Art Fair
by Hugh Alcock
Art fairs are becoming an increasingly important business model for galleries and dealers. The worry is that their ascendance will leave less and less room for slow art, as the market is crowded out by spectacle.
Making Magic at Art Toronto
by Mikael Sandblom
It makes such a difference to see art the way artists intended – up close and personal!
Walking Art Toronto 2022
by Phil Anderson
The quality of works was worth the visit and for some fortunate collectors they will find a new home.
Art Toronto 2022
by Steve Rockwell & Lex Barrie
Art Toronto 2022 has provided significantly more space between booth aisles, with added seating for lounging, making attendance less hurried, relaxed, and in that, more pleasurable.