Category: Mitch Billinkoff

Vera Frenkel: Ways of Telling at MOCCA

by Mitch Billinkoff

The exhibition is an effectively condense survey of Frenkel’s body of work. Her interdisciplinary practice surely offers something to any prospective visitor, be they interested in video, installation, text, performance or sound.

Alex Colville

by Mitch Billinkoff

His works provide a haunting mix of intimacy and unease, turning the viewer into voyeur before a pivotal moment in an unfolding narrative.

Gallery Hop 2014

September 20, 2014

The day began with a panel conversation, continued with tours and talks, and concluded with the launch of the 30th anniversary issue of Canadian Art.

Solid Ideas / Opening Reception

by Aurore Mathys and Mitch Billinkoff

displays a variety of works that engage the viewer in a dialogue with resolutely modern and deeply interesting pieces and foster an environment conducive to the exploration of contemporary practices in Canadian sculpture.

NUIT ROSE

June 21, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m. of June 22, 2014

by Mitch Billinkoff and Elena Iourtaeva

Besides MOCCA’s show, the clear highlight of the evening, the streets and galleries were empty of people and empty of art, a disappointing night.

AGO First Thursday

June 5, 2014, 8 p.m. – midnight

Art Gallery of Ontario

The evening offered an array of activities to partygoers including pop-up talks, performative tours and one-night-only installations.

Touching Strangers

by Mitch Billinkoff

Rubinstein has done well in selecting images that complement the surrounding urban setting as well as the diversity of Toronto’s populace.

CONTACT 2014 / Artoronto.ca Picks

Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

May 2014 / Toronto

With so much choice, with well over 1500 photographers exhibiting throughout the Greater Toronto Area, it isn’t easy picking exhibits to see.

The Artist? Project

by Mitch Billinkoff

The onus falls primarily on the artists themselves but the format of the event begs to question whether the organizers are asking too much of the artists

Contemporary Israeli Art at Julie M. Gallery

by Mitch Billinkoff

If one is to take Julie M.’s exhibition as any indicator, it is abundantly clear that contemporary “Israeli” artists are working all around the world and are addressing a vast array of themes and ideas.

1st Thursday at the AGO

Thursday, February 6, 2014, 7 – 11 p.m.

Art Gallery of Ontario

The gallery was packed with partygoers and art-lovers alike visiting the pop-up talks, performance works and the newly opened Elevated: Contemporary Art in the AGO Tower