Friday 31 July 2020

Ajaccio vs Grange

Charles Camoin's La Baie D'Ajaccio at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto 2020:



Looking out the window on to Grange Park from the AGO:


Thursday 30 July 2020

Wednesday 29 July 2020

Tuesday 28 July 2020

Monday 27 July 2020

Wyn Evans + Reyle

Cerith Wyn Evans' installation 'Astrophotography ... The Traditional Measure of Photographic Speed in Astronomy...' by Siegfried Marx (1987) at Tate Britain, London 2011:



Anselm Reyle's untitled installation from the group exhibition Shape Of Things To Come: New Sculpture at Saatchi Gallery, London 2011:


Sunday 26 July 2020

Magpie Suddenly

My favourite from Caribou's latest album Suddenly, which has been shortlisted for this year's Polaris Music Prize:



From Caribou's Soundcloud channel

Saturday 25 July 2020

The New North + The Healers

David Altmejd's installations from the group exhibition Shape Of Things To Come: New Sculpture at Saatchi Gallery, London 2011 ...

The New North:





The Healers:



Sunday 19 July 2020

Pantayo

Introducing Pantayo - an exciting recent musical discovery of mine ...

They are an all-women Filipino-Canadian quintet from the multicultural city of Toronto.  Their very distinctive sound is a blend of traditional percussions from the southern Philippines and electronic
beeps.  I am happy that their self-titled debut album has just been shortlisted for Canada's very own Polaris Music Prize this year.  Well done, girls!  I'm so proud of our city.  Here are a couple of my favourite tracks from the album ...

Kaingin:


Bahala Na:


From the Pantayo - Topic youtube channel

Saturday 18 July 2020

An Embodied Haptic Space

Shelagh Keeley from her solo exhibition An Embodied Haptic Space  currently at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Toronto:







Friday 17 July 2020

Images In Debris

Sarah Sze's installation Images In Debris currently at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Toronto: