Friday, 28 February 2025

Landscape, Memory, and Mackenzie

Greg Hardy from his solo exhibition Landscape And Memory currently at Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto:




Landon Mackenzie also currently on view at NMG:


Wednesday, 26 February 2025

A Colourful Dotted Line

Anthony Douglas Cooper's installation A Colourful Dotted Line currently at Blouin Division, Toronto:




Monday, 24 February 2025

Contingencies

François Lacasse from his solo exhibition Contingencies currently at Blouin Division, Toronto:






Saturday, 22 February 2025

Corridor

Corridor is an art gallery in Toronto that takes shape in spaces undergoing transition.  From their current inaugural group exhibition, which features works with heavy architectural tendencies ...

François Abbott:



Legaga:



Ozana Gherman:




Tessar Lo:



Nimit Malavia:



Vanlaer:



Odami:



A found terrazzo tile at the gallery:


Thursday, 20 February 2025

The Pleasure Report

New Mineral Collective's installation The Pleasure Report currently at Mercer Union, Toronto:



Tuesday, 18 February 2025

The Stars Wish To Rest Here

Leila Fatemi's contemplative installation loaded with Islamic geometry, The Stars Wish To Rest Here, currently at Open Studio, Toronto:



Sunday, 16 February 2025

To the rainbow‘s end

I drove my mom from her home to the hospital two years ago this week.  With a heavy heart, I figured that it could quite possibly be her very last time leaving home.  She never managed to return.

This is a magical song.  Canadian turntablist DJ Kid Koala always dedicates it to his mom whenever he performs it live.  His dreamy 2011 live reinterpretation of Audrey Hepburn's Moon River, 1961:

Video from Aural Grooves' youtube channel


Friday, 14 February 2025

Across The Great Divide

Shawn Kuruneru from his solo exhibition Across The Great Divide currently at Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto:





Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Mercurial Season

Melanie Authier from her solo exhibition Mercurial Season currently at Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto:







Monday, 10 February 2025

From Electrical Fire Spirits May Be Kindled

A tribute to the legendary Electric Gallery, which was opened at this very same address in 1970, the group exhibition From Electrical Fire Spirits May Be Kindled currently at Two Seven Two, Toronto ...

Steven Beckly's Forever And Ever:




Katie Bethune-Leamen's Composition For Looking And Being Looked At And Liking (A Lot) Through Looking And Then Maybe Things Go Downhill From There - Gustav Von Aschenbach, Tadzio/Bjorn Andresen, With Some Bars Of Dr. Bronner's (Lavender Scent):



From 1971, The Electric Gallery's co-owner Sam Markle's Neon Flower:



Roda Medhat's Blue Totem On Red and Hanging Kilim:



Julia Rose Sutherland's Flesh Economics:


Saturday, 8 February 2025

The Shape Of A City

Last day today, the current group exhibition The Shape Of A City at Franz Kaka, Toronto ...

Alix Vernet's Silver, Blue and Gold:




HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander's Dipole (N/S):



Matthew Schrader's Ensemble (Ground):




Tony Romano's Ruins series:



Thursday, 6 February 2025

The Desert Turned To Glass

Charles Stankievech from his solo exhibition The Desert Turned To Glass just closed this past weekend at Oakville Galleries, Oakville, in the southwest of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA):







Frigid Lake Ontario just outside the gallery at Gairloch Garden: