Contingencies

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

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:

The Pleasure Report

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

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:

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

Across The Great Divide

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

Mercurial Season

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

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:

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:

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:

Studio Window + Dawn

From the group exhibition The Paper Show currently at United Contemporary, Toronto ...

Stefan Berg's Studio Window:

Anahita Akhavan's Dawn:

Bunker Soldier Mystereality

A couple of less played tracks from Orchestral Manoeuvres In Tha Dark's 1980 self-titled debut album ...

Bunker Soldier:

Mystereality:

Both from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's youtube channel

With its blue outer sleeve and, visible through the cut-out grid, an orange inner sleeve, the album cover design is probably my most favourite of all time: