Jason Lazarus’s “Too Hard to Keep” at Gallery TPW

by Gabby | Jul 3, 2013 | Curatorial, Photography

One of the last projects that’s part of my curatorial residency at Gallery TPW’s R&D space opens this Friday, with a presentation of Jason Lazarus’s Too Hard to Keep project. There are some surprising, beautiful, strange photographs among the...

Artforum.com Critics’ Pick: Elizabeth Zvonar at Daniel Faria Gallery

by Gabby | Jun 9, 2013 | Reviews

Sometimes the most challenging writing assignments are also the most satisfying. Last month, Elizabeth Zvonar opened an exhibition of new works (created over the past two years) at Toronto’s Daniel Faria Gallery: a body of work that brings together sculpture,...

Alison Cooley on “No Looking After the Internet”

by Gabby | May 15, 2013 | Photography

Chuffed is a strange Britishism I usually avoid, but in this case it seems entirely appropriate: as part of the “Coming to Encounter” curatorial residency I’ve been engaged in at Gallery TPW R&D over the past year, I commissioned my colleague...

Artforum.com Critics’ Pick: David Askevold at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

by Gabby | May 15, 2013 | Reviews

Last month, when I had the opportunity to travel to Halifax for C magazine’s symposium on art criticism, I also had the pleasure of joining a half-day tour of most of Halifax’s galleries, organized by Visual Arts Nova Scotia. It was a great chance to see...

The Atlantic Symposium: New Directions for Art Writing

by Gabby | Apr 26, 2013 | Conversations, Writing

Last weekend, I had the good fortune to go to Halifax for a one-day symposium on art writing and criticism, co-organized by Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) and C magazine (where I am currently on the board of directors and programming committee). “The Atlantic...