23rd Images Festival roundup

23rd Images Festival roundup

I am shocked and a bit appalled that I have not posted on here for more than a month. But now that course work is over and I’m grounded in Toronto indefinitely because of that weird Icelandic volcano incident, I’m pledging to be a much more dutiful and...
Top Tens of 2009

Top Tens of 2009

I should be doing the last of this term’s schoolwork, but instead I’m doing this: compiling my list of top ten, favourite art-related exhibitions and events from 2009. Both Canadian Art and akimblog published theirs last week, and Sally and LM have just...
Cedric Bomford’s “TOWER BLOCK”

Cedric Bomford’s “TOWER BLOCK”

My review of Red Bull 381 Projects’ latest exhibition, “TOWER BLOCK” by Cedric Bomford, is out now on the Canadian Art website. The show is open for another week, so I highly recommend stopping by and seeing it (and climbing it!) if you get the...
On the “new” PhD in Visual Arts

On the “new” PhD in Visual Arts

In the current issue of C magazine, which just came out this week, I got the opportunity to review James Elkins’ new volume on the advent of the Visual Arts PhD in the magazine’s inaugural book review section. Artists with PhDs: On the New Doctoral Degree...