Artfag on the Dzama dynasty

Today seems to be a watershed moment for quality, incisive arts criticism.Artfag issue #20 also found its way out into the cold, harsh, confused world of arts writing today, with characteristic biting wit and hilariously apt commentary.Witness:We wonder, ladies and...

Guerilla Girls in Toronto

Was it just me, or did anyone else find the Guerilla Girls lecture/performance at the Metro Convention Centre last Thursday a little uninspiring?As I write this, I have the vague sense that, as a woman in the arts world, I shouldn’t even dare to say such a...

Nuit Blanche 2008 curators announced

The City of Toronto announced the curators for Nuit Blanche 2008 today:The curators for the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2008 exhibitions are: Wayne Baerwaldt from Calgary, Gordon Hatt from Kitchener who will curate exhibitions in the city’s downtown core, and Dave...

Exponential Future update

As promised, Vancouver-based art critic, curator at CSA Space and owner of my fave Van. book store, Pulp Fiction, Christopher Brayshaw weighs in with a named review of the Belkin gallery’s Exponential Future show which caused so much broohaha a few weeks...

Collage Party at JMB Gallery

I’m having one of those weeks when I have fleeting but intense moments of wanting to drop out of grad school. There are far too many assignments involved with practical business and curatorial classes and right now I should be skiing, not proposing to write a...