“Always Working” in Fillip 18
Last month marked the publication of Fillip 18, featuring a specially edited section that seeks to extend the conversations about representing the conditions of labour in contemporary art that began last year with an exhibition I curated for Access Gallery, "Always...
Art Spin Rickshaw Residency
Some invitations are just too wonderfully strange to pass up. That was the case when, last month, Casey Hinton invited me to participate in the July edition of Art Spin as their first writer-in-residence as part of her new Rickshaw Residency program. The idea was to...
“No Looking After the Internet,” July 23 at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
For the first time this month, No Looking After the Internet is being held off-site at the CLGA, in tandem with the exhibitions "Gay Premises: Radical Voices in the Archives, 1973-1983 at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives," and its counterpart of collaborative...
Jason Lazarus’s “Too Hard to Keep” at Gallery TPW
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 3,000 images that...
Artforum.com Critics’ Pick: Elizabeth Zvonar at Daniel Faria Gallery
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, collage...
Alison Cooley on “No Looking After the Internet”
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 Alison Cooley to...
Artforum.com Critics’ Pick: David Askevold at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
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 some of the...
The Atlantic Symposium: New Directions for Art 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...
Thinking about not looking
After taking an (accidental) hiatus from No Looking After the Internet in March (between Easter, Passover and this fascinating screening series organized by my colleague Pablo de Ocampo, it was impossible to schedule), we are back this month, looking at a collection...
“No Looking After the Internet,” April 23 at Gallery TPW R&D
No Looking After the Internet Co-facilitated by Chris Curreri Tuesday 23 April 7:30 pm Gallery TPW R&D (1256 Dundas St. W.) For the April meeting of No Looking After the Internet, artist Chris Curreri presents a collection of found photographs that elude easy...
“No Looking After the Internet,” Feb. 25 at Gallery TPW R&D
No Looking After the Internet HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN WRONGS Monday, February 25 7:30 pm Gallery TPW R&D (1256 Dundas St. West) In dialogue with the exhibition, HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN WRONGS, currently on view at the Ryerson Image Centre, the February meeting of No Looking...
Artforum.com Critics’ Pick: Jon Sasaki at Jessica Bradley
When I first started to regularly write reviews four years ago, Jon Sasaki's show—with Jessica Vallentin—at the now-defunct Red Bull 381 Projects was one of the first exhibitions I wrote about. It's been a pleasure to follow his work since then. His projects exhibit a...