by Barbara D. Waginski
GALLERY 44
May 4 – June 16, 2012
human beings despite the place they are living in, are more similar to each other than different and thus these differences can be an opening for dialogue and engagement
by Seowon Bang
April – June, 2012
CONTACT is the largest photography festival in the world. “And we’re also trying to be the best photography festival,”
by Amanda Pignotti
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART
February 4 – April 1, 2012
the blackened architectural layout of the exhibition facilitates frustration, subtle panic and anxiety
by Seowon Bang
OZ STUDIOS
January 9 –23, 2012
Noriega’s Canadian debut uses a variety of mediums to depict a village that draws from imagery of the artist’s native country
by Seowon Bang
Queen Elizabeth Building
March 1 – 4, 2012
I call it ‘indie darling of art fairs’, but don’t be fooled into thinking that The Artist Project is a neat little show that you can take in lightly. Produced by MMPI, a mega production company that presents well-known art fairs all over the world, The Artist Project is just as large in scale and brimming with big talents waiting to be discovered.
by Earl Miller
FRAN HILL GALLERY
January 12 – February 19, 2012
As its title and subtitle imply, the human figure informs storytelling, whose attendant connotations of fantasy, intimacy, and attentiveness set the tone.
by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
My paintings may seem extroverted and gregarious and loud with colour, but the truth is that they are about interiority and the creative disclosure of being from inside out.
by Miriam Arbus
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART
February 4 – April 1, 2012
Solitude surfaces as a subject to question, as one also wonders about the certain loneliness that accompanies the realization that memories, even those that are shared, are individualistic.
by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO
January 21 – April 1, 2012
The Now service bureau kicked off 2012 inside AGO’s Young Gallery with a collaborative installation by Sean Martindale and Pascal Paquette. On January 20th, behind the NOW logo on the vindows, an extremely large crowd filled the gallery to capacity with radiant young energy.
by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
THE POWER PLANT CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
December 10, 2011–March 4, 2012
The winter season at the Power Plant opened with “two major exhibitions that delve into a wellspring of cultural history and the archive of the social.”
by Amanda Pignotti
ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO
July 30, 2011–January 1, 2012
The exhibition itself becomes a virus inserted into each viewer’s mind in the world of glamour and mass media.
by Phil Anderson
The Bloordale Area around Bloor West and Lansdowne is fast becoming a haven for new art galleries, several of which have just opened. Rumour has it other galleries are considering this area now that people are discovering it to provide large accessible spaces.
