Saturday, October 1, 2016, sunset to sunrise
Nuit Blanche is as exciting as ever and all the city is preparing for the events. Hopefully it wouldn’t rain all night so go out and have fun.
Nuit Blanche 2016 / Artoronto.ca picks
Kelly Cade & Candida Girling at loop
by David Saric
From Girling’s outward examination of fragile physical appearances, to Cade’s inward probing of the uncanny relationship between the mind and streams, these exhibitions manifest vivid considerations about the world that surrounds us.
Blake Ward: Fragments at the Canadian Sculpture Centre
by Katerina Bong
Through artistic representation, Ward constructed a sophisticated exhibition promoting critical effects of landmines
Nuit Blanche Toronto 2016
Saturday, October 1, 2016, sunset to sunrise
For one sleepless night, from sunset to sunrise, the familiar is discarded and Toronto is transformed into an artistic playground for a series of exhilarating contemporary art experiences in unexpected public spaces.
Wando Koop: In Absentia at Division/Arsenal Gallery
by Alice Pelot
Koop’s paintings seem to represent an uninhabitable or rare space where the beauty of New York’s architectural reality is valued above its economic symbolism – or perhaps an ode to ephemeral moments in the mega city’s skyline.
Jim Reid: Field of Vision at Lonsdale Gallery
by Nika Teper
Jim Reid’s chaotic brush strokes enable atmospheric renderings that are especially provocative when slowly approached from a distance.
Sarah Letovsky: Girls Girls Girls at Project Gallery
by Carter Brown
I was amazed by her brushstrokes even before I was mesmerized by her Girls and the characters that came to life through them. One thing is for sure: this girl can paint.
Roald Nasgaard: Ric Evans at Nicholas Metivier Gallery
by Roald Nasgaard
Up-front, quirkily so, as Evans’ compositional structures often are, it is nevertheless when he pits structure against destabilizing contraries that his more recent painting delivers its aesthetic pizzazz
DRAFT / A monthly night for new writing
September 15, 2016 / 8 pm
at The Belljar Cafe
Our writing nights are an open invitation for writers and readers to share and hear new writing.