Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Robert Burley, Implosion of Building outside the MOCCA
952 Queen Street West
www.mocca.toronto.on.ca
Pentimento Fine Art - Fashion Through Photography
The Idealization of the Human Form - May 1st through to June 1st
1164 Queen Street East www.pentimento.ca
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Ann Shier's Encaustic Paintings at Balzac's
Balzac's Coffee, 55 Mill Street, Building 60
Ann Shier's Encaustic work is on view until April 28, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Diego Rivera at the Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Industry fresco cycle was conceived by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) as a tribute to the city's manufacturing base and labor force of the 1930s. Rivera completed the twenty-seven panel work in eleven months, from April 1932 to March 1933. It is considered the finest example of Mexican mural art in the United States, and the artist thought it the best work of his career. Rivera was a Marxist who believed that art belonged on public walls rather than in private galleries. He found his medium in the fresco, where paint is applied to wet plaster. Its vast size allowed him to explore grand and complex themes, which would be accessible to a large audience. In Mexico, Rivera's murals tied modern Mexican culture to its indigenous roots, revealing the ancient Indian cultures as Mexico's true heritage. Similarly, Rivera's Detroit Industry murals depict industry and technology as the indigenous culture of Detroit. (courtesy of the Detroit Institute of Arts) Visit these remarkable works of art, only 4 hour drive from Toronto.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
John Brown at the MOCCA
John Brown The Visceral THING
February 1 - April 20, 2008
www.mocca.toronto.on.ca
Balint Zsako at The MOCCA
Balint Zsako Works from the Bernardi Collection
February 1 - April 20, 2008
www.mocca.toronto.on.ca
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Headbones Gallery opening February 16, 2008
Headbones Gallery Contemporary Drawing, Sculpture and Works on Paper February 16 - March 20 Aleks Bartosik Louise Bourgeois Judy Chicago Donna Cleary Diane Feught Angela Grossmann Guerrilla Girls Heide Hatry Donna Kriekle Julie Oakes Allyson Mitchell Faith Ringgold Carolee Schneemann Robin Tewes Betty Tompkins Monika Weiss
260 Carlaw Ave. #102 http://www.headbonesgallery.com/
The Market Gallery
The Market Gallery
In March 1979, The Market Gallery opened as the official exhibition facility for the display and storage of the City's art and archival collections. The Market Gallery is located on the second floor of the south St. Lawrence Market building. It occupies the site of the civic Council Chamber, the only remaining section of Toronto's original City Hall (1845 to 1899). (courtesy of The Market Gallery) www.stlawrencemarket.com
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Royal Ontario Museum
The amazing irregularly-shaped galleries of the Temerty Dinosaur Galleries and the Gallery of the Age of Mammals boast 5.4-metre (18-foot) high ceilings to accommodate the tallest specimens. Sunshine streaming into the gallery creates a warm, light-filled space, perfect for counting all sixty teeth in a T. rex’s mouth.90 feet long with a whip-like tail and 15 tonnes of weight that could crush a car. Yet all it wants for dinner is a juicy plant.
The ROM’s huge Barosaurus skeleton was recently re-discovered in our own vaults. Dating to about 150 million years ago and collected from what is now Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, in the early part of the 20th century, the skeleton was acquired by the ROM in 1962 through a trade with the Carnegie Museum. The pieces were dispersed around the collection room due to various moves, and it was forgotten that all the pieces were from the same animal. ROM curator David Evans re-discovered the specimen after reading some recently published literature referring to the specimen and he traced it back to the ROM’s collection. When all the parts were placed together, the ROM realized it had the better part of a skeleton of a rare, giant dinosaur. Explore the Royal Ontario Museums' new wing through the videos below or explore their website at www.rom.on.ca.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Red Eye Studio
Red Eye Studio in the Distillery District features works by Theresa Maxwell, Sheena McGoogan and other gallery members.