Given Her Due
On the Saturday of the Family Day Long weekend, February 15th, the Woodstock Art Gallery hosted the celebratory reception to officially open the…
Aidan Urquhart interviews London artist Murray Favro
, Aidan Urquhart recorded an interview with Murray Favro at Murray’s studio in London, Ontario on Oct 14, 2019. The following is…
Curating Before and After the Pandemic
Curators and other cultural workers are seldom tasked with reflecting on previous exhibitions or projects that they’ve organized. I assume it’s because most of…
Making it Happen: John Boyle and London Regionalism
In the 1960s, London, Ontario was the birthplace of a new art movement, coined “Regionalism,” which challenged both the subject matter and social value…
Tony Urquhart and the Regionalists
“All the works of art I most admire seem to have one thing in common: an “after-image” – something about the painting that lingers…
Maurice Stubbs – Art Curator Meets The Establishment
Ian Tripp (former Comptroller, Western University) and Nida Home Doherty (Centred.ca) speak with Maurice Stubbs (former Curator of Western University’s McIntosh Gallery) about…
From Leeds to London: In Conversation with Eric Atkinson
On December 6, 2019, I visited Eric (Ricky, to many) Atkinson and his wife, Muriel, at their home in London, Ontario. I was immediately…
Slipstream – Jenn E. Norton
Slipstream – Jenn E Norton Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, October 4, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Loïe Fuller. Not many people know…
Dreaming While Running: Libby Hague’s Human Arcade
Libby Hague – Every Heart Can Grow Bigger Gallery Stratford May 25, 2019 – October 6, 2019 An apt approximation for conveying the feel…
Recipes from Auschwitz – Thelma Rosner
Recipes from Auschwitz Loop Gallery, Toronto June 1-23, 2019 The work of artist Thelma Rosner has been a long-standing interest of mine. She is…