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…
Vital Contents: Affective Process in Deborah Worsfold’s Renaissance
Vital Contents: Affective Process in Deborah Worsfold’s Renaissance St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre Nov 9 – Dec 29, 2018 In his recent book Strange…
Jill Price, Leslie Putnam, Morag Webster & Kim Wilkie – Unsettling Nature
How fragile is the nature around us. Walking through the woods to reach the Garage Gallery, I was taken with the carpet of white…
Robert Mapplethorpe – The 0utsiders
The name Robert Mapplethorpe evokes images of stylized, black and white photographs of celebrities and nudes of women and men. Mapplethorpe is also associated…