A Fond Farewell to the Thielsen Gallery
As a certain imported virus has been poking a stick in the spokes of societies all around the world for more than a year…
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A Mural From a Christmas Past Comes to Haunt This Holiday Season
It was during the first lockdown not so long ago that I rediscovered a painting that had been right in front of my eyes…
Michèle Pearson Clarke at Forest City Gallery
Michèle Pearson Clarke Suck Teeth Compositions (After Rasheed Newsome) October 10 – November 21, 2020, Forest City Gallery 3-channel, HD video installation with sound…
Ron Kingswood as an Abstract Painter
Becoming Pastoral – Ron Kingswood Excavo Gallery, London, Ontario, October 2, 2020 – November 14, 2020 “The less there is to look…
Messagers’ Forum: Patrick Mahon
Messagers’ Forum: Patrick Mahon Thames Art Gallery Chatham, Ontario September 16, 2020 – January 10, 2021 Messagers’ Forum is in turns surprising, enchanting,…
The Personal and the Universal: Bernice Vincent
With artworks that explore and celebrate common subjects as well as passing moments that are too often overlooked, Bernice Vincent’s work fits seamlessly into…
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…
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…
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 abstracted from…
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…