The Paul Wells Podcast
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July 28, 2022
Five arts shows to brighten up the final weeks of the winter season
Five arts shows to brighten up the final weeks of the winter season The Globe and Mail By: Kate Taylor February 14, 2023 Original URL: Five arts shows to brighten up the final weeks of the winter season - The Globe and Mail Artistic styles are creatures of fashion and in an era where [...]
Maclean’s Culture Pick
Maclean's Culture Pick Publisher: Maclean's Date: February, 2023 Click on image MacLean's Magazine clipping VIEW PDF FILE Media wishing to request an interview with exhibition artists, curators, or to obtain high-resolution images of the artworks are asked to contact Sam [...]
From the Editor
From the Editor Galleries West By: Portia Priegert February 14, 2023 Original URL: From the Editor - February 14, 2023 Issue - Galleries West Each week, I monitor a steady stream of emails about exhibitions across Canada. I sometimes notice patterns – a small gallery that consistently punches above its weight, say, or [...]
McMichael Canadian Art Collection Announces 2023-2024 Exhibition Schedule
McMichael Canadian Art Collection Announces 2023-2024 Exhibition Schedule Shary Boyle (b. 1972), Revival Beach, 2011–2015, ink and gouache on paper, 89 x 107 cm, private collection. © Shary Boyle Tom Thomson (1877–1917), Silver Birches, 1915–1916, oil on canvas, 40.9 x 56 cm, Gift of Colonel R.S. McLaughlin, McMichael Canadian [...]
11 must-see sexy, thoughtful, celebratory, richly textured, colourful, cleansing art exhibitions in Toronto this spring
11 must-see sexy, thoughtful, celebratory, richly textured, colourful, cleansing art exhibitions in Toronto this spring Toronto Star By: Sue Carter February 3, 2023 Original URL: 11 must-see art exhibitions in Toronto this spring | The Star Meryl McMaster (b. 1988), Calling Me Home, 2019, Digital Chromogenic Print, 101.6 x 152.4 cm, Courtesy of [...]
It’s been a ‘bumpy ride’, but artist Rajni Perera has fully arrived
It’s been a ‘bumpy ride’, but artist Rajni Perera has fully arrived The Globe and Mail By: Kate Taylor December 17, 2022 Original URL: It’s been a ‘bumpy ride’, but artist Rajni Perera has fully arrived - The Globe and Mail The McMichael Collection, that bastion of Canadiana in bucolic Kleinburg, Ont., is advertising [...]
Making space in outer space: Rajni Perera’s sci-fi odyssey lands at the McMichael
Making space in outer space: Rajni Perera's sci-fi odyssey lands at the McMichael By: Leah Collins CBC Arts November 25, 2022 Original URL: rajni-perera-interview-futures-mcmichael-canadian-art-collection This show is a million light years away from the Group of Seven, and that's a good thing. Rajni Perera (b. 1985), I take a journey, you take a [...]
Mammoth sound sculptures, travelling shows and futurists: this is the McMichael?
Mammoth sound sculptures, travelling shows and futurists: this is the McMichael?Toronto StarBy: Chris HamptonOctober 22, 2022Original URL: The McMichael reimagines itself as “home of the art of Canada” | The StarLed by a new team, the McMichael Art Collection expands beyond its reputation as a Group of Seven shrine and goes in search of a [...]
Dempsey Bob
Dempsey Bob Galleries West By: Portia Priegert Oct 3, 2022 Original URL: Dempsey Bob - Galleries West Dempsey Bob, “Wolf Headdress,” 1988-1989 alder, acrylic paint, fur and operculum shell, 16” x 8” (private collection, photo by Rachel Topham Photography) For Dempsey Bob, wolves are a source of fascination. He doesn’t see them often [...]