Culture
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How do books on Toronto stack up?
On top of my publisher and creative director duties with Spacing magazine, I also look after the book section in the Spacing Store. I’ve tried to...
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Behind the Kensington Market Research Project
Joshua Barker is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and the director of the University’s Ethnography Lab. The Lab was...
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Last chance to see After Utopia: an Exhibition Expressing the Beauty of a Neighbourhood
After Utopia is on at the Urbanspace Gallery at 401 Richmond Street W until Saturday, November 19. The gallery is open from 9:00am – 7:00pm...
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The story behind the first computer in Canada
In 1949, a team of professors and graduate students at the University of Toronto began building a machine no-one in Canada, and few in the world, had ever...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: Public Art Doesn’t Have to be Forever
By: Rebecca Carbin Previous Artful City posts chronicle recent developments and historical perspectives on the public art landscape in Toronto, providing...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: An Interview with Public Art Management
Interview by: Ilana Altman Public Art Management (PAM) is one of Canada’s leading public art consulting firms. They have been actively curating and...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: Hacks and Workarounds: Improving the Public Art Commissioning Process
By: Helena Grdadolnik Workshop Architecture provides public art consulting for the Toronto Transit Commission, Infrastructure Ontario and various...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 004, Hollywood North
In the wake of the Toronto International Film Festival, we take a look at the film and television industry’s impact on the city. We talk to...
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John Bentley Mays’ Emerald Toronto
John Bentley May’s (1941-2016) passed away last week. Read Alex Bozikovic thoughtful obituary here. When I first moved to Toronto in 2000 I spent a...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: Fleeting Futures – An Interview with Art Spin
Interview by: Ilana Altman Art Spin is a professional arts presenter, activating decommissioned venues and unique public spaces to produce large scale...
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The space age Parkway Plaza, Toronto’s first heritage supermarket
It was only a shopping mall, but when the Parkway Plaza opened at Ellesmere Road and Victoria Park Avenue in 1958, it signalled the arrival of space age...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: Urban Media Art: New Directions for Public Art and Cities
By Dave Colangelo You put your left foot in, you take your left foot out. And yes, you shake it all about, as prompted by the screen in front of you. Soon...
By The Artful City