Culture
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Richard Serra’s King City Shift
High on my long list of Spacing posts I’ve not yet had time to make is one on Richard Serra’s “Shift” sculpture. It sits in a...
By Shawn Micallef -
Billboard tax and signs by-law face final hurdles
After the St. Clair Right of Way was approved, Toronto Environmental Alliance activist Gord Perks told me that nothing worth doing at City Hall takes less...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
JOHN LORINC: Is beauty the ticket?
The BeautifulCity.ca coalition has admirable, but possibly naà¯ve, expectations about the civilizing benefits of public art. The group wants the city to...
By John Lorinc -
North York redux: A Leona Drive Project discussion event
It’s a busy week for talking about North York: Last week I wrote about the Leona Drive project in Willowdale, tonight is the North York Modernist...
By Shawn Micallef -
Bungalow’s last stand in North York — The Leona Drive Project
In this week’s Eye Weekly my Psychogeography column is dedicated to wandering the bungalow and skyscraper skyline of Willowdale in North York but...
By Shawn Micallef -
WATERTABLE: art commission under the Gardiner unveiled
Last night, in the darkness under the Gardiner Expressway, Toronto’s first permanent multimedia art commission was unveiled. WATERTABLE, the 500 m2...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
WWII damaged buildings being patched up with Lego
Berlin artist Jan Vormann is transforming World War II damaged buildings around Europe with his version of a quick patch job. The project, called...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
Addressing racism and the War of 1812
Prior to the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, I attended the final day of a three-day history symposium at Fort York on Oct. 9 to hear Ontario’s...
By Liam Lahey -
Nuit Blanche: Imminent Departure
Spacing contributor Carolyn Tripp delved into one of the many installations that took over Toronto last weekend during Nuit Blanche. – –...
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Nuit Blanche: a city changed
Yes the lines were too long, the streets too crowded, and the TTC too packed. And it’s true that this year, like the years before, the event...
By Katia Snukal -
Nuit Blanche 2009 reaches 1-million Torontonians
Nuit Blanche has come and gone for another year and I survived the all-nighter with a little help from Tiny Toms Donuts and a Mercy blanket at Fire and...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
Spacing covers Nuit Blanche 2009
Calling all art fans and insomniacs… This weekend is Nuit Blanche 2009, that runs from sunset (6:55pm) on Saturday, October 3 until sunrise on...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer