Culture
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Should museums be public spaces?
This Sunday marks the last day for Torontonians to preview empty galleries at the ROM Crystal. And today (Friday) is the only day of the preview (which...
By Leah Sandals -
Seattle’s street furniture is so silly
I’m on the west coast doing some travelling and I can’t help but notice how strange some of these cities are. For example, you may find this...
By Dave Meslin -
Opening of ROM and a pulse on the waterfront
Last night I showed up late to the opening of the ROM crystal — somewhere around 1:30am. I was amazed to see so many people still milling about...
By Matthew Blackett -
Saturday’s headlines
Pulse Front at Harbourfront, by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer • Has the cultural renaissance begun? [ Toronto Star ] • Renaissance ROM, finally realized...
By Matthew Blackett -
Turning taxis into canvasses
The people at GOOD magazine (an awesome, and relatively new, publication out of NYC) did a great thing on Mother’s Day: they teamed up with a...
By Matthew Blackett -
Communicate on City’s Community Arts this Month
The midpoint of May has just passed and we’re already in the thrall of arts fest madness — a simultaneously anxious and guilty condition...
By Leah Sandals -
Hopscotching their way to Ottawa’s City Hall
In a city where streets form up to 35 percent of the public space (compared to Toronto’s 27.4 percent), Ottawa artists and city councilor Clive...
By Sarah Magwood -
Different kinds of gateways
I was flipping through the photoblog of Rannie Turingan and stumbled upon this great graffiti piece. It reminded me of the short article I wrote in the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Missing Plaque Project: Postering as a historical proclamation
Inasmuch as history is supposed to be rooted in objectively recorded facts, such accounts often overlook the multi-layered texture of people’s lives...
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Playing aground with installation in Parkdale
Do you like making art but find that Nuit Blanche keeps you up too far past your bedtime? Well, maybe submitting to PLAY/GROUNDS, a new festival of...
By Leah Sandals -
Making CONTACT with transit art issues
As ample local coverage reminds us, the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival — which is apparently, now the world’s largest photo fest in...
By Leah Sandals -
Lukewarm doc on global hotness & cool city politics flick
Hot Docs is almost — but not quite! — over and there’s still lots of films worth seeing. Here’s one for Mr. Baird & Mr. Harper to kick...
By Leah Sandals