Canadian Art - Online

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller: Black Birds

2012-08-23T13:00:00Z

The Murder of Crows 2008 Installation view Courtesy Park Avenue Armory / photo James Ewing" />
New York critic Joseph R. Wolin heads to the Park Avenue Armory where Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller are creating a buzz (and other sounds) at the US premiere of a dark, nightmarish installation originally created for the 2008 Biennale of Sydney.

Grange Prize 2012: Hot Shots

2012-08-23T12:45:00Z

Untitled from the Picture Collection series 2012" />
One of Canada’s largest cash-value art prizes—$65,000 in total with $50,000 going to the winner, $5,000 to three runners-up—announced its finalists this week. Take in their wide-ranging works in this slideshow.

Wanda Koop: Into the Woods

2012-08-23T12:30:00Z

A visit to Wanda Koop’s cabin near Riding Mountain National Park in southern Manitoba proves intriguing for Vancouver critic Robin Laurence. There, Laurence writes, Koop bridges old Grey Owl myths with a new series of paintings on our increasingly digital culture.

Brad Tinmouth: Survival Strategies

2012-08-23T12:15:00Z

Hydroponic Unit 2012 Installation view Courtesy the artist / photo Lili Huston-Herterich" />
The basement of an art gallery may seem an unlikely place to create an emergency shelter. However, Xpace's lower gallery is an ideal setting for Brad Tinmouth's “If Times Get Tough or Even If They Don't,” which evokes a cold-war bunker.

Wim Delvoye: Blame it on Paris

2012-08-23T12:00:00Z

Kashan 2010 Installation view © Wim Delvoye/SODRAC (2012) / photo © 2012 Musée du Louvre/Olivier Ouadah " />
Silk-covered pigs, lattice-cut car tires and a tattooed man are just a few of the works that Belgian artist Wim Delvoye has shuttled into the old, Gothic wing of the Louvre this summer. Jill Glessing reviews, finding a terrific amalgam of high and low.

Full Opening & Event Listings

2012-08-23T11:00:00Z

Dozens of openings, talks and other events happening from coast to coast this week, August 23 to 29, 2012.

Brian Jungen & Duane Linklater: Hunting Retreat

2012-08-16T13:00:00Z

Modest Livelihood 2012 Film still Courtesy the artists and Walter Phillips Gallery The Banff Centre" />
This year's most talked about art-world event, dOCUMENTA (13), retreated to the calming climes of Banff earlier this month for a parallel program of lectures and workshops, and the debut of Modest Livelihood, a new film by artists Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater. Nancy Tousley reports.

Ken Lum: The City of Brotherly Love

2012-08-16T12:45:00Z

Mapping Courage, by Carl Willis Humphrey, at the corner of South St and S 6th St in Philadelphia / photo Ken Lum" />
After years as one of the main players in the Vancouver art scene, artist Ken Lum has moved to Philadelphia. In this column for Canadianart.ca, Lum offers his first impressions of the move stateside and considers the histories, both social and personal, that are embedded in the streets and doors of his new hometown.

Autant en emporte le vent: Country Style

2012-08-16T12:30:00Z

Old McDonald Had a Farm 2012 Performance outside the Moulin de la Chevrotière in Deschambault Quebec / photo Julie Villeneuve" />
The Deschambault-Grondines region of Quebec has played host to important historical figures and events over the years. This summer a cast of contemporary artists, Ronald McDonald among them, pitch camp for the two-part exhibition “Autant en emporte le vent.”

Art Train Conductor No.9: Dazzling the City

2012-08-16T12:15:00Z

Art Train Conductor No. 9 2012 Courtesy No.9: Contemporary Art and the Environment / photo Eugen Sakhnenko" />
As corporate branding crowds horizon lines both real and virtual, the contemplative side of public space can seem lost in a camouflage of visual chaos. A new commission by artists Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins takes to the rails and the smartphone to inject some dazzling sense into our notions of environment and information overload.