The Incautious Abstractions of Erin Loree
Loree is still rooted in the same aesthetic she has been exploring throughout her young career, though she’s clearly stretching to achieve something new with abstraction.
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Affairs and Ceremonies: The New Work of Kristine Moran
When it comes to the work of Kristine Moran, I find myself at a total loss of effective words to explain why I think it is so totally awesome.
The Cycle: A Brief Guide to Collecting Art
Seek out a young artist whose work you love. Find her work online, in a gallery, discussed in magazines, or sprayed on walls in alleyways. Identify with the intelligence of the work, not just the aesthetics; remember that only new ideas that rattle your brain are relevant and worthy.
Inquisition of Conrad Black
One of the last true Renaissance men, Montreal-born Conrad Black, aka Baron Black of Crossharbour, has experienced high highs and low lows throughout his illustrious life.
Matt Bahen at Moore Gallery
Bahen paints like no one else in Toronto, modernizing classical impasto handling and earthy palettes by interpreting the catastrophes of twenty first-century societal conflict.
Bryan Crockett at Lehmann Maupin
Since Pope Gregory the Great first posted the seven deadly sins on the Christian internet in the sixth century, they have been creative fodder for an incredibly diverse group of artists.