Sunday, November 07, 2021

Hi, art lovers!

Who gets to call themselves a food writer? One of the links to come through my inbox this past week was an article asking that question. And the answer? We all do … though maybe painters and sculptors and whatnot get to claim that distinction more than the rest of us? You see, coming across that headline was a funny bit of serendipity considering I’d just filed this story about a cookbook authored by Canadian artists. It’s not an art book in the guise of a cookbook, or a manual for reinterpreting a masterpiece as a smorgasbord of jellies. Rather, it’s as homespun as they come: an old-school collection of favourite recipes. And it’s not the first of its kind. Heck, it’s not even the only one to hit stores this fall. But it’s a tried-and-tested concept, even if you’ll never actually attempt Monet’s potato pie, Dalí’s avocado toast or a dinner-party menu from Christo and Jeanne-Claude. But if you do skim that article and wind up sampling one of the recipes found within, you know how to send me your review.

And because we promised you eye candy ...

Heads up! The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has announced a new exhibition from Nicolas Party. L’heure mauve opens Feb. 12.

Toni Hafkenscheid

This installation by Miles Greenberg is appearing at Arsenal Contemporary Art Toronto to Dec. 18. Those glitchy figures? They reference the myths of Icarus, Narcissus and Orpheus.

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Terica by Berlin-based painter Rūtė Merk.

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Collage by Fenna Schilling.

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That’s not Photoshop. For the first time in history, there’s an outdoor art exhibition happening at the Pyramids of Giza. This is JR’s contribution to the show.

You've got to see this

Carrie Perreault

How to cook like an artist

Unlock your creativity … by eating tacos? OK, maybe not. But you’ll want to try these extremely easy recipes from The Artist Cookbook Vol. 2.

Warner Bros.

Dune’s white saviour problem

Dune’s desert world of Arrakis was inspired by Islamic and Middle Eastern cultures. In the novel, those details help to weave a complex tale, but according to Rukhsar Ali, the new blockbuster adaptation is “just the same type of story Hollywood has told time and time again.”

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A pandemic poem for the elderly

Canisia Lubrin is the Canadian winner of the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize. Watch her perform In the Vault of Morning, a piece written in response to COVID-19.

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Anna Campbell

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Anna’s logo design is featured on all of our social feeds for Transgender Awareness Month. “I like to think of being trans as infinite diversity in infinite combination, to steal a quote from Star Trek,” writes the Toronto-based artist. “I visualize that as like living in a kaleidoscope, spinning out in endless fractal colours.”

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I’m Leah Collins, senior writer at CBC Arts. Until next time!