 | Sunday, November 21, 2021 | |  | Sunday, November 21, 2021 | | Hi, art lovers! | | |  | Prediction: on the evening of Friday, Nov. 26, you will see a Schitt’s Creek meme. I’m not psychic, but it’s inevitable. Since 2015, roughly 85 per cent of all online communication has involved the mutual exchange of randomly generated Moira Rose GIFs. But still, I am certain you’ll see a few more of these than usual at some point Friday night. The great Catherine O’Hara is being honoured at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards that evening, and you’d think CBC Comedy’s social media team has been flooding Giphy with content all these years just for this moment because ...
Every. |  | Single. |  | Meme. |  | Works for the GG Awards. |  | CBC will be airing a one-hour TV special of this year’s event starting Friday at 7 p.m. (7:30 p.m. NT). Filmed in outdoor locations throughout the country, the program features all-star tributes to the honourees. And who might the rest of the recipients be? Tantoo Cardinal, Lynda Hamilton, Alexina Louie, Zab Maboungou, Florent Vollant and Ryan Reynolds.
A teaser for you: Schitt’s Creek stars Eugene Levy, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy and Noah Reid will be celebrating O’Hara as part of the program, along with SCTV alums Andrea Martin, Martin Short and Dave Thomas. Head to CBC Arts later this week for more info about the show, as well as a series of essays about the 2021 winners. |  | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | |  | Now Gallery | Maybe you’ve seen Lydia Chan’s beaded masks and monsters on Instagram. (You haven’t? Look at them!!!) This new installation by the Canadian-born artist is a whole other level of wow. It’s at Now Gallery in London through March 6. | | | | |  | @jeffrune/Instagram | | The Toronto Biennial of Art revealed the artist roster for its 2022 edition this past week. Jeffrey Gibson is among the big names on the list and he’ll be bringing an interactive installation to the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto. You’re looking at a completely different work though: a new quilt-inspired piece that’s appearing at Kavi Gupta gallery in Chicago right now. | | | | |  | @karinelocatellipaysage/Instagram | | In Montreal? Papier is on this week (Nov. 26 to 28). Find this piece by Karine Locatelli at the Galerie C.O.A. booth. | | | | |  | Yukon Prize for Visual Arts | | | | | The recipient of the Yukon Prize for Visual Arts was announced yesterday. It’s the first edition of the award, which aims to boost the profile of Yukon art beyond the region’s borders while giving the winning artist a $20,000 helping hand. What’s the real-life impact of an art prize like this one? We checked in with the finalists last week to get their thoughts. | | | | |  | | Vivek Shraya | | | | | Every ‘90s kid remembers that hair! Vivek plays Brad Pitt in her new photo project, Legends of the Trans. See it at the Esker Project Space in Calgary. | | | | |  | Alan Markfield | | | | | On the eve of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards, one Deadpool fan shares his extremely subjective hot take. (Blake Lively did not sponsor this article.) | | | | |  | @odehmin/Instagram | | Gotta be … beaded KD! And there’s more where this came from on Nico’s Instagram. CBC Indigenous recently spoke with the Anishinaabe artist about his new exhibition at Blouin Division in Montreal. | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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