 | Sunday, February 06, 2022 | |  | Sunday, February 06, 2022 | | Hi, art lovers! | | | You know what I realized just now? For weeks — maybe months — I’ve had an announcement to share with you. Trust me, there are splashy new projects coming to CBC Arts, and they’re coming very soon. (Think next week.) But I can’t remember the last time I just opened my browser history for an old-fashioned stream-of-consciousness link dump. My invisible friends, it has indeed been awhile — like, a time before Wordle, and certainly a time before people were downloading seven whole years’ worth of daily challenges. Otherwise, I would have shared things like this with you earlier: a massive (and massively entertaining) guide to Canadian art by TVO. Further educational content (suitable for all ages): one of the first quarantine art challenges of the pandemic is still going — and it’s been spun into a show. (It’s also a newsletter! Actually … did any of you keep up with any of the arty lockdown diversions that were huge in 2020? I was wondering about that while working on this story.)
While other stars dabble in ceramics (Hi, Drake), Solange has gone and launched a whole artist residency program. Other examples of where blobs labelled “art” and “celebrity” overlap on a Venn diagram: Julia Garner’s performance in Ozark was apparently inspired by Caravaggio? Also, Alec Baldwin is hosting a podcast (Art Fraud) about the same forgery scandal that’s covered in this feature doc (stream it on CBC Gem). | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | |  | @jagnagra/Instagram | Happy Lunar New Year to all those who celebrate! It’s the Year of the Tiger, and I’ve managed to herd a whole streak of tiger art. (That’s seriously what you call a group of tigers: a streak!) This lantern installation is outside the Vancouver Art Gallery through Feb. 9. Part of the programming for the Lantern City, the participating artists include Paige Bowman, Sandeep Johal and Jag Nagra. | | | | |  | @xiaojing.yan.studio/Instagram | | Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum reopened last week. That’s where you’ll find this jaw-dropping sculpture by Xiaojing Yan, Tiger’s Embrace. | | | | |  | Juliana Hyrri | | From a Tiger’s Embrace to tigers you’d actually want to snuggle with on a lazy Sunday morning. This cozy scene is by Juliana Hyrri. | | | | |  | @lissshu/Instagram | | And while I’m indulging in some cozy vibes, bring on the dumplings. Risograph by Toronto’s Lis Xu. | | | | |  | Jieun June Kim | | And just because, a cosmic (big) cat by Toronto-based artist Jieun June Kim. | | | | |  | Hulu | | | | | Yeah, it’s a miniseries about the infamous ‘90s sex tape, but Pam & Tommy turns a critical eye to how we all had a role in this toxic celebrity scandal. | | | | |  | © Ja'Tovia Gary. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York | | | | | For jamilah malika abu-bakare, it’s a way to honour the Black women artists who came before her. | | | | |  | CBC Arts | | | | | | | 21 Black Futures leaves CBC Gem later this month. Don’t sleep on this sci-fi anthology series featuring some of Canada’s top theatre talent. | | |  | @kestincornwall/Instagram | | A little bit of trivia about Kestin’s CBC Arts logo design: to make it, he pulled elements from two of his pre-existing pieces. This here is one of them — Melanated Monas: Black Cake Recipe. | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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