 | Sunday, April 24, 2022 | |  | Sunday, April 24, 2022 | | Hi, art lovers! | | | If there’s an Aperol-spritz bender in my future, it won’t be happening in Venice. Maybe you can relate. But don’t let that dull your interest in a story the folks at Q are preparing. In a few days, they’ll air a conversation with Stan Douglas, the artist representing Canada at the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale. The event launched last week, and from the reviews I’ve Googled, it already sounds as though the Canadian pavilion is a must-see. (One notable mention: the New York Times raved about it as a bright spot in an otherwise disappointing year.)
So yeah. Maybe we’re not all planning a last-minute flight to Venice, but there’s still plenty to read about the scene, to wit: CBC Indigenous has a story about the Sámi pavilion (formerly known as the Nordic pavilion), a new all-Indigenous art space. (That project, FYI, has ties to Aabaakwad, an annual meeting of minds that’s led by Wanda Nanibush of the Art Gallery of Ontario.) And the war in Ukraine has apparently “seeped into exhibitions that weren’t explicitly designed to take it into account.” This piece delves into the creation of Piazza Ucraina, a “last-minute Ukraine solidarity show” organized days before opening.
Other things: maybe you’d rather daydream about music festivals. (If so, use this tool to give yourself an incurable case of FOMO.) Maybe you’d rather stay home and watch Netflix … a streamer that’s on the decline, as you might have heard. (Here’s why.) Maybe you’d rather write something … and then submit it to the CBC Poetry Prize. (Deadline is May 31.) | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | |  | Getty Images | If we can’t be in Venice, at least we can peep some of the highlights from afar. (Thank you, Getty Images subscription!) Here’s a glimpse inside Stan Douglas’s exhibition at the Canadian pavilion. | | | | |  | Getty Images | | Over at the Arsenale, this work by Toronto-born artist Tau Lewis is appearing as part of the biennale’s main exhibition, the Milk of Dreams. | | | | |  | Getty Images | | Métis artist Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill has a few works appearing in the biennale’s Giardini section (this piece included). | | | | |  | Getty Images | | If this picture of Chroma V by Yunchul Kim makes you gasp, imagine experiencing it in person. The piece, which is at the Korean pavilion, is a colour-changing kinetic sculpture. | | | | |  | Getty Images | | Earlier this spring, the French artist JR was in Lviv, Ukraine, to install this piece with the help of hundreds of locals. Stretching 45 metres, the tarp/portrait has been brought to Venice, where it’s appearing as part of this exhibition supporting Ukrainian culture. | | | | |  | Telescope/CBC Archives | | | | | Time travel to 1970 (with Michael Snow) or 2013 (with Shary Boyle). Over the years, CBC has spent time with the many artists who’ve repped our country in Venice, and we scoured the archives to pull these stories from the past. | | | | |  | Susan Moss | | | | | In a treasure hunt of an exhibition, the musician puts his life on display for superfans and curious lurkers alike. Caitlin Stall-Paquet writes about her deeply personal reaction to the show. | | | | |  | Dana Prieto | | | | | | | Spoil, a fragrance by the artist Dana Prieto, doubles as a statement on consumerism and environmental destruction. | | |  | @bui.michelle/Instagram | | This picture has wrapped the exterior of Vancouver’s Contemporary Art Gallery since the beginning of April, and there’s more from Michelle appearing elsewhere in the city. Images from her series Mutable Materialism are installed at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station as part of the Capture Photography Festival. | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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