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Sunday, February 05, 2023

Hi, Art!

Sunday, February 05, 2023

Hi, art lovers!

 
Photo of two men seated in front of microphones. Shot in profile they are having a conversation. The man on the left, CBC host Elamin Abdelmahmoud, wears a yellow hoodie and plaid overshirt with dark pants and New Balance sneakers. The man at right, CBC host Tom Power, wears a printed dark blue shirt and black pants and shoes. They are on a stage that's been decorated to suggest a bougie living room. It is decorated with a patterned rug, leafy plants and light fixtures made of hanging Edison bulbs. A guitar amp appears to be next to Tom.

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Who here has a hot take on those Renaissance tour prices? Or Pamela Anderson’s new Netflix doc? 

Hold on, hold on … don’t hit send. I’m not asking for a rant. And besides, the chat is already in session thanks to Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, a brand new program that hit CBC Radio last week. Each show promises 30 minutes of thoughtful cultural analysis, skewing on the fun and poppy side, and it’s hosted by a guy who’s mastered the online think piece. Beyond serving as writer at large for BuzzFeed News, Elamin is something of a longtime fixture around CBC. (How long? Listen to this story about his first CBC contract.) And if you’re already a fan of his CBC podcast Pop Chat, then Commotion is definitely for you. The show will take on a different timely topic every weekday. Tune in at 11 a.m. (11:30 NT) on CBC Radio One and CBC Listen.

If you missed the show’s first week of episodes, you can catch up here, and while you’re settling into a lazy Sunday binge session, maybe add Q to your, um, queue. The show debuted an all-new format Monday, and like any good makeover, the changes are subtle but transformative. Tom Power is still your host five days a week, but the show’s been slimmed down to an hour, with a focus on the artist interviews listeners have come to expect. Start time is the same as before, but for those who just can’t wait until 10 (10:30 NT), episodes will be available early each morning in podcast format.
 

And because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Photo taken from above depicting a brown and white medium-sized dog resting on a polar bear rug.

Jaiden George

The 2023 edition of the Exposure Photography Festival is now underway in Alberta, and Jaiden George is one of the artists featured in the festival’s International Open Call exhibition. (The work pictured is from his series, Staging Nature.)
 
All-blue painting of a window.

Michelle Paterok

Living room window, 5:18 pm by Michelle Paterok, an Edmonton-born artist who really nails why I sit in front of a SAD lamp this time of year. 
 
Abstract painting in shades of pink. Top two thirds suggest crumpled chain link fence.

Michelle Furlong

Entangled Bloom by Michelle Furlong. (McBride Contemporain in Montreal is showing an exhibition of her paintings through Feb. 18.)
 
Cartoon-style illustration of three femme figures standing on a stone platform. They appear nude, but are rendered almost in sihouette. The picture is rendered in shades of orange and magenta. The landscape around them is graphical and abstracted, but suggests the elements of nature (rain, fire, wind).

Sofia Reyes

For Black History Month, OCAD University has curated an outdoor exhibition at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square, with artwork appearing on the square’s digital billboards. Look for Sofia Reyes’s illustrations in the mix.  
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Medium wide photo of Hannah Moscovitch, a white woman with greying long hair. She looks upward and outward and stands with her hands in her pockets. She wears a white leather jacket and stands in front of a building with two-toned grey siding..
Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press

100% that Moscovitch

 
Hannah Moscovitch is one of Canada’s most acclaimed playwrights, and her work is reaching a bigger audience thanks to new projects including a TV adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire.
 
Photo of a 2020 issue of alt weekly Now Magazine.
Radheyan Simonpillai

Toronto weekly Now just became one of Canada’s only Black-owned publications

 
But rebuilding will be a struggle, writes Huda Hassan. (Hear more about this story on Commotion.)
 
Still of the cast of Party Down, six people sitting on an industrial kitchen island wearing matching cater-waiter uniforms: white shirts, black pants and shoes, pink bowties.

Starz

 

Are we having fun yet? No? Watch this!

 
From Party Down to Hello Tomorrow!, mark these February premiere dates.
 

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Jimmy Baptiste

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2D digital illustration of the CBC Arts logo, rendered in a classic graffiti-writing style. Colour palette is marigold and cyan. Text reads: CBC Arts.

Jimmy Baptiste

Um, who do I talk to about making a bulk sticker order? (Jimmy Baptiste of Wakefield, Que., is this month’s logo artist. Q&A on the site!)
 

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