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Hi, Art!

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Hi, Art!

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Hi, art lovers!

 
Canada Reads 2023 poster. Backdrop is 3D geometric pattern of blocks splashed with the cover art of five books. Colour palette is coral, violet, yellow, cyan and yellow. Five photo cutouts of seated people holding books are arranged as though they are sitting on different cubes, but the laws of gravity do not apply to them. Some are

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My writing space is at home: a studio apartment that has just enough room for a desk, thank goodness. It’s overcrowded, but functional — its surface cluttered with notebooks, papers, a light-therapy lamp and two ceramic mugs. (One is for coffee. The other’s reserved for office supplies … plus an April O’Neil action figure I’ve had since I was seven.)

What’s so important about where a person writes? 

Every spring around Canada Reads time, we put that question to the competing authors, and this year’s no different. On the site, find essays from the class of 2023: Dimitri Nasrallah (Hotline), Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Mexican Gothic), Emily St. John Mandel (Station Eleven), Kate Beaton (Ducks) and Michael Christie (Greenwood). 

Canada Reads starts Monday. Keen to follow all the action? CBC Books has everything you need to know.
 

And because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Abstract painting comprised of shapes in shades of blue with a few in white, burgundy and yellow. The forms appear to be panels of deconstructed clothing.

Medrie MacPhee

Spring cleaning this weekend? If you’ve been busy clearing out your closet, the work of Medrie MacPhee might be of interest. The Edmonton-born artist can do incredible things with a pile of old clothes. Cast-offs serve as both inspiration and raw material. Her solo exhibition at Toronto’s Nicholas Metivier Gallery opens on April 1.
 
Photo of a quilt made to look like a microchip. Rendered in neutral greens and millennial pink fabric.

Laura Moore

Laura Moore is another Canadian artist who works with second-hand togs. The picture is a piece from her Memory Quilts series, a project that’s packed with references to retro tech. The title of this quilt? Nintendo Gameboy Tetris.
 
Photo of a realistic sculpture of a white spotted rocking horse on a painted green rocker. The horse isn't standing like it usually would in such a toy. Instead it's slumped on its belly, its limbs slack and hanging from the rocker.

Nicholas Crombach

A new art space called The Lost & Found will open in Toronto on April 15, and it’s launching with a group exhibition featuring work by Nicholas Crombach. This is one of his sculptures, End of the Chase.
 
Photo of a sculpture on a black and white end table shot against a grey background. The sculpture suggests a blue glass vase. Long-stemmed flowers (orchid pink, white, marigold yellow) are encased in transparent glass, each resting in its own walled compartment inside the box.

Körei Sándor

How’s this for spring flowers? Art by Körei Sándor.
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Photo of a long-haired man in an army jacket seated in a video library, his arm slung around a small black tube TV. Its screen shows the MuchMusic logo, circa the late '90s.
Christopher Katsarov Luna

Much ado about MuchMusic

 
Coming off its world premiere at SXSW, a new documentary from Sean Menard (The Carter Effect) recounts the history of “The Nation’s Music Station.”
 
Photo of four women sitting in a wood-panelled sauna that's been outfitted with a wide-screen TV. All four wear swimsuits and smile looking at the screen.
Priam Thomas

How do you make an outdoor sauna even better?

 
Add art! This spring in Toronto, relax at Public Sweat. It’s a spa experience that doubles as the latest wondrous project from Art Spin.
 
Photo of Britney Spears, a blonde woman in a sparkly yellow swimsuit and matching thigh-high boots, dancing on stage. The backdrop, all blue, suggests the performer being surrounded by a wreath of outstretched giant hands.

Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images

 

The cultural reckoning of #FreeBritney is already dead

 
According to Shailee Koranne, the conversation around Britney Spears and mental illness has taken a major step backward.
 

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Ben Johnston

@ben_johnston
Circular graffiti-style painting in shades of blue. Depicts 3D letters balled up: LOVE. Circular canvas has been photographed against a wall marked with pink and blue spraypaint, yellow tape and sheets of paper.

Ben Johnston

Best known for making splashy typographic murals, Ben’s been experimenting with sculpture and painting. He told us more last week. Find that conversation on the site.
 

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