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Hi, Art!

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Hi, Art!

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Hi, art lovers!

 
Title image for CBC podcast Celine Understood. Photo collage of three vintage portraits of pop star Celine Dion, a dark-haired white woman wearing sparkly clothes and jewelry. The collage is in the style of a vintage bootleg tour T-shirt.

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If You Asked Me to name the biggest pop star who’s ever come out of Quebec, I wouldn't have to Think Twice. It's Céline Dion … which is The Reason I've name-dropped three of her hits already. (That’s the Way It Is, OK? I’m doing it for the LOLs.) Anyway, I hope you're Lying Down for this news, because CBC Podcasts has debuted an Incredible new series about "the surprising cultural, political and business alchemy that created one of the most enduring superstars the planet has ever seen." Again, I'm talking about Canada's reigning queen of the power ballad — the subject of Céline: Understood, a four-part podcast from Thomas Leblanc. 

You might remember Thomas from another CBC podcast, Chosen Family. Or maybe you’ve heard him on Commotion, where he’s something of a go-to expert on all things Céline. On the first episode of Understood, he revisits the history of the singer’s early career, unpacking her rise as a young vedette and exploring her current status as an icon — and product — of Quebec culture. New episodes arrive weekly.
 

Because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Photo of a pink and purple frosted cake. A message has been written on the cake's top in buttercream frosting:

Keely O'Brien

Have a friend in Vancouver — or an enemy, for that matter? Send them a cake for art’s sake. I’m serious! Artist Keely O’Brien is taking requests.
 
Painting of a pink milk crate, its shape warped and bent to suggest a flat perspective.

Jack Kenna

Vivid Kid (Pink on Purple) by Jack Kenna.
 
Installation view of pink, orange, blue and white polar bear sculptures made of feathers inside a white-walled gallery.

Contemporary Calgary

As seen at Contemporary Calgary: an installation view of Come Check It Out, Paola Pivi’s first major institutional exhibition in Canada. 
 
Surreal watercolour painting. A pink grid suggesting bathroom tiles is central to the composition. Three green slugs, realistically rendered, appear to crawl across the tiles' surface. Two objects are embedded within the tiles, in cubbies: a silver can glistening with condensation and a burning fire. The perimetre of the grid is like a compressed mountain landscape on a blue field resembling a cloudless sky.

Tristram Landsdowne

Slugslam II by Tristram Landsdowne.
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Still from documentary Living Together. Two women sit face to face in a cluttered living room.
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The strange, delicate and increasingly necessary experience of looking for a roommate

 
In her new documentary Living Together, filmmaker Halima Elkhatabi explores the connections people make while navigating the housing crisis.
 
Photo of a white hand holding a paintbrush, painting a canvas.
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She's an archaeologist of art history

 
In her paintings, Toronto artist Jennifer Carvalho reproduces details from old masterworks. Sometimes an image from the distant past can be a bridge to our present moment.
 
Composite image. Left: yellow book jacket that reads

House of Anansi Press, Kristaps Anškens

 

How the past year has changed what it means to be a Palestinian artist

 
On Commotion, two Canadian artists with Palestinian roots — author Saeed Teebi and musician John Kameel Farah — discuss how the Oct. 7 attack and its aftermath has impacted their creative lives.
 

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Maria Hupfield

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Photo of a woman wearing a dark garment adorned with rainbow-coloured bronze bells. She stretches her opera-gloved hands above her, and holds more bells.

Maria Hupfield

CBC Indigenous caught up with Maria last week to talk about the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship, but that’s not the only amazing news she’s been posting about recently. Just this weekend, Maria opened a solo exhibition at Patel Brown Toronto (Mashkiki Is Movement), plus you can see more of her work at the Toronto Biennial of Art through Dec. 1.
 

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