 | | Because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Buck Ellison | | Untitled (Spring) by Buck Ellison. If you’re in Toronto, pay attention to the billboards around Dupont Street. This image, plus three more still lifes by Buck, will be appearing there later this season. The outdoor exhibition is part of a multi-site project presented by the Contact Photography Festival and Vancouver’s Capture Photography Festival. | | | | |  | Dan Climan | | Roadside Flash Fill by Montreal-based artist Dan Climan. | | | | |  | Luca Soldovieri | | At Olga Korper Gallery in Toronto, local artist Luca Soldovieri is showing a collection of new works, and each piece has been made with homemade pigments packed with meaning. Pay attention to the materials identified alongside each work; the lists are like short stories unto themselves. Here’s what I mean. This piece? Its title is Motion. And this is what it’s made of: “adhesive and powdered material (stained glass, church pew, tights, oxfords, shirt button, ring, Vitry Anti-Bite Nail Polish, lilies, stone, photograph) on panel.” | | | | |  | Artwork: Russna Kaur; Photo: Carey Shaw | | And now, a scene from Saskatoon. Here’s a look inside Russna Kaur’s exhibition at the University of Saskatchewan’s College Art Gallery. There’s a Q&A with Russna on the gallery’s website, and in it, she unpacks a few of the ideas she’s exploring in her paintings. Check it out, especially if you’re curious about her explosive use of colour. There’s something more intriguing and complicated than a simple expression of joyful exuberance going on here — though it can be read as that too, and I love it. | | | | |  | Jorden Lee | | | | | Director Jorden Lee tells us how he made a Juno-nominated music video for Sean Leon. | | | | |  | Graham Isador | | | | | Truck, a new play appearing in Toronto, answers that question. | | | | |  | LF Documentation | | | | | | | Toronto artist Georgia Dickie reveals how she finds beauty in everything, even her grandpa’s stash of Tim Hortons coffee cups. | | |  | Nico Williams | | In April, Nico will open the largest institutional exhibition of his career at Phi in Montreal. The 2024 winner of the Sobey Art Award, Nico was a recent guest on Q. Listen to that interview. | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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