 Hi, art lovers! | | |  | In this photo from October 2024, visitors attend the 25th edition of Art Toronto. (Ryan Emberley) | | | It’s the last day of Art Toronto, Canada’s largest art fair. More than 100 galleries from around the country and beyond have come out to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for the event, and that volume can be overwhelming for a viewer. So what’s getting noticed on the floor? After the opening-night party, I called a few of the artists in attendance to get their read on the scene. Click for their highlights from the fair.
More links you might have missed: Vinh Nguyen, Katherena Vermette and Lorna Goodison are among the finalists for the 2025 Governor General's Literary Awards. (If you’re a writer yourself, the deadline for the CBC Short Story Prize is Nov. 1; before you enter, get some tried-and-tested advice from past winners.) Everyone’s talking about the Louvre heist; Commotion knows why people are so obsessed. | | | | | Because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Artwork: Jim Lambie; Photo: Vancouver Art Gallery | | Peek inside the Vancouver Art Gallery, where Jim Lambie has transformed the rotunda … with tape! Zobop (Colour-Chrome) Stairs will remain up through Oct. 12 next year. | | | | |  | Artwork: Aline Setton; Photo: Duran Contemporain | | And now for a very different staircase, as imagined by Aline Setton. Duran Contemporain is presenting a solo exhibition by Aline at its Art Toronto booth this weekend. There, you’ll find this painting (In Order to Rise It Will Collapse) alongside sculpture and installation work. | | | | |  | Odera Igbokwe | | Also in Toronto this weekend, Nia Centre for the Arts presents the third edition of A Black Art Fair. The event puts the spotlight on contemporary Black Canadian artists, including Odera Igbokwe. Based in Vancouver, Odera’s in the running for this year’s Kingston Prize. | | | | |  | Artwork: Miya Turnbull; Photo: Greg Davies/Cape Breton University Art Gallery | | Earlier this year, Miya Turnbull produced this fantastic video for us, explaining how the masks she creates “reveal as much as they conceal.” The artist just opened a solo exhibition at the Cape Breton University Art Gallery in Nova Scotia. Surfacing is on through Feb. 6. | | | | |  | Kelly Mark Estate/Olga Korper Gallery, Ernesto Cabral de Luna | | | | | Multiple Toronto arts venues have come together to launch a festival devoted to the late Kelly Mark. | | | | |  | Jonas Persson | | | | | In fair Toronto, where we lay our scene, theatre companies are falling for Romeo and Juliet. | | | | |  | Andre Chan | | | | | | | Billed as “an evening of fungal inspiration,” this touring event has played cities across Canada and the U.S. What’s behind the shroom boom? | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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