The Walther Collection: The Way She Looks — Jill Glessing

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Authors: Jill Glessing | Artists: Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin, David Goldblatt, Guy Tillim, Jodi Bieber

[Winter 2020] Ryerson Image Centre, Guest curator: Sandrine Colard September 11–December 8, 2019 By Jill Glessing Photography extends the gaze, making material its spectrum of desires and subject positions – whether violence, control, submission, negotiation, or resistance. Once etched as image – on plate, print, or screen – the momentary exchange circulates and is entrenched […]

Le projet Polaroid — Sophie Bertrand

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Authors: Sophie Bertrand | Artists: André Kertész, Bruce Charlesworth, Ellen Carey, Kunihiro Shinohara, Paolo Gioli, Toshio Shibata

[Winter 2020] Le projet Polaroid – Art et technologie Musée McCord, Montréal Du 13 juin au 15 septembre 2019 Par Sophie Bertrand (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article. On sale throughout Canada until June 12, 2020, and online through our boutique.] Purchase this issue  

Territoires II — Christian Roy

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Authors: Christian Roy | Artists: Andreas Rutkauskas, Gagnon-Forest, Hua Jin

[Winter 2020] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Galerie La Castiglione, Montréal Du 28 août au 28 septembre 2019 Par Christian Roy (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article. On sale […]

Michel Depatie — Alexia Pinto Ferretti

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Authors: Alexia Pinto Ferretti | Artists: Michel Depatie

[Winter 2020] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Ashu-Takusseu : la traversée photographique Centre d’exposition de Val-David Du 22 juin au 8 septembre 2019 Par Alexia Pinto Ferretti (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine […]

Biennale de Venise 2019 — Daniel Fiset

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Authors: Daniel Fiset | Artists: Isuma, Mari Katayama, Tamás Waliczky, Voluspa Jarpa, Zanele Muholi

[Winter 2020] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. May You Live in Interesting Times Du 11 mai au 24 novembre 2019 Par Daniel Fiset [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article. On sale […]

Yan Giguère, Suite cinétique — Stéphanie Hornstein

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Authors: Stéphanie Hornstein | Artists: Yan Giguère

[Hiver 2020] Galerie La Castiglione May 15–June 15, 2019 Par Stéphanie Hornstein [Excerpt] The day that I first make it to Yan Giguère’s solo show at Galerie La Castiglione, Montreal’s construction season is in full swing. St. Catherine Street is a gaping trench and the jackhammer’s thrum hounds me all the way up four flights […]

Janick Burn — Marie-Ève Leclerc-Parker

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Authors: Marie-Ève Leclerc-Parker | Artists: Janick Burn

[Winter 2020] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Plein sud, Longueuil Du 18 mai au 22 juin 2019 Par Marie-Ève Leclerc-Parker (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article. On sale throughout […]

Rebecca Belmore — Sophie Guignard

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Authors: Sophie Guignard | Artists: Rebecca Belmore

[Winter 2020] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Braver le monumental Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Commissaire : Wanda Nanibush Du 20 juin au 6 octobre 2019 Par Sophie Guignard (French only) [See the printed or digital version of […]

Adam Basanta – Sylvain Campeau

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Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Adam Basanta

November 26, 2019 — Originally published in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.

Developing Historical Negatives — Robert Anderson

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Authors: Robert Anderson | Artists: Deanna Bowen, Hajra Waheed, Jacqueline Hóang Nguyễn, Krista Belle Stewart, Morris Lum

September 30, 2019 — In Developing Historical Negatives, OCAD University professor Gabrielle Moser (Photography and Belonging in the British Empire, Penn State UP, 2019) commissions artists who explore the ‘racialized body.’ …

Steve Leroux, Projections (2014-2019) — Franck Michel

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Authors: Franck Michel | Artists: Steve Leroux

[Fall 2019]This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Occurrence, centre d’art et d’essai, Montréal Du 9 mai au 15 juin 2019 Par Franck Michel (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article.] Purchase […]

Michelle Bui, Centerfold — Jean-Michel Quirion

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Authors: Jean-Michel Quirion | Artists: Michelle Bui

[Fall 2019]This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Parisian Laundry, Montréal Du 18 avril au 25 mai 2019 Par Jean-Michel Quirion (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article.] Purchase this issue

Barbara Breitenfellner, Rêve (…) — Michèle Cohen Hadria

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Authors: Michèle Cohen Hadria | Artists: Barbara Breitenfellner

[Fall 2019]This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Centre Photographique d’Île-de-France Du 2 mai au 13 juillet 2019 Par Michèle Cohen Hadria (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article.] Purchase this issue

Intimate Portraits — James D. Campbell

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Authors: James D. Campbell | Artists: Andrea Szilasi

[Fall 2019] La Castiglione, Montreal April 3–May 11, 2019 By James D. Campbell [Excerpt] Intimate Portraits brought together works by four artists whose preoccupation with the human body is a longstanding one: Donigan Cumming, JJ Levine, George Steeves, and Andrea Szilasi. Their works interrogate the nature of portraiture itself. What constitutes a truly intimate image? […]

Denis Rioux, D’abord, ne pas photographier — Fanny Bieth et Clément Willer

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Authors: Clément Willer, Fanny Bieth | Artists: Denis Rioux

[Fall 2019]This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. La Castiglione, Montréal Du 27 février au 30 mars 2019 Par Fanny Bieth et Clément Willer (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article.] Purchase […]

Guy Tillim — Érika Nimis

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Authors: Erika Nimis | Artists: Guy Tillim

[Fall 2019]This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Museum of the Revolution Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris Commissaire : Agnès Sire Du 26 février au 2 juin 2019 Par Érika Nimis (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the […]

Myriam Jacob-Allard, T’envoler — Charles Guilbert

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Authors: Charles Guilbert | Artists: Myriam Jacob-Allard

[Fall 2019]This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Dazibao, Montréal Du 7 février au 5 avril 2019 Par Charles Guilbert (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article.] Purchase this issue

Ansley West Rivers, Source to Sea — Ariane Noël de Tilly

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Authors: Ariane Noël de Tilly | Artists: Ansley West Rivers

[Fall 2019]This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Jepson Center, Telfair Museums, Savannah Du 10 mai au 3 novembre 2019 Par Ariane Noël de Tilly (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article.] […]

Martha Rosler, Irrespective — Ariane Noël de Tilly

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Authors: Ariane Noël de Tilly | Artists: Martha Rosler

[Summer 2019] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Jewish Museum, New York 2 novembre 2018 – 3 mars 2019 By Ariane Noël de Tilly (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article. […]

Basma Alsharif — Jill Glessing

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Authors: Jill Glessing | Artists: Basma Alsharif

[Summer 2019] Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto February 14–April 14, 2019 By Jill Glessing [Excerpt] Basma Alsharif asks a question for our time. Increasing human migration prompted by wars and climate change means, for many, an experience of cultural displacement. Born in Kuwait to Palestinian refugee parents who had fled Israeli occupation, Alsharif migrated first […]

Valérian Mazataud, Grand Nord — Sophie Bertrand

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Authors: Sophie Bertrand | Artists: Valérian Mazataud

[Summer 2019] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Centre des arts actuels SKOL, Montréal Du 28 février au 6 avril 2019 By Sophie Bertrand (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article. […]

Velibor Božović, In seeing, there is no right no wrong — Sylvain Campeau

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Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Velibor Božović

[Summer 2019] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Galerie Patrick Mikhail, Montréal Du 5 janvier au 16 février 2019 By Sylvain Campeau (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article. Available here […]

Thomas Kneubühler, Absence | Landing Sites — Patrick Brian Smith

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Authors: Patrick Brian Smith | Artists: Thomas Kneubühler

[Summer 2019] Absence Patrick Mikhail Gallery November 10, 2018–January 19, 2019 Landing Sites Dazibao November 15, 2018–January 26, 2019 By Patrick Brian Smith [Excerpt] Thomas Kneubühler has always been concerned with developing new ways of visualizing – and critiquing – power formations and their related infrastructures in the late-capitalist, globalized world. From Private Property (2006), […]

Denis Farley, Aux confins du visible — Fanny Bieth

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Authors: Fanny Bieth | Artists: Denis Farley

[Summer 2019] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Travaux récents/Recent Work La Castiglione, Montréal Du 14 novembre au 15 décembre 2018 By Fanny Bieth (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article. […]