Between issues, Ciel variable keeps an eye out for what’s happening here and there – under our sky and other skies. There’s always something happening in the wild and wonderful worlds of photography, image, and other forms of expression! Here, we share some high points of what’s being created and disseminated.
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Authors: Ciel variable
[February 23, 2021] Facing the closure of exhibition spaces and the uncertainty regarding their reopening or the health restrictions that will have to be adopted, dissemination on virtual platforms has grown more important, even though it has involved simply putting works online. New York artist and author Magali Duzant takes the pulse of the issues […]
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Authors: Ciel variable | Artists: Juan Ignacio Davila
[June 9, 2020] The time has come for action, trumpets the Black community. Here is one opportunity, among many others, to make a concrete gesture. Instigated at UQAM in 2016, the organization Nigra Iuventa – Black youth, in Latin – promotes an “other gaze.” Its action has become a struggle to eliminate the underrepresentation of […]
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Authors: Ciel variable | Artists: Louis Barbeau
[20 May 2020] In these pandemic times, the creative residencies network is in difficulty. How much difficulty? And for how long? Will the noble principle of going somewhere away from home to create or pursue a research project still be possible? The international organization Res Artis, which has about 600 members in 70 countries, wants […]
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[May 13, 2020] Revenues are falling, but expenses aren’t. Even though they’ve closed their spaces, galleries must keep paying their rent. And other costs. Of course, the situation is not unique to the art field, as all retail tenants have to deal with this reality. Given the scope of the problem, the federal government has […]
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[May 12, 2020] No more galleries, theatres, movies, bookstores … for now, anyway. Digital platforms are no longer just one alternative; they are the only means of dissemination. Artists, however, have not been left entirely to their own devices (so to speak). To stimulate creativity and support the shift to the immaterial, the Canada Council […]
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Authors: Ciel variable | Artists: Geneviève Cadieux
[April 22,2020] The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal wants to do its part: it has announced that it will devote its entire 2020 acquisition budget, $300,000, to Quebec art. Even better: it wants to double that amount. To reach this goal, the Fondation du MAC is inviting the museum’s major partners, collectors, and the public […]
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[April 14, 2020] Sent to the front to find evidence of the effects of the novel coronavirus, photojournalists were among the workers most exposed to the virus. Physician Jenell Stewart, specialist in infectious diseases and in a couple with a photographer, published a guide for image professionals. The list of things to do and not […]