Montreal: St. Henri Art Walk

Today through Saturday, in the St. Henri Art Walk in Montreal, artists open their studios to the public.

Read the full article HERE

For a map of the area and a list of participants, please click HERE

Underrated Canadian artist: Harold Town

Harold Town. Image: swansea.ca

HAROLD TOWN

VoCA salutes curator Mia Nielsen for bringing the artist – and member of the Painters Eleven – back, with an exhibition of his work at the Drake Hotel, Toronto.

Beautiful Loser is up at the Drake from November 1, 2007 – 5 January, 2008 and will feature some of Harold Town's early abstract paintings, collage works, intricate drawings and late sculptures.


Harold Town, Mechanical Forest Sound, oil on masonite, 1953. Image: farm1.static.flickr.com

Town represented Canada in two Venice Biennales and his works are held many collections, including those of the Tate, London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

According to Neilsen, “Town captured the imagination of the Canadian people of what an artist could be – outrageously prolific with a flamboyant, theatrical personality.”


Harold Town, Untitled. Image: artnet.com



Harold Town, Snap #94, 1973-1974. Image: artnet.com

Drake Salon: A discussion of Town's work will take place Thursday December 13 from 6pm to 8pm, with special guests David Silcox (president of Sotheby's Canada) and David Moos (Curator of Contemporary Art, AGO).

To reserve a seat, please phone 416 670 9423.


Harold Town, Untitled, 1968. Government of Ontario Art Collection.
Image: archives.gov.on.ca

For more on Harold Town, please click HERE.

Read Robert Fulford's essay on Town HERE.

Miami, London, Luis Jacob

MIAMI: "It's like the running of the bulls in Pamplona"

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LONDON: Britian to invest 50 Million Pounds in creative art

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TORONTO artist Luis Jacob is a hit in Miami

Jacob's work is represented by Birch Libralato Gallery, who is showing his pieces at Art Basel Miami Beach in the Art Supernova section. Is Mr. Jacob - whose work was recently shown at Documenta XI, in Kassel, Germany - Canada's next art star?


Luis Jacob, Album, 2007, Image montage in plastic laminate. Image: artbaselmiamibeach.com


Luis Jacob, Album, 2007, Image montage in plastic laminate. Image: artbaselmiamibeach.com


Luis Jacob, Album, 2007, Image montage in plastic laminate. Image: artbaselmiamibeach.com

For more on Luis Jacob's work, please click HERE.

Norval Morrisseau 1931 - 2007

Norval Morrisseau,The Offering, acrylic on satin, 1976. Image: coastline-publishing.com

Aboriginal artist Norval Morrisseau has died. The only First Nations artist to have had a solo show at the National Gallery of Canada, (in 2006) in 1978 he was appointed to the Order of Canada.


Norval Morrisseau, Shaman’s Ride. Image: thebucketshop.com


Norval Morrisseau, Copper Thunderbird: Merman Ruler of Water. Courtesy National Gallery of Canada.
Image: cbc.ca


Norval Morrisseau, Double Headed Snake, 1974. Image: bau-xi.com
57 x 68 in.

For more on Norval Morrisseau, please click HERE

For more information on Shamanism, please click HERE

Art in Miami 2007

Miami Beach Convention Center. Courtesy Art Basel Miami Beach. Image: shift.jp.org

The art world’s biggest party: Art Basel Miami Beach, December 6 – 9, 2007, is the fair that started it all.

Every year, there seem to be more fairs, more districts, more collections...Read the full Wall Street Journal article HERE


Image: thisisthelife.com

You'll find these Canadian galleries in Miami this year:

SCOPE ART FAIR:
Angell Gallery (Toronto)
Christopher Cutts Gallery (Toronto)
Trepanier-Baer Gallery (Calgary)
Birch Libralato (Toronto)
Greener Pastures (Toronto)

PULSE ART FAIR:
artcore gallery/Fabrice Marcoloni (Toronto)
Nichoals Metivier Gallery (Toronto)

PHOTO MIAMI:
Pierre-Francois Ouellette Art Contemporain (Montreal)
Skew Gallery (Calgary)

ART BASEL MIAMI:
Catriona Jeffries Gallery (Vancouver)
Landau Fine Art (Montreal)
Birch Libralato (Toronto)

BRIDGE ART FAIR:
Awol Gallery (Toronto)
Newzones (Calgary)

ART MIAMI:
Jennifer Kostuik Gallery (Vancouver)

AQUA ART MIAMI:
Aqua Hotel
Katharine Mulherin (Toronto)

Aqua Wynwood
Tracey Lawrence (Vancouver)
pm Gallery (Toronto)
Jessica Bradley Art & Projects (Toronto)

ART FAIR NOW:
Galerie Simon Blais (Montreal)

ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY ART DEALERS (AIPAD):
Stephen Bulger Gallery (Toronto)

Wallinger wins UK's Turner Prize

It was the man in the bear suit who won it: Mark Wallinger, 48, has been awarded this year's Turner prize, 12 years after his first nomination, when he lost out to Damien Hirst.

His film Sleeper, 154 minutes of footage of the artist wandering around a deserted German gallery disguised as a bear (but recognisable by his very particular gait), has baffled and entranced visitors to the Turner prize exhibition by turns...

Read the full article HERE

Who will win the Turner Prize?

Mark Wallinger, video still from Sleeper. Image: telegraph.co.uk


Britain's Turner Prize, established in 1984, is awarded annually to a British artist, or an artist from another country working in Britain, and under the age of fifty, for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the previous twelve months.

This year's shortlisted artists are Zarina Bhimji, Nathan Coley, Mike Nelson and Mark Wallinger.


Zairna Bhimji, Illegal Sleep, 2007. Image: zarinabhimji.com


Nathan Coley, We Must Cultivate Our Garden, 2006. Image: doggerfisher.com


Mike Nelson The Coral Reef, 2000 (detail). Image: mattsgallery.org


Wallinger is VoCA's, and the critics', favorite to win. Read more HERE. The winner will be announced this evening, UK time.

Actor and this year's Turner Prize presenter Dennis Hopper on the Turner Prize: HERE