Commissioned by the Art Gallery of York University, and two-years in the making, Ring of Fire is a 300-person strong street procession by internationally renowned Trinidadian artist Marlon Griffith. Created for the people of Toronto and staged at the TO2015 Parapan American Games, Ring of Fire takes place on Sunday August 9, along University Avenue from […]
The Power Plant has been invited to take part in a project with Creative Time and the Venice Biennale that will give Canadian artists an opportunity to participate in a prestigious international forum. The Creative Time Summit is the first and largest international conference dedicated to art and social good
Shot in 16mm at the Kodak factory in Chalon-sur-Saône, France shortly before the facility ceased production of 16mm film stock, Tacita Dean's Kodak is an elegy to a medium — and a means of production — on the verge of obsolescence. Opening in black and white with images of workers operating intricate machinery, the film then shifts […]
German artist Hito Steyerl. Born in Munich, Germany, Steyerl is currently a professor of New Media at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her work has been shown internationally, with a recent survey exhibition at Artists Space in New York.
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PIA supported performance at Gallery TPW. Bring a guest, watch the performance, then have a glass of wine to see artist and professor at Bard College Berlin David Levine's special presentation and discuss live art with David and the team at Gallery TPW. Arrive 5:30 pm or earlier, arrive to see at least 30 minutes of […]
Come and join us, we will have a brainstorming session as to how we can raise the necessary funds fo all PIA projects, both national and local.
Meet the artist Abbas Akhavan and discuss this PIA supported exhibition with co-directors Georgina Jackson and York Lethbridge of Mercer Union. 10 am coffee social, 10:30 PIA meeting, 11 am to 12 pm Education with Georgina Jackson and York Lethbridge.
L. Mauer, 2 Lismore Rd
The Art Canada Institute invites you to a lectue in celebration of the online book Oscar Cahén: Life & Work, featuring the author Dr. Jaleen Grove in discussion with Maclean's Managing Editor Dianna Symonds. After escaping Nazi Europe, Oscar Cahén made his name both as Canada's foremost magazine illustrator and as one of its most renowned […]