David A. Neel’s Memoir Traces His Homeward Journey
UBC PRESS, 2019 by Latash-Maurice Nahanee The Way Home is a new memoir by David Neel, a renowned Northwest Coast artist from Vancouver Island. Early childhood traumatic events were overcome by a passion for…
Close-Up: Leslie Anderson, New Nordic Museum Curator
NATIONAL NORDIC MUSEUM, 2655 NW Market St, Seattle WA by Matthew Kangas Curator Leslie Anderson, a PhD candidate at the City University of New York writing her dissertation on Scandinavian art, seems…
David Wojnarowicz: Photography & Film, 1978-1992
MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY, Vancouver BC - To April 5 by Michael Turner Since 2009, the Belkin has presented a number of exhibitions, events and publications focused on North American aesthetic…
Karin Jones & Amy Malbeuf: Labour’s Trace
RICHMOND ART GALLERY, Richmond BC - Feb 15 - April 11 by Michael Turner Among our more remarkable recognitions of late is our expanded understanding and appreciation of labour. No longer that invisible…
Richard Young: What Comes to Mind
XCHANGES GALLERY, Victoria BC - March 6 - 22 by Christine Clark Maple Bay–based artist Richard Young is celebrating his first solo show of sculpture at Xchanges Gallery. On exhibit will be six…
Katie Ohe
ESKER FOUNDATION, Calgary AB - To May 3 by Michael Turner Until recently, a great artist was defined by their ability to produce resonant artworks from a temperament that both attracts and repulses. Think…
Dana Lynn Louis: Weave
RUSSO LEE GALLERY, Portland OR - Feb 6 - 29 by Allyn Cantor Dana Lynn Louis is a multidisciplinary artist well-known for her thoughtful sculptural works and larger-scale, immersive installations that engage architectural spaces,…
Ready Player 2: Sonny Assu and Brendan Tang
ILLINGWORTH KERR GALLERY, Calgary AB - To March 7 by Michael Turner Taking its cue from the 2011 Ernest Cline novel Ready Player One and Steven Spielberg’s 2018 film adaptation, Ready Player…
Remembering Gordon Smith
by Robin Laurence Beloved Canadian artist, educator and philanthropist Gordon Appelbe Smith died in his West Vancouver home on January 18, 2020, one hundred years and seven months after his birth in…
La Decanatura: Centro Espacial Satelital de Colombia
DELUGE CONTEMPORARY ART, Victoria BC - March 7 - April 4 by Christine Clark Centro Espacial Satelital de Colombia (2015) is a video work by the Bogotá-based artist collective La Decanatura,…
Christopher Marley: Exquisite Creatures
OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, Portland OR - To Feb 17 by Allyn Cantor Christopher Marley’s unique artworks are like eye candy for the nature lover. Using real specimens, he creates three-dimensional…
The Artist’s Studio is Her Bedroom
CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, Vancouver BC - To April 5 by Michael Turner It is no small irony that Vancouver’s recognition as an art hub (see Phaidon’s Art Cities of the Future, 2013) came…
Art and Daylight Meet in Sparkling New Venue
SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM, Seattle WA - Reopening Feb 8 by Matthew Kangas Since its opening in 1933 as the original Seattle Art Museum, the Bebb & Gould–designed Art Moderne structure…
Tom Thomson Centennial Swim: Paul Walde
TOUCHSTONES NELSON: MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY, Nelson BC - March 7 - May 31 by Michael Turner Ontario artist Tom Thomson was last seen alive on July 8, 1917,…
Acts of Resistance: Indigenous Art and Environmental Activism in BC
MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER, Vancouver BC - Feb 5 - July 2020 by Michael Turner On July 3, 2018, seven people lowered themselves and seven 40-foot pennant banners from the underside of…
Gohar Dashti: Dissonance
WEST VANCOUVER ART MUSEUM, West Vancouver BC - March 18 - May 9 by Michael Turner Nineteen-eighty was an extraordinary year for Iran. On September 22 the country was invaded by…
Hopping for Hope: Ahreum Lee
THE NEW GALLERY, Calgary AB - To Feb 22 by Michael Turner Currently based in Montreal, Ahreum Lee is a South Korean–born interdisciplinary media artist who came to prominence first as co-founder and…
