This past Friday night, lecture hall IB245 was transformed. With a diverse audience on hand (a combination of students and various members of the community), the energy was palpable. This wasn’t a typical lecture. In this rare opportunity, rather than merely discussing the works of an influential artist, the audience got to see one in [...]
Avant-garde opening at the AGO
The AGO has not only acquired the entire General Idea: Haute Couture exhibition that debuted at the French art space earlier this year, but most recently the AGO also became home to a collection of 118 works that make up the highly anticipated, limited-time exhibition Chagall and the Russian Avante-Garde.
Nuit Blanche: Darren Savage talks to the people
It’s 4:57 a.m. Nothing went according to plan. Everything is over. People have gone home. Mere hours ago the streets of Toronto were teeming with people eager to take in a night of art in the city during Nuit Blanche.
Nuit Blanche: Lori-Lee Emshey hits the major hotspots
UTM did not anticipate the popularity of Nuit Blanche—an all-night, interactive art festival now in its sixth year—among its students.
Blackwood Gallery hosts graduate art exhibition
There is talent all over UTM, but it’s possible to find it conveniently concentrated in one space at the Blackwood Gallery this month during the graduate exhibition. This year marks the 40th anniversary of UTM’s Art & Art History program with Sheridan College, and 31 graduating students from the program are displaying their hard work [...]
Does our culture value art?
I took my dad to a blues and jazz bar last week. We got there, had a couple of drinks, and listened to the music. The first band played modern blues. It had a guitar, a bass, drums, and a saxophone. It was one of those fringe bands that blur the line between blues and [...]
No more boring art
From September 11 to November 28, the Blackwood Gallery will be home to a portion of Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada: 1965-1980, which includes a mosaic of conceptual art pieces that shed light on the Halifax art scene. Despite the multitude of pieces, installations, and photographs, there is one word that encapsulates them all: idea. [...]
Conceptual art on campus
Yesterday afternoon, the Blackwood Gallery hosted its opening reception of Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980, a tri-campus exhibition showcasing some of the world’s most influential conceptual artists, many of whom are Canadian. The show is divided, one part at each campus, to showcase the different regions of Canada at each campus: the Blackwood Gallery [...]
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UTM and Sheridan College’s graduating art students showcase their work at the Blackwood Gallery
