"I joined theartmarket yesterday, and created my event as well as a profile!!! That site is absolutely amazing!!! Thank you so much!!!"
- angela werstine, artist
19
Jun
12
Since Tuesday is the new monday in the art world... thought we'd kick off your week with some of our favourite public art from around the globe!
The melting ice cream truck is a sculpture titled ...
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15
Jun
12
Last night I experienced a quarter-life crisis. I got all glammed up, got lost at a party, and danced the night away with people I had never met. But I wasn’t alone, it seemed like Toronto’s arts community was doing the same thing. We were all having a ball at the Power Ball: Quarter-Life Crisis.
More than 1,700 guests from Toronto’s art, fashion and...
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14
Jun
12
The much anticipated sobey art award finalists list has been announced! one of the five finalists will walk away with $70,000!
This award is given annually to a young (Under 40) canadian visual artist. with five regions making up the jury, the competition is meant to truly reflect what is happening right now in canadian art.
Here is the press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10th Anniversary Sobey Art Award 2012 Shortlist Announced...
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13
Jun
12
If you haven't been able to check out any of the Luminato Festival in Toronto, it's time to make time. Here are two terrific public art pieces - and best of all, they're free!
Here's what the festival wrote about Encampment and Reply:
The Encampment
A Thomas+Guinevere Creation
A unique form of archaeology turns a historic site into sculpture on a grand scale, vividly evoking the War of 1812’...
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12
Jun
12
the vancouver arts community will be celebrating today, with the announcement from the city of vancouver to convert city-owned property into 26,300 sq. ft. of new studio space in east vancouver.
feeling the pressure of one of the most unaffordable cities in the world, many artists are struggling in Vancouver. This is a significant step in the right direction for the city that is often criticized for its lack of arts support.
located near the Renfrew Business Centre and the Art Institute of Vancouver’s East...
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07
Jun
12
Last night, members and visitors to the Art Gallery of Ontario flooded into the auditorium for the sold out talk on Picasso and the Art Market, presented in partnership with Sotheby's Canada. Molly Ott Ambler, Director of Day Sales, and Elizabeth Gorayeb, Vice President, flew up from Sotheby's, New York, to share with us Canadians a bit about the history of Picasso in the art market, how his prices were realized, why he...
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06
Jun
12
'watertower' by tom fruin, 2012, found plexiglas, steel, bolts, 25 x 10 x 10 feet, images by robert banat courtesy the artist
tom fruin has just unveiled his newest kaleidoscopic structural installation 'watertower' for his series '...
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