"Merete Kristiansen and Kate Barron may be on the verge of revolutionizing the Canadian art world."
- anne watson, the vancouver observer
merete kristiansen
15
Nov
11
On November 14, 2010 we sat down for 24 straight hours and launched theartmarket.ca on november 15, 2010! After pouring our hearts, and occasional tears into theartmarket.ca, we have learned a few things during this past year…
- There is so much more than meets the eye to building a website. From legal, to copywriting, content gathering and making customized buttons, all while maintaining our vision and integrity – it’s hard! We...
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28
Oct
11
fashion is art too right? we agree!
here's a look at merete in a clip from TLC's show 'say yes to the dress!' did she say yes??
28
Oct
11
Check out a behind scenes look of what I saw at the group of seven opening at the dulwich gallery in london a few weeks ago. See if you can spot me, and who else i'm with!
- merete
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22
Oct
11
earlier this week i attended a luncheon at the high commissioner for canada and mrs. nancy campbell's residence in london. as a vancouverite, I had always wanted to meet the former premier, and not just by trick-or-treating at his point grey home. i can honestly say that gordon campbell's new digs are quite nice!
the location on grosvenor square is pretty posh. but neither the address,...
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17
Sep
11
When you think of Vancouver, a city that bleeds hockey and is still trying to figure out last year's Stanley Cup Playoff loss, what do you think of?
Needlepoint obviously!
Last night, we headed to Mike Macri’s fist-ever solo show opening at Catalog Gallery, ‘More Like Our Fathers’, in Vancouver. The show featured 12 high-realism cross-stitchings representing goaltenders from each of the 12 teams of the first NHL expansion era (1967-70)....
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12
Sep
11
roselina hung, Self-portrait in the studio
We would like to give a huge shout out and big congratulations to our very own Roselina hung for being one of 30 finalists still in the running for the kingston prize!
the national portrait competition award will be given out on November 10, 2011, at the gala preview at the royal ontario museum in toronto.
born and raised in Vancouver, bc roselina has studied and exhibited on a global scale.
Merete had the fortune...
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10
Sep
11
Swarm is an annual festival of artist run culture organized by the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres. Started by PAARC in 1999 (we know – retro), Swarm began as THE event to mark the start of Vancouver’s artist-run centre programming season.
So what’s it all about?
Swarm is a multi-night event, that show casing the cities best artist-run initiatives, small space galleries, public projects, artist collectives, etc.
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31
Aug
11
I'm not going to lie - yesterday I kind of felt like a big deal. with my hair and makeup professionally done and sporting a full length evening gown, I posed and smiled for an hour at the vancouver art gallery during my photo shoot for fashion magazine. No, I haven't ditched my day-job as an art dealer for the greener pastures of modeling. but, i was askd to be one of three people from vancouver to be featured in the magazine's story on female arts patrons in Canada. The article will outline the work and contributions women across the country in various not-for-profit organizations...
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