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NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA | The National Gallery of Canada presents two exhibitions of outstanding works from its own collections

by Paddy Johnson on May 25, 2011

NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA | The National Gallery of Canada presents two exhibitions of outstanding works from its own collections – A boiler plate exhibition of hands: cue the legitimizing quote from a French philosopher. Marc Mayer's interest in the subject appears to be unwavering.

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Canada’s National Gallery Director Marc Mayer Produces More Fodder For Controversy

by Paddy Johnson on August 13, 2010

National Gallery director Marc Mayer is making me very nervous about the future of Ottawa’s museum. He’s recently launched a blog, and it’s full of rambling nonsense. Today, artistic debates are rare within the field because in our post-academic, post-movement, post-ism, and increasingly post-critical art world, controversy has balkanised into smithereens. In an age when […]

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Thursday Links: The Mega-Gallery Gold Rush

by Rea McNamara on March 10, 2016

Ketterer Kunst is coming to the US. The German auction house has tapped auctioneer Stella Mchaelis to lead the expansion from its newly founded Los Angeles office. Even though they had an office in New York in the 1970s and 80s, they’re going West Coast because whereas NY is all about “the art market”, Angelenos as “more interested in the content”. Further, Ketterer will be the first major German auction house to expand outside the country in response to the government’s controversial cultural heritage legislation, which many have said could hurt the German art market. [artnet News]
Related: Maxwell Williams weighs in with artist Peter Alexander and others on the mega galleries gold rush to Los Angeles. “People who have been in L.A. for a long time say that they’ve had these waves before, and that galleries will close again, and that it can’t be the next New York—it’s just not that kind of city,” says Karolina Dankow, co-owner of the Zurich-based Karma International, which just set up a LA outpost. “I have a feeling that this time it’s different, because honestly what’s going on in New York—the creative space is getting killed because it’s getting so expensive.” [Artsy]
Stan Douglas is the recipient of the €110,000 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. [Canadian Art]
“I’ve spent most of my life as a musician and a critic learning his work, forgetting his influence, avoiding him, relearning him and living in a world whose boundaries were his, for better and worse.” Sasha Frere-Jones eulogizes George Martin. [Los Angeles Times]
Mandarin-speaking artists and curators! Registration is now open for the NYFA’s free Mandarin Doctor’s Hours programme on March 21. It’s first come, first serve, and you get a 30 minute one-on-one with a Mandarin-speaking consultant on your career. [NYFA Current]
The National Film Board of Canada will now be directing half its production spending on female-directed films. [Variety]
Established artist pays it forward: photographer Edward Burtynsky, recent recipient of the Governor General’s award, is creating an annual grant for emerging artists with the award’s $25,000 purse. [CBC]
Totally off-topic, but apparently popping zits is referred to by dermatologists as “extractions”. [New York Magazine]

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Changes at Canada’s Major Arts Funder Part 1: New Suits

by Rea McNamara on August 5, 2015

Big changes are afoot at the Canada Council, the nation’s largest source of funding for the arts. From a shake-up of granting procedures to the appointment of a new chairman of the board, who’s quite the dapper dresser.

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Whose Excellence? Controversy at The National Museum of Canada

by Art Fag City on March 15, 2010

POST BY PADDY JOHNSON (Discussion of diversity at the National Gallery of Canada begins at 1:58) Test question: The director of the a well known museum says the institution doesn’t showcase the work of minorities because it only “sees excellence” on national television. Is this a) overt racism b) a heartfelt belief spun of ignorance […]

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The Armory International: Overwhelming But Good

by Art Fag City on March 6, 2009

Inside the Armory All photos Karen Archey Were the collectors of loud gaudy bling art the first victims of the stock market crash? Looks like it, because there’s a whole lot less gold Pringle trees at the Armory this year. Expanded and sprawling through two piers, the 2009 version of this fair looks a lot […]

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Art Fag City at Frieze Magazine: The Art Gallery of Ontario Gets A Facelift

by Art Fag City on December 2, 2008

The Art Gallery of Ontario, street view During my recent travels to Canada I checked out the Art Gallery of Ontario‘s grand reopening. I discuss my impressions of Frank Gehry’s newest building and the collection itself over at Frieze Magazine. I’ve posted a teaser below but as always you’ll have to click through to […]

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An Interview with founder Phil Grauer of CANADA: Part One of Two

by Art Fag City on February 22, 2007

Phil Grauer of CANADA New York at the Armory Show This week my colleague Steven Stern details CANADA’s fight to get into the Armory Show in Time Out New York. The article reveals no real scandal or conspiracy, but it does shed some light on the pitfalls of the art fair selection process. I similarly […]

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Monday Links: Looking at Art on a Stationary Bike

by Rea McNamara on November 30, 2015

Oh god, this athleisure Miami fair activation totally deserves a laughing/crying emoji: “SoulCycle is offering free stationary bicycling classes while an artist works inside the popup studio.” [Bloomberg]
“‘It’s a little late now, I’d say,’ he observed dryly during an interview last month in his Lower East Side studio. ‘But better than never.’” On the bittersweet rush by American museums to acquire the works of African American artists for their permanent collections after decades of neglect. [New York Times]
Ridiculous: since President Xi Jinping took office, his tough stance on freedom of speech has led to Chinese artists being under increasing surveillance, and now, the inexcusable shutdown of a Beijing exhibition focusing on domestic violence just hours before its opening. [artnet News]
The other story at last week’s Heffel Fine Art Auction sale was the record sales for three Lawren Harris canvases. “Mountain and Glacier” fetched $4.6 million CDN, the highest ever for a Harris work at auction. The sale comes at the heels of the Hammer retrospective co-curated by Steve Martin, which is reviving international interest in the Canadian painter. [Los Angeles Times]
The National Gallery of Canada is receiving a $10-million gift which will help establish its new Canadian Photography Institute. [Ottawa Citizen]
It looks the NYT investigation on tax-exempt private museums—and the wealthy collector founders who are able to deduct full amount of any art or stock they donate to it—is now being scrutinized by the Senate Finances Committee. [New York Times]
A London Gallery is recreating Miró’s studio for an upcoming exhibition. [The Guardian]
Andrea K. Scott thinks Rachel Rose’s “Everything and More” at the Whitney is a “lock” for best debut in 2015. [The New Yorker]
The suspected Planned Parenthood shooter is apparently a dealer of fine art prints. [artnet News]
Brilliant: an unauthorized arts festival at the Tate Modern is being organized during the Paris climate talks to bring attention to the looming deadline for the big four British institutions to not renew BP’s lead sponsorship. [Deadline]
Stampsy startup founder Roman Mazurenko—best known as editor-in-chief of LAM (Look at Me) Magazine, and a key Moscow cultural entrepreneur—has died. [Artforum]

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