NUIT BLANCHE ALERT: MAPS AND ROUTE SUGGESTIONS You’ve probably heard of Nuit Blanche, but how do you make sense of it? Please find three maps, carefully edited to provide you with the best possible experience of NB Toronto. CLICK ON EACH MAP TO ENLARGE IT. VoCA recommends that you begin Nuit Blanche in Yorkville. Start on Bloor street with a
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NUIT BLANCHE ALERT: ZONE B Nuit Blanche Toronto has three zones. Zone A is Yorkville, Zone C is Queen West, and Zone B is around the Ontario College of Art and Design at Dundas and McCaul Streets. As you’re making your way around town, be sure to stop at the Gardens of the Italian Consulate (136 Beverly Street at Dundas)
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NUIT BLANCHE UPDATE: Don’t get all stressed out about what to do for this Saturday’s Nuit Blanche Toronto. At VoCA, our aim is to put you at ease. We’ll sift through and recommend what we think are the most worthwhile events. Every day this week we will profile a new event: (And don’t forget to look back at our Sept
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Hello, This week we recommend 5 art events in Toronto, 5 international exhibitions and the 5 artists shortlisted for Canada’s Sobey Art Prize. But first… THE LEGACY OF JOSEPH WAGENBACH The panel discussion at the Goethe Institute on The Legacy of Joseph Wagenbach brought together philosopher Mark Kingwell, environmental phenomenologist Amy Lavender Harris, photographer Marcus Schubert, curator Rhonda Corvese and
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View on Canadian Art 1. SPOTLIGHT: THE GARDINER MUSEUM 2. TORONTO THIS WEEKEND: The Queen West Art Crawl TOP PICKS 3. TORONTO FREE GALLERY: Last night 1. THE GARDINER MUSEUM: Check out the excellent exhibition by French Canadian sculptor Jean-Pierre Larocque, whose large horses and heads are swathed in layer upon layer of ceramic bandages. The large, gaunt, staring heads
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View on Canadian Art – 1. LOVED – 2. LOATHED – 3. RECENTLY NOTICED – 4. 5 THINGS TORONTO – 5. 5 THINGS VANCOUVER – 6. 5 THINGS MONTREAL – 7. NUIT BLANCHE: TOP PICKS Welcome to View on Canadian Art! Have you bookmarked this page yet? Please do! Now officially in our second year, we have moved ourselves onto
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Andrea Carson writes on contemporary art, architecture and design...