Let VoCA break it down for you:

Now in its 7th year, TIAF has taken a while to get going – and although it still has a way to go, it’s a good way to get a sense of what’s happening in Canadian art, with a dash of international.

The mix of galleries is eclectic, and some of the best Canadian galleries to look out for are:

-Sandra Ainsley TORONTO
-Art Mur MONTREAL
-Birch Libralato TORONTO
-Rene Blouin MONTREAL
-Jessica Bradley Art + Projects TORONTO
-Monte Clark Gallery TORONTO/VANCOUVER
-Corkin Shopland TORONTO
-Christopher Cutts TORONTO
-Therese Dion MONTREAL
-Le. Gallery TORONTO
-Nicholas Metivier TORONTO
-Other Gallery WINNIPEG/ONLINE
-Pierre Francois Ouellette Art Contemporain MONTREAL
-Christina Parker ST. JOHN’S
-Paul Petro Contemporary Art TORONTO
-P/M Gallery TORONTO
-Clint Roenisch Gallery TORONTO
-Galerie St. Laurent + Hill OTTAWA
-Trepanier Baer CALGARY
-Odon Wagner TORONTO
-Wynick/Tuck TORONTO

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Nicholas Metivier’s booth at a previous TIAF

One of the best things about TIAF has always been the international lecture series. This year, the talks were organized by Power Plant director Gregory Burke and look as worthwhile as ever.

The Power Talks – (Think of your $12 as a donation to the Power Plant)

This year’s speakers’ series considers two interrelated themes – Institutional Futures for Contemporary Art (hello, David Moos) and The Collector as Curator - a timely subject.

Great collections bring diverse artworks into one, or several cohesive themes, stemming from the collector’s interests. That way, the collection becomes a reflection of the collector – a very personal thing. Collectors should be discrouaged from simply buying brand names, although this type of collection is still, of course a reflection of its owner.

Friday November 10th
11.00 am
Institutional Futures: Yuko Hasegawa
Chief curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Saturday November 11th
11.00 am
Collector as Curator: Claudia Beck
Collector, curator and former gallerist

6.00 pm
Institutional Futures: Hedwig Fijen
Founding director of Manifesta

Sunday November 12th
11.00 am
Collector as Curator: Wilhelm Schürmann
German collector and Dean of the Academy of Art and Design, Aachen

6.00 pm
Institutional Futures: Catherine de Zegher
Former director of The Drawing Centre NY, curator

Pierre Francois Ouellette’s booth at a previous TIAF

T at 3
This year, a series of interviews debuts at TIAF at 3 pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Conducted by Robert Enright of Border Crossings Magazine, they promise to be great, although I can’t tell you much since the interviewees names are being kept mysteriously under wraps. Unusual but fine because if his interviews in Border Crossings are anything to go by, no matter who he interviews, Robert Enright will be excellent.

All we know is that there will be three gallerists interviewed on the Saturday and three artists on the Sunday.