View on Canadian Art

What’s worth seeing? TAAFI, as it’s called, takes place at the Drake and Gladstone Hotels. Despite having been in the past a somewhat ad hoc affair, this is where you’ll find young, gritty art.

We recommend:

TONIGHT FRIDAY NOVEMBER 10: The Drake Hotel Gala Reception and Performances, from 10 pm – 2 am.

Look for The Pillow Fight League at the Drake’s entrance at 10:30 pm, as well as performances by Johanna Householder, Day Milman and the always entertaining Ulyssses Castellanos. His Paul McCarthy-inspired performance at MoCCA last week was nonetheless very entertaining:

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 11:
12 – 8 pm: Inside/Out Lesbian and Gay Film and video screening in the Drake’s Yoga Den

2 pm: Urban perspectives – Artist Eric Glavin and U of T prof Andy Payne with a screening by Andreas Koch

6 pm: A Funeral for a Building at the corner of Queen and Abell Streets. A performance by Jessica Rose

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 12:
12 – 8 pm: Vtape all day screening in the Drake’s Yoga Den

1 pm: In the Drake Underground, a lecture and book launch by the artist Gary Neill Kennedy. “Superstar Shadow 1984 – 2005”

What about the galleries?

Image from TAAFI at the Gladstone Hotel

The rooms of the Gladstone and Drake hotels are occupied by galleries, individual artists and artist collectives. Some that will be worth checking out:

At the Gladstone Hotel:

-Joint Collective (Dave Dyment, Gregory Elgstrand, Kelly Mark) – Room 203

-Katherine Mulherin Art & Projects – room 214

-Ed Pien (Hallways and Lobby)

-Tyler Clark Burke (Hallways and Lobby)

At the Drake:

-The Movement Movement – room 208

-John McLachlin – room 203

-Phil Irish – room 206