Archive for August, 2008

VoCA Suggests…3 exhibitions: Feminist art in Vancouver, Christian Marclay in Montreal, Scott Lyall in Toronto

VoCA gives you the heads up on three major exhibitions coming to Canada this fall… 1. WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution Vancouver Art Gallery October 4, 2008 – January 11, 2009 The exhibition catalogue cover. Image: moca.org VoCA loves ‘feminist’ (female, women’s) art. This comprehensive exhibition is not to be missed! You’ll see work by VoCA favorites Chantal Akerman,
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VoCA Recommends…The $12 Million Stuffed Shark

Toronto writer Don Thompson’s book The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art subjects today’s global art world to an economic analysis. Image: akademika.no Thompson, an economist and professor of business who regularly lectures on art, attempts to de-mystify the value of contemporary art – why such exorbitant prices (nearing $150 million) are paid for works which
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News: Harper Defends his Cuts in the Face of Pro-Culture Report

Illustration: Allen Crawford of Plankton Art Co. Image: timeout.com A new report – done in collaboration with the federal government – argues for the importance of Canada’s arts: Canada’s arts community has been given a big boost in its fight against government funding cutbacks in a form of an new economic report arguing that culture is a major contributor to
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News: Liberal leader Stephane Dion Responds to Arts Cuts

Liberal leader Stephane Dion – a man who understands the importance of culture..we hope. Image: voiceofcanada.files.wordpress.com Liberal party leader Stephane Dion has finally responded to the unbelievable Conservative party cuts to cultural programs: “Harper seems to not understand that we need to be stimulating those programs. We must encourage different arts and culture…”

VoCA Recommends…Canadian design in Cambridge, A New Take on the G7 and Anthem in Halifax

1. RADIANT DARK August 26 – October 19, 2008 Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge Ontario Loyal Loot Collective’s Log Bowls. Image: loyalloot.com Just when we were wondering when a multi-disciplinary exhibition would come along that combines art, design and architecture, here it is, courtesy of Shaun Moore and Julie Nicholson of MADE in in Toronto. MADE is a design shop in Toronto
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The Future of Corporate Art Sponsorship

Ryan Mcginness’ book Sponsorship: The Fine Art of Corporate Sponsorship. Image: thegiantpeach.com With the increasing economic slowdown in the US affecting banks and corporate sponsors of contemporary art, Anthony Haden-Guest asks whether banks will jettison their investments in the art world—their sponsorship of major events, institutions large and small? At stake are tens of millions of dollars in funding. Read
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Online Reports: Conservative Government Cuts to Culture

Image: toothpastefordinner.com 1. HERE’S WHAT THEY’RE SAYING IN CALGARY: Wait a minute. If our dynamic Canadian culture is in such demand all over the world, then surely the world will beat a path to its door and pay full freight to watch the likes of Les Grands Ballets, if not Holy F—. Was this another story of our splendid arts
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The Cuts Continue to Canadian Cultural Programs

In case you missed it, here’s a link to the latest on the Canadian culture cuts – from today’s Globe and Mail: “The Tories are committed to cutting $44.8-million in spending on arts and culture by April of 2010…” Click HERE for an article that basically amounts to a long list of cultural programs to be cut. Yesterday, VoCA spoke
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Ed Burtynsky: A Time Capsule for Photography

VoCA was trawling other art blogs looking for Canadian-related content when we found THIS article, courtesy of Tyler Green’s Modern Art Notes – see our blogroll on the right. Edward Burtynsky, Silver Lake Operations #2, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007. Image: metiviergallery.com Photographer Ed Burtynsky. Image: blog.longnow.org/stone ink gallery “Photographer Edward Burtynsky made a formal proposal for a permanent art
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Russia – The New Contemporary Art Market

…says Carol Vogel in the New York Times. Dasha Zhukova, the 27-year-old girlfriend of mega collector Roman Abramovich is set to open a new contemporary art space in Moscow. The Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture already features an enormous installation by (VoCA favorite) Montreal’s Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. A light installation by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer in the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in
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