Montreal’s Nuit Blanche is a night of arts, culture and entertainment that takes place in the middle of a week-long Montreal High Lights Festival, which runs from February 19 – 1 March 1, 2009. Nuit Blanche takes place from the evening of February 28 through the morning of Sunday, March 1. The event is divded into zones – Click HERE
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We have been busy promoting the Canadian Art Reel Artists Film Festival, which launches this weekend in Toronto, with fourteen films on art and artists. An installation shot from David Lynch’s art exhibition. Image: re-title.com Below, we recommend our top three festival highlights: The Canadian premiere of Herb and Dorothy, about New York collectors Herb and Dorothy Vogel, who, in
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There appears to be some confusion over recent cuts announced to arts and culture in British Columbia. Image: Wikimedia.org Here’s how Plank Magazine breaks it down: For the upcoming fiscal year, the provincial government in BC is reducing its spending on arts and culture by 40% from $19.5 million to $11.9 million. Plus, the income from the new $150 million
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The 53rd Golden Lion awards for Lifetime Achievement will be awarded to Yoko Ono and John Baldessari at the opening of the Venice Biennale in June. The unbelievably fabulous Yoko Ono. Image: arstechnica.com Curator Daniel Birnbaum says: “Yoko Ono and John Baldessari have shaped our understanding of art and its relationship to the world in which we live. Their work
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Here are VoCA’s picks for Montreal’s Nuit Blanche. The night of arts, culture and entertainment takes place in the middle of a week-long Montreal High Lights Festival, which runs from February 19 – 1 March 1, 2009. It’s the event’s tenth anniversary! Josée Pellerin, Chapitre Un : Louis (2008). Image: galerieorange.com It’s worth going to Montreal for. We have chosen
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Collector of art and art books (and friend of VoCA) Bill Clarke continues his tour of his bookshelves: A Young Man of Extraordinary Personal Beauty by Gareth Jones/Oscar Wilde; 2007 4. A YOUNG MAN OF EXTRAORDINARY PERSONAL BEAUTY by Gareth Jones; 2007. Published by Four Corners Press, London. This book is the first in a series of classic British novels
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A few weeks ago, we recommended artist books as a more affordable (and under appreciated) alternative for art collectors. Imagine our surprise to discover that art collector and friend of VoCA Bill Clarke was also a collector of art books. Here, he gives us a tour of his bookshelves: Robert Indiana: Trilove (1969). All images: courtesy Bill Clarke 1. TRILOVE
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We were going to post a rumour that we have heard – that the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art has let go Sue Jeffries, their enthusiastic curator of Modern & Contemporary Ceramics. We also heard that they might be closing their entire contemporary department, but now we hear that this is NOT true and that they will continue curating contemporary
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Andrea Carson writes on contemporary art, architecture and design...