VoCA is very sad about a rumour that we hope isn’t true.

YDESSA HENDELES IS CLOSING HER ART FOUNDATION.

One of Canada’s finest curators - if not the finest - has, apparently decided to focus her energies on curating in Europe, saying that it’s too expensive to maintain her eponymous foundation and to keep collecting.

We can only hope that she continues to curate in this country, and that she changes her mind.

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Rumour has it that the Venice Architecture Biennale is coming to Cambridge Ontario!

Apparently, the Biennale Foundation has agreed to work with the University of Waterloo to create a ‘preview’ of sorts this coming summer. This show will become the basis for the next Architecture Biennale in 2010/2011.

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Rumour has it that London-based film artist Mark Lewis will be selected as Canada’s representative for next year’s Venice Biennale.

Mark Lewis, Rush Hour, Morning and Evening, Cheapside (2005). Image: marklewisstudio.com

We sure hope this rumour his true - Lewis has long been one of VoCA’s favorite artists and we think he’d be brilliant.

Stay tuned for the official announcement…

Mark Lewis’s website - click HERE

Mark Lewis is represented in Canada by Monte Clark Gallery - click HERE