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Snow

Waking up early covered in snow, the Head Gardener questioned his decision to allow himself to be buried up to his neck in the back yard.

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Karine Giboulo: Housewarming

Montreal artist Karine Giboulo makes fascinating miniature dioramas in clay. Currently at the Gardiner Museum, she has created a fantastically creative reimagining of her home. From the museum website: Housewarming is Giboulo’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020, and the waves of… Read More

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Being Legendary

Yesterday we visited the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) to see the exhibition Kent Monkman: Being Legendary (included with General Admission to the museum). This remarkable exhibition presents an extensive group of Monkman’s social realist paintings juxtaposed with some artifacts from the museum’s collection. Interpreted by… Read More

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The Gardener

Last week, when Stagg was in town from Chicago, we started this mad garden project. It began with an armature built around the stand for a coat rack, with wood and strapping and hardware cloth. On that we built up cement, and then finally, acrylic… Read More

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Alechinsky

I came across this little video on the Tuen Tony Kwok on YouTube. It features a great look at Pierre Alechinsky’s painting over the years, without any accompanying words to get in the way. I’ve long admired his delightful, fluid and imaginative paintings.

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Interplanetary Painting

I was surfing around the YouTube machine this morning, I came across this brief British video on the British Pathé channel featuring the late Italian painter Enrico Baj. I’ve been familiar with Baj’s work for many years, since receiving a catalog of his work which… Read More

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Walking in Circles: Treading Water

Today we went to see Walking in Circles: Treading Water – Bruce Parsons/Art Projects 1971 – 2022. The show runs through May 7 at the Neilson Park Creative Centre in Etobicoke (at the western edge of the amalgamated Toronto). If you’ve never been to this… Read More

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