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The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and Aeroplan haved announced the four finalists for The Grange Prize 2012, the only major Canadian art prize whose winner is chosen by public vote. Two artists from Canada and two from the United Kingdom have been shortlisted to compete for the $50,000 prize. Online voting begins today at… [full story]
Anthony Redpath’s exhibition at Vancouver’s Bau Xi Gallery focuses on the transformation of coastal communities and the irony of contemporary life along the Pacific North West Coast . [full story]
For Leigh Righton‘s latest body of work the Vancouver photographer focused her camera on the parts of people’s bodies that they are most uncomfortable with. The project is called EMBODIED and was conceptualized with the purpose of celebrating the human body and exploring our relationship with it. Righton photographed more than thirty people who bravely… [full story]
On the eve of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the Royal Ontario Museum is presenting an exhibition of the war’s historically significant sites captured with pinholes cameras. Afterimage: Tod Ainslie’s Vision of the War of 1812 opens June 2nd and features 22 evocative photographs produced by Burlington-based photographer Tod Ainslie between 2001 and… [full story]
In recognition of World MS Day on May 30th, renowned Canadian photographer Caitlin Cronenberg has created a first-of-its-kind photo exhibit to showcase the journey young women face when diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). With many women diagnosed in the prime of their lives, three vivacious women from across the Canada participated in the project and… [full story]
Toronto artist Arnaud Maggs received the second annual Scotiabank Photography Award (SPA) at a ceremony held Wednesday evening at Toronto’s Design Exchange. Celebrating excellence in contemporary photography, the $50,000 award, a solo Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival exhibition in 2013, and a book deal with international art photography publisher Steidl, is Canada’s largest prize for an… [full story]
Watch this video on YouTube Embedded with WP YouTube Lyte. BMW is a supporter of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival and as part of this year’s festival they invited four Canadian photographers to create images of a new BMW. This is part of a tradition that started in 1979 when BMW and Andy Warhol collaborated… [full story]
The 16th annual CONTACT Photography Festival officially launches tonight in Toronto. The festival has grown into the largest photography event in the world, and this year more than 1000 local, national and international artists will exhibit their work in venues across the city. A lot of great photographers from around the world will be showing… [full story]
Canadian photographer Laura Letinsky plays with real objects and reproductions in a way that distorts our perceptions, and her latest body of work is a series titled “Ill Form and Void Full”. The images are showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago until April 17th. In the video below, Letinsky talks about her interest… [full story]
The Canadian photography collective PhotoSensitive mounts an exhibition each year to raise awareness about a worthy social issue. This year’s show will contain photos by 13 photographers and 12 videographers who shot at 12 Easter Seals camps across Canada over the summer of 2011. PhotoSensitive’s “Kids Who Can” exhibition, produced in partnership with Easter Seals… [full story]
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