Gallery Hop Special, Giving Notice & More

You are receiving this email because the email address omsstraffic.2222@blogger.com was subscribed to our email list. Click here to unsubscribe. If you have been forwarded this message by a friend opt in here. Having trouble reading this email? View it on our website.               SUBSCRIBE TO CANADIAN ART MAGAZINE Canadian Art is a striking in-depth quarterly covering key artists, exhibitions, scene-shapers and trends both nationally and internationally. Don't miss an issue. GET THE DIGITAL EDITION Experience Canadian Art's all-new, ultraportable digital edition. FORWARD TO A FRIEND Want your friends to be in the loop? Forward up to five copies of the Weekly at once. SIGN UP Were you forwarded the Weekly by a friend? Sign up now to get it free in your inbox each Thursday. SUBMIT A LISTING Our weekly opening and event listings are selected from press material sent to preview@canadianart.ca. To ensure inclusion of your information, please send notices at least two weeks in advance of your event. IMAGE CREDITS (From top to bottom) JANET WERNER Starlet 2009 GARRY NEILL KENNEDY Redacted (The Colvin Memos) 2010 Installation view / photo Steve Farmer SAAG REOPENING The Southern Alberta Art Gallery’s redesigned entranceway, September 2010 MICHAEL MERRILL Ducts 1 2010 / photo Guy L’Heureux GARRY-LEWIS JAMES OSTERBERG I’m Worth a Million in Prizes 2007–10 Installation view / photo Kris Rosar Toronto Gallery Hop: Auction Action, Tantalizing Talks The art event of the season, the Canadian Art Gallery Hop, kicks off this week with a sold-out fundraising gala featuring an auction of top contemporary art. Free talks and tours on Saturday are also a highlight. Read on for live-auction picks and panel pointers. Read more…   Giving Notice: Signs of Change Advertising, text-art and signage converge this fall in a Halifax show featuring works by Lawrence Weiner and Gordon Lebredt, among others. As Adam O’Reilly observes, the grouping raises many questions about political, artistic and commercial persuasion. Read more…     SAAG Reopening: Prairie Promise Long known for its terrific contemporary art program, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge reopened its newly renovated main space last week. As Nancy Tousley reports, the new facility promises to build on the gallery’s many strengths. Read more…     Michael Merrill: Nights at the Museum Is painting’s recent surge about accelerated aesthetic vitality or calculated “condo art”? Cameron Skene poses the question and finds hope for fine-art fans in the museum-themed works of Michael Merrill, currently on view in Montreal. Read more…     Do You Love Me?: Pet Sounds The relationship between affection, companionship and pets was the focus of an enjoyable group show at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery this summer. In review, John Armstrong notes the work provided insights about the artists as much as their animals. Read more…         Openings & Events Highlights / September 23 to 29 23.09.2010 MONTREAL Lani Maestro/Mathieu Latulippe openings 5-10pm Darling Foundry 745 rue Ottawa 24.09.2010 NATIONWIDE Culture Days first day Various locations 25.09.2010 TORONTO Canadian Art Gallery Hop day 11am-7:30pm Various locations 25.09.2010 REGINA “Studio vs Stadium” panel 2-3:30pm Dunlop Art Gallery 2311 12 Ave 25.09.2010 VANCOUVER Robert Adams first day Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby St Continue here for our complete listings of art openings and events happening this week from coast to coast.     Don't miss the Canadian Art Gallery Hop A free day of art, conversation and celebration This Saturday, September 25, in Toronto 11am-12:30pm Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes discusses art’s new realism with Myfanwy MacLeod, Pierre Dorion and Donald Weber at OCAD 1pm-5pm Tour gallery districts and enjoy talks by art-world experts 5:30pm-7:30pm End the day with a launch party for Canadian Art’s biggest issue ever at Angell Gallery For the full schedule and route maps, go to canadianart.ca/galleryhop Many thanks to lead sponsor BMO Harris Private Banking and to our media partner the Globe and Mail The Canadian Art Gallery Hop is delighted to participate in Culture Days   This email was sent to omsstraffic.2222@blogger.com Click here to unsubscribe.   Canadian Art (416) 368-8854 canadianart.ca