Nuit Blanche, Mira Godard & 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) DAAN ROOSEGAARDE Interactive landscape Dune 2007–10 / photo Studio Roosegaarde MIRA GODARD The dealer in her Montreal gallery, c. 1960s BEYOND/IN WESTERN NEW YORK Didier Pasquette’s hire-wire performance at the Liberty Building in Buffalo, September 2010 / photo Percy W. Oaks OTTO DIX Reclining Woman on Leopard Skin 1927 Courtesy Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Cornell University © Estate of Otto Dix/SODRAC (2009) NELSON HENRICKS Unwriting 2010 Installation view / photo Paul Smith Nuit Blanche: Bright Night With 130 projects, 500 artists and 1 million attendees packed into just 12 hours, it’s clear that Toronto’s Nuit Blanche has become one of the nation’s key art events—and that it’s impossible to see it all. Here, Canadian Art edits the best bets for Saturday’s all-nighter. Read more…   Mira Godard: A Pioneer Passes The national art scene lost a titan last week with the passing of dealer and arts advocate Mira Godard. Now artist Christopher Pratt and dealers Miriam Shiell, Paul Kuhn and Yves Trépanier share thoughts on her legacy. Read more…     Beyond/In Western New York: Buffalo Stance Some say that one of the biggest Canadian art biennials actually happens every other year in the States—namely at the regionally focused fest Beyond/In Western New York. Bryne McLaughlin reports on the opening of this fall’s sprawling, Buffalo-based event. Read more…     Otto Dix: Cabaret Canon As contemporary art seeks to revive realism, the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal presents a timely survey of Weimar Republic “new objectivity” master Otto Dix. Featuring more than 200 works, it’s the artist’s first major exhibition in North America. Read more…     Nelson Henricks: The Writing on the Wall Montreal artist Nelson Henricks is known for toying with memory, history, time and the difficulty of articulating one’s truths. As Alhena Katsof reports, Henricks’ first mid-career retrospective, opened this month, anthologizes works both classic and current. Read more…         Openings & Events Highlights / September 30 to October 6 02.10.2010 TORONTO Nuit Blanche various locations 7pm to 7am 02.10.2010 TORONTO El Anatsui first day Royal Ontario Museum 100 Queen’s Park 02.10.2010 SURREY Harun Farocki opening 7-9pm Surrey Art Gallery 13750 88 Ave 02.10.2010 VANCOUVER Heather & Ivan Morison first day VAG Offsite W Georgia & Thurlow 03.10.2010 MONTREAL Gabor Szilazi/Jon Rafman reception 3-5pm Art 45 372 Ste-Catherine O Continue here for our complete listings of art openings and events happening this week from coast to coast.     Winner announced for the 2010 RBC Canadian Painting Competition! The Canadian Art Foundation congratulates Alexis Lavoie, winner of the 12th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition, along with honourable mentions Jon Reed and Mark Stebbins Lavoie will be awarded $25,000 while Reed and Stebbins will receive $15,000 each Don’t miss seeing all 15 finalists on exhibit at the Power Plant in Toronto to October 3. The exhibition will then travel to the Dalhousie Art Gallery in Halifax from October 10 to 17; to the Art Gallery of Northumberland in Cobourg from October 26 to November 6; and to the Art Gallery of Calgary from November 15 to 21 The works of all finalists will be featured in Canadian Art and on canadianart.ca For more information, please view our related news release   This email was sent to omsstraffic.2222@blogger.com Click here to unsubscribe.   Canadian Art (416) 368-8854 canadianart.ca