Willa Nasatir at the Whitney Museum of American ArtJuly 14 - October 1, 2017Art Blouin, September 4, 2014By Cat Kron Nice shout out to Vikky Alexander in this brief review of the Willa Nasatir exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. To read the entire piece,...
Essay by Robert Enright A landscape for Michael Smith is a world and a whirled. He recognizes that all his references are to landscape and he is obsessed with those possibilities. There is no single way for his landscapes to be viewed or rendered and, as a result,...
Salmon Arm ObserverAugust 29, 2017Barb Brouwer Art gallery exhibition features older and newer works by Chris Cran It is mind-boggling to think that an artist, who recently had a show at the National Gallery of Canada, might never have picked up a brush. Describing Chris Cran as one...
Evan Penny : Ask Your BodyCurated by Michael ShortChiesa di San Samuele, Venice, Italy May - November, 2017 TrépanierBaer is delighted to announce Evan Penny: Ask Your Body, an exhibition of new and recent sculptures by the esteemed international Canadian artist Evan Penny, which will be presented...
Image Credit: Sonata and Undertow, 2017Acrylic on canvas60 inches in diameter...
The Globe & MailMarsha LedermanAugust 11, 2017A work by Canadian Haida artist has been installed at the Metropolitain Museum of Art in New Yoirk in a location where contemporary art borders Indigenous art, and the curator who orchestrated its installation is thrilled about it.Michael Nicoll...
August 07, 2017Paul Gallagherwww.dangerousminds.net It all started out as a bit of fun when artist Ambera Wellmann “plunked” an egg into a watermelon. The strangely irrational satisfaction Wellmann felt when combining these two foods started her visual investigation into juxtaposing unlikely objects together. The end results...
Galleries West July 28, 2017 Works by three Western Canadian artists are on an idyll in the Greek isles until Aug. 20 as part of an exhibition, Open Horizons, organized by a Calgary curator to mark both Canada’s 150th anniversary and 75 years of diplomacy between...
To Vima NewspaperGreeceJuly 26, 2017Olga Clonesa The 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and Greece happens currently with the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation this year. To celebrate these two anniversaries, the Canadian Embassy in Athens has organized an exhibition of modern art "Open Horizons"...
Voreini Newspaper Greece2017-07-24The purpose of Open Horizons is to present to Greek audiences the work of three internationally acclaimed Canadian artists: Ron Moppett, Allyson Glenn and Colleen Heslin. All three artists are at the forefront of the Canadian art community. They go beyond the...
From: The Guardian News Thursday, July 20, 2017 From squats to shops selling logger boots, from clapped-out wooden houses to neon hotspots, photographer Fred Herzog blazed a trail for colour as he captured half a century of change in the Canadian metropolis. To see the...
The Liberal NewspaperGreece2017-07-19In August, an exhibition of particular importance is being launched at the Foundation of Tinian Culture in Tinos. The exhibition titled "Open Horizons", edited by Dr. Caterina Pizania, aims to recommend to Greek audiences the work of three famous Canadian artists: Ron Moppett,...
July 19, 2017intsculpturectr in MATERIALS & PROCESSBy Gil McElroyWhen last we spoke about what I’ve been calling “figuration ” – the aesthetic drive towards representing the living, breathing organisms that populate this here planet (even if only in our fevered imaginations – I’d introduced work...
Galleries WestJune 18, 2017Paul GessellMiss Chief Eagle Testickle usually struts across Kent Monkman’s canvases in her spike heels fearlessly battling – and ravishing – cowboys, settlers and Mounties. Monkman’s campy, cross-dressing alter ego has been given additional duties for the Toronto artist’s travelling exhibition, Shame...
Kent Monkman: New and Recent Works On View and Now Available Beginning today, Saturday, June 17, 2017 In conjunction with Kent Monkman’s touring exhibition Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience opening today, June 17 at Glenbow, TrépanierBaer is pleased to present a selection of new and...
The summer months of 2017 will soon be upon us. Please read the our current newsletter listed below that gives an outline to the activities and projects of Ron Moppett, Ambera Wellmann, Chris Cran, Kent Monkman, DaveandJenn, IAIN BAXTER&, and Oscar Cahén. Image Credit: Chris CranLarge...
Arte : Mensile di Arte, Cultura, Informazione June 2017 - page 125Francesca AméTranslation of text: The Canadian artist Evan Penny (1953) has entered into the small church of San Samuelenext to the Palazzo Grassi, where he has placed his intense silicone sculptures and two works, self...
Québec Huffington PostMay 31, 2017Hélène Caroline Fournier L'exposition qui vient de débuter au MBAC, qui est présentée jusqu'au 10 septembre 2017, intitulée Comprendre nos chefs-d'oeuvre - L'Art en héritage: Ron Moppett et Damien Moppett, met en lumière des créations artistiques de deux artistes qui ont pris...
Report from Venice: Like all Biennales and visual art extravaganzas these days, no matter where they are staged, there are strong works by wonderful artists that are presented and others, well, it’s hard to imagine why the curators selected them. This edition of the 57th...
Frieze MagazineMay 20, 2017by Amy Zion Tomorrow and Hester Galleries, located a short walking distance apart on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, announced their merger in February as Downs & Ross, with an exhibition by Vikky Alexander spanning the two rebranded spaces. The considered selection includes seven photographic...
The New York TimesMay 12, 2017By Scott Reyburn Great mention of Evan Penny: Ask Your Body exhibition in Venice in The New York Times! To read the full article, please open the pdf listed below. Image Credit:Evan PennyPortrait of the Artist as He Was (Not), 2011black...
12 May 2017 - 10 Sep 2017 Gallery C218 Artists' talk at the National Gallery of Canada: Saturday, June 17 at 12:00 PM Gallery C218 As part of the National Gallery of Canada's ongoing Masterpiece in Focus series, this exhibition examines the production of two talented –...
By Jens HinrichsenMay 2017 Issuepp. 46-47 To read the full article, please opent the pdf listed below. Image Credit: Evan PennySelf Portrait after Géricault's Fragments Anatomiques, 2017pigmented silicone, hair, fabric, resin, wood18 x 57 x 78 inches...
TrépanierBaer is pleased to participate in the 2017 iteration of the ADAC Gallery Hop!In celebration of the Art Dealers Association of Canada’s 50th year, the ADAC is planning a nation-wide Gallery Hop on Saturday, May 13, 2017. For the first time ever, ADAC members across...
By Caoimhe Morgan-FeirMay 8, 2017Canadian Art OnlineThe Toronto artist’s uncanny figurative sculpture heads into new territory in his Venice showing: the art-historical past To see the video In Studio With Evan Penny and read the article, please click here. Image credit:Evan Penny: Ask Your Body Iinstallation view...
