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Infinity cubed
August 30 – September 23, 2011 Opening: Thursday, September 1, 6-8pm John B. Aird Gallery Celebrates the vitality of the Sculptors Society of Canada’s 83rd year. This year, “Infinity cubed” features contemporary figurative and non-figurative works in all media (stone, clay, bronze, steel, paper, wood, mixed-media) by 40 members
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Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde
October 18, 2011 – January 15, 2012 Art Gallery of Ontario Drawn from the collection of the Centre Pompidou, the exhibition examines how Chagall’s Russian heritage influenced and informed his artistic practice, illustrating how he at turns embraced and rejected broader movements in art history as he developed his widely beloved style
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David Hockney’s Fresh Flowers: Drawings on iPhones and iPads
October 8, 2011 – January 1, 2012 ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Hockney began working with the iPhone in 2008. Since then, he has created hundreds of finger-drawn images, ranging in subject matter from flowers and self-portraits to landscapes and still life. More than 20 Hockney drawings in the exhibition will feature playback animations, allowing viewers insight…
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Elisabetta Fantone: Now and Then
September 7 – 18, 2011 Opening: Wednesday, September 7, 6 – 9pm Thompson Landry Gallery This year, the Toronto Film Festival has inspired the artist to produce a brand new series of works based on the faces of film.
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Kieślowski in Posters
August 31 – September 10, 2011 Opening: Wednesday, August 31, 7 – 11pm Steam Whistle Gallery Cinematic master Krzystof Kieslowski exhibits at Steam Whistle’s Art Gallery on loan from the Film Museum in Łódź,
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Rochelle Rubinstein & Lanny Shereck: Homestead
September 3 – 25, 2011 Reception: Thursday, September 8, 2011, 6-8 PM Loop Gallery The evocation of home in a collaborative installation, DWELLING, combines the permanence and strength of stone with the fragility and comfort of fabric.
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12th Annual Juried Emerging Sculptors Exhibition
August 9 – September 9, 2011 Opening and Award Presentation: Thursday, August 11, 6:30pm CANADIAN SCULPTURE CENTRE Since 1999, the SSC – a non-profit artist-run organization – has brought in jurors and sponsored annual exhibitions for Emerging Sculptors from across Canada
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Electric Eclectics #6
by Ashley Johnson July 29 – 31, 2011 Meaford, Ontario This festival was not just about sound and included a number of interesting art installations, some malevolent robots, 3-D video and DJ-ing in the tent. There was a lot to see and do
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Courvoisier Artist Collective Exhibition and Urban Showcase for Local Talent
August 10-September 4, 2011 Opening: Wednesday, August 10, 7:00-9:30pm Formal Presentation at 7:30pm GALLERY 1313 The Courvoisier Collective supports local art community by bringing art back to the streets
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ART FAG CITY PRESENTS: THE SOUND OF ART
A project by Paddy Johnson Thursday, August 11, 9pm Live performance at Mercer Union Free admission Find out what art sounds like in the hands of artists Paul Slocum and Lewis Kaye. Thursday 11 August, the musicians will remix Art Fag City’s limited edition LP, The Sound of Art, a record composed of sounds heard…
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