PRÉMICES/OPEN ENDED, Mai (Montréal, arts interculturel) to May 5th by Meaghan Thurston 30.04.2012 What’s most striking at first glance about neo-expressionist painter Manuel Mathieu’s exhibition of paintings, “PRÉMICES/OPEN ENDED”, is not the work itself, but the curatorial decision to paint … Continue reading
A magazine for collage-lovers, scissor-obsessors, and appreciators of quality printed matter. I contributed to the Special Pre-Issue of this mag, and can’t wait for the launch of Issue 1. Check it out!
Further Negotiations, Batatt Contemporary Gallery, until April 14 by MEAGHAN THURSTON 10.03.2012 On a discreet street just north of Jean-Talon, in that shapeless neighborhood between the borders of Little India and Little Italy, gallery Battat Contemporary hosts Further Negotiations by Kamrooz Aram. Read Full … Continue reading
Maison Kasini announces the publication of Printoptik, which acts as a lens presenting several points of view on the work of artist Carl David Ruttan. Essays by Mark Grenon, Meaghan Thurston, and Henri Michaud explore the different ways in which the artist … Continue reading
…So I was told as a child, when the smallest present under the tree had my name on it. Perhaps because of this sage advice I loved this podcast on the value of small art objects by Carrie Rebora Barratt … Continue reading
“Who will teach me to write? A reader wanted to know. The page, the page, that eternal blankness, [. . .] that page will teach you to write.” — Annie Dillard
From the Annex Vintage Blog I lived in Scotland for a year, so I feel like I should be a tweed expert. But, with so may different kinds of vintage woven fabrics to be had, an investigation into what is a … Continue reading
I got to interview CBC’s Jonathon Goldstein for this piece, which was like talkin’ to the radio…. Originally posted by The Rover Nerf Guns and New Lit Maisonneuve Magazine teams up with Literary Death Match to revitalize the literary reading, … Continue reading
Follow me as I masquerade as a fashion-know-it-all at on the Annex Vintage blog! I’ve been offering up my take on clothing and style for some months now, most recently to constructing an autumn wardrobe of entirely the vintage items. All the … Continue reading
There was a surplus of fun stuff to do on Tuesday evening. Theatre Ste. Catherine’s Improv Company brought the first issue of microfiction anthology Tremendous Tales to life through projection and performance. Not for Sci-Fi lovers only, in Tremendous Tales, author Christopher Olson takes the reader … Continue reading