Amanda Happé

Rows and rows of art in the "Whodunit?" mystery art sale. For the past eight years, the Ontario College of Art and Design has been asking potential art buyers to put pretense aside and trust their gut in support of the school. “Whodunit?,” OCAD’s signature annual fundraiser, is a... continue reading on Torontoist

Trenches, Newfoundland Memorial, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, Picardie, France, 2006. There’s something about the quiet landscapes that line the walls of the Stephen Bulger Gallery that’s oddly disquieting. It’s easy to tell that they show vistas far from here—the vegetation and the topography carry those subtle but clear cues of an... continue reading on Torontoist

Gloria Swanson by Edward Steichen. © Condé Nast Publications Inc. / Courtesy George Eastman House We can’t seem to get enough of looking at people, and famous faces are a whole other matter. Whether it’s subconsciously analyzing bone structure to gauge attractiveness, or searching for the unspoken in an... continue reading on Torontoist

Artist John Kilduff weathers the sun and the gaze of his TV camera. Steps away from the patio grazers at the Drake Hotel's café, John Kilduff chased down the late summer sun on his vintage treadmill. Dressed in a rumpled, paint-splashed suit, and dogged by a general air of... continue reading on Torontoist

It’s typically the role of craft and design to bridge the divide between fine art and commodity, creativity and marketing. As part of their summer residency at YYZ in 401 Richmond, Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins (collectively known as Marmco) decided to transform part of the gallery into a... continue reading on Torontoist