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Posts Filed Under: art

Street Art Shakes Up the AGO

Sean Martindale and Pascal Paquette have been granted full license to bring street-influenced mayhem to the AGO—even to the gift shop.

By Bronwyn Kienapple • Photos by Corbin Smith

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The Artists’ Soup Kitchen Feeds the Body and Soul

The Starving Artists Collective provides free hot meals and art performances for the creative public.

By Wyndham Bettencourt-McCarthy • Photos by Corbin Smith

Artist Tobaron Waxman sings to the lunch-time audience.
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Historicist: The Two John Boyds

A father-son photography duo captured 80 years of Toronto's history.

By Kevin Plummer

Freezing rain with cars parked on the street, ca. 1925, by John Boyd Sr., from {a href="http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=000003194988"}Library and Archives Canada{/a} (PA-104956).

Urban Planner: December 15, 2011

In this Urban Planner: a holiday fundraiser combines DJs and charity, Toronto remembers Jenna Morrison, local band Urban Preacher rocks the house with their latest LP, and a combined art installation and music gig will leave you floating in the abstract.

By Kyle Bachan

"The Critical Wake of Makemake" blends an art show and art rock performance into one event. Photo courtesy of Kathleen Reichelt.

Artists with Mood Disorders Ready to Unveil New Works

Touched By Fire marks its fifth year Thursday night.

By Daniel Sellers

Detail from "Frivolous Necessities" by Lorette C. Luzajic. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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Off The Wall: Case

The thrill of graffiti in motion.

By Edward Brown

Freight graffiti on autorack by Case.
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Historicist: Armed with a Felt Pen and a Sense of Humour

Master of the cartoonist's pen but burdened by inner turmoil, George Feyer is a long-neglected mid-century pop culture figure.

By Kevin Plummer

Photo of George Feyer on CBC's {em}Razzle Dazzle{/em}, 1961, by Albert Crookshank, CBC Still Photo Collection.

Vandalist: The Writing on the Wall

Bits and pieces of literary graffiti, all in a row

By Stephanie Avery

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Off The Wall: Tapr

In our ongoing series of profiles of graffiti writers, we speak with one who embraces the most controversial elements of street art. Tagging for tagging's sake.

By Edward Brown

Tapr's tag, in green.
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Off the Wall: Joel Richardson’s Graffiti 2.0

Toronto's open source street artist

By Edward Brown

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Vandalist: Art Missing

Street artists, this wall needs your help.

By Stephanie Avery

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Off the Wall: Sohoe

The best graffiti you'll never see

By Edward Brown

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“Playful Interventions” Put the Political Back in Public Space

Toronto street artist Sean Martindale on how we interact with the city around us.

By Bronwyn Kienapple

Image courtesy of Sean Martindale.
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Spotted: Jed Lind’s Gold, Silver & Lead

The installation of this auto-focused piece marked the Toronto Sculpture Garden's 30th anniversary.

By Meg Campbell

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This Art Is Occupied—Graffiti for the Revolution

Some neighbours in Toronto didn't appreciate street artist Joel Richardson's work with images of finance and capitalism. But an art exhibit for Occupy Wall Street sure did.

By Carly Maga

Joel Richardson's work in No Comment in New York City. Photo by Shameel Arafin.
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Historicist: On the Waterfront

The evolving, modernizing waterfront through the lens of Toronto Harbour Commission photographer Arthur Beales

By Kevin Plummer

Arthur Beales with photography equipment set up near Ship Channel, looking northwest to city skyline, October 2, 1914, by Beales' assistant. Toronto Port Authority Archives, PC 1/1/135.

Edward Chee’s Pocketful of “Plein-Air”

Artist uses the mobility of the Nintendo DS to create works of fine art

By Jaime Woo

The new exhibition "Plein-Air In My Pocket" at the Gladstone Hotel features works by artists Edward Chee done on the Nintendo DS.

Another Nuit, Another Dawn

After catching up on missed sleep, Torontoist contributors awoke on Sunday afternoon to find that the city's annual all-night free contemporary art event had reached a Nuit era.

By Torontoist Staff

Hard at work at Portabello Burgers' truck stop in the Distillery District. At 8:35 p.m., the lineup was easily 100 feet long. Photo by Corbin Smith.
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Sneak Peeks of Nuit Blanche 2011: Honey I’m Home!

We relived our beloved sitcoms of the '90s and realized exactly why they're now off the air.

By Carly Maga

Director Nicole Bazuin and Torontoist staffer Carly Maga on set at Honey I'm Home. Photo by Cheryl Hsu.

Sneak Peeks of Nuit Blanche 2011: The CFC Media Lab

The Canadian Film Centre's Media Lab offers five interactive new media installations in Technological Displacement for tonight's Nuit Blanche at the Bata Shoe Museum.

By Carly Maga

Alone Together is projected onto the Bata Shoe Museum. Photo by Trevor Haldenby.