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Vandalist: Now Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Hurts

A glimmer of light in the bleakest of months.

BY: Jay Wall and Laura Huddart LOCATION: Harbord and Lippincott PHOTO BY: Martin Reis FIELD NOTES: Even at its best, February isn’t the most cheerful of months. It’s all too easy to let the winter blues get us down, but this creative redecoration of illegal ad space is just what we need to perk us [...]

Cherry Blossoms in High Park

For some people the first sign of spring comes when bars open their patios. For others it’s signaled by the Good Friday parade. But for many, spring starts when the grove of cherry trees in High Park blossom and thousands of people rush to take in the spectacular scene, thrusting cameras and children (and this [...]

Portrait Project: Petal Pusher

Sarah Lazarovic—curator of the garage-based Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada—is painting a portrait of a Torontonian every day. Each Monday, we’ll feature one of those portraits here. Suggestions for subjects welcome. Flower man pops in and out of Queen Street bars, trying to unload $5 roses on couples who mostly pretend he’s invisible. He’s less [...]