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“Queen St was too busy…I walked down Adelaide instead”

Almost a year has passed since we first interviewed exceedingly talented textile artist Yasmine Louis in her Queen West studio, so we couldn’t wait to sit down with her and see what she’s been working on this year. We weren’t surprised at all to hear she’s been busy not only developing new lines of shirts [...]

People, Places, and Prints

“I Guess I Need More Grace Than I Thought” by Toronto artist Yael Brotman. “He’s the bad boy of the Canadian art scene,” said Nino Ricci, raising an (ample) eyebrow at Iain Baxter&. As the UTAC crowd finished chewing on Ricci’s words of introduction, the man with the ampersand-emblazoned cap took his place at the [...]

The streetcar went by like I wasn’t there

Torontoist first encountered Yasmine Louis three years ago at the One of a Kind Show where she was selling her lines of pillows, shirts, and hoodies that have photographs and poignant, slightly melancholy, sayings silkscreened on them. The show is teeming with vendors offering similar items, but Louis’s work stands out due to her incredible [...]

Fine Print(s)

We’d only been at Gallery 1313 for a minute or two when a warbling voice cut across the din of the crowd. “You’re supposed to be wearing the gloves when you’re handling the book,” we heard. “They’re on the table.” Sure enough, there they were—a pair of white, cotton gloves, sitting on the table next [...]