Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'henrymoore'
February 9, 2007
Each weekday morning, we pick a recent image from the Torontoist Flickr Pool and feature it here on the site. It's our way to give the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention they deserve! If one was unaware that the piece of art behind the gentlemen pictured above was Henry Moore's 'The Archer', located in Nathan Phillips Square, one may think this classic looking photo that Jay Morrison uploaded to the Torontoist Flickr......
Continue Reading "The Daily Photoist: two men share an umbrella near the henry moore"January 12, 2007
There are many ways to chart a city's history. One can dig into the city archives, flip through photographs or listen to its citizens tell their stories about its daily life. The evolution of a city can also be traced through a vehicle that drives people crazy when it originally appears, but forms a valuable record when seen with distance: advertising. Old ads are a valuable tool in looking at elements such as neighbourhood socio-economic......
Continue Reading "Vintage Toronto Ads: Great Art Has No Price...Or It Didn't In 1972"October 20, 2006
The AGO’s Henry Moore Sculpture Centre has the largest public collection of Henry Moore pieces in the world. Although Large Two Forms, the Henry Moore sculpture that was at the corner of Dundas and McCaul, has been temporarily removed due to the AGO Transformation, the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre remains intact throughout the construction. Unfortunately, the room with the Moore pieces has undergone its own transformation as part of Wallworks, which features artists’ work on......
Continue Reading "Way To Go, AGO"September 1, 2006
There's a lot of Henry Moore in the city of Toronto. After so many years of public school trips to the AGO, it took a fine art education to convince this writer that Moore wasn't a Canadian sculptor. In the late 1950's, British sculptor Henry Moore was at the height of his artistic powers and world-class cities were being defined by their Henry Moore sculptures. New York got a Moore. So did London. And......
Continue Reading "Moore Relocates to Opera House"