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Friday, August 5, 2011

Videosphere: An uneven survey of the form by Murray Whyte

Buffalo’s Albright-Knox hardwires itself to the video generation with "Videosphere," an uneven survey of the form

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:48PM
Monday, August 1, 2011

Urban Trash Art: Recycling the streets by Murray Whyte

Brazilian duo rummages through the back alleys of Chinatown enroute to eco-informed public art

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:27AM
Friday, July 29, 2011

General Idea: Haute Culture at the AGO by Murray Whyte

A stunning AGO retrospective demonstrates why and how a collective trio from Toronto turned the art world on its stuffy head

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:25PM
Monday, July 18, 2011

Steeling the Gaze at the McMichael by Murray Whyte

A mixed show of aboriginal artists alternately challenges and is subsumed by the dominant culture

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:38PM
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Urban shrines: Statements in the cast-off and derelict by Murray Whyte

Sasha Foster and Felix Kamelson build shrines out of discarded materials to honour forgotten corners of our urban experience

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 03:26PM
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Luanne Martineau: Art history as grist for her mill by Murray Whyte

Luanne Martineau churns and reconstitutes recent art history with glee

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 06:23PM
Friday, July 8, 2011

The Sobey Art Prize: Ontario nominees by Murray Whyte

An Oakville show of the young Ontario candidates presents a worthy roster

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 05:33PM
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

The Power Plant: Art from the ruins of the Soviet Bloc by Murray Whyte

Summer show looks at new growth from the rubble

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 08:54PM
Monday, July 4, 2011

Kathleen Munn at the AGO by Murray Whyte

A lost genius of Toronto's art history, re-discovered

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 03:44PM
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Drawing on words; layering on meaning by Murray Whyte

David Merritt and David Urban, two eminent Canadian artists, open new shows.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:37PM
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Paradise Lost by Murray Whyte

Two new exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art focus on the Cameron House as an incubator for a vibrant new arts scene

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Arctic dreams by Murray Whyte

Sarah Anne Johnson’s oddly homespun view of environmental disaster, at Stephen Bulger Gallery.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 05:01PM
Friday, June 17, 2011

Graffiti: City hall prepares to relax the rules by Murray Whyte

We tag along with a few Toronto writers above disrepute

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 03:25PM
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Luminato: David Levine’s Habit by Murray Whyte

Habit is an excruciating performance of a play, repeated over and over in a transparent house

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 03:40PM
Saturday, June 11, 2011

Philip Beesley: Installations at a strange borderland by Murray Whyte

“Sargasso” lies at a weird but compelling place between the living and the made

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Thursday, June 9, 2011

The National Gallery takes over the Biennale by Murray Whyte

This year, the National Gallery took the Venice Biennale project in-house, cutting off a previously inclusive process at the knees

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 03:30PM

Archiving the ’80s: The launch of Paradise Now by Murray Whyte

A poster exhibit sets the tone for a series of events, performances and concerts aimed at remedying the city’s collective cultural amnesia

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM

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