posted Thursday, September 10, 2015
Art Dealer extraordinaire and art community bon vivant, Jamie Angell, launches his new Angell Gallery space on Dupont this Friday night! Congratulations! As part of this launch he is featuring New York artist Bradley Wood. Wood is painter’s painter referencing Post-Impressionism and as well as vintage European porn emphasizing figures and interiors. Wood was selected by Rebecca […]
posted Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Film Still from Tony Romano & Corin Sworn, La Giubba, 2015 Art Hag highly recommends the screening of the new film La Giubba by Toronto-based collaborators Tony Romano and Corin Sworn. Part of the reason this new film is being featured here is that it is so timely. The world is experiencing a mass migration of […]
posted Tuesday, September 8, 2015
I am so pleased to have had the privilege of interviewing visual art wunderkind Kris Knight over the weekend. Knight is one of the few artists who is as kindly and intelligent as is his works are beautiful. His new exhibition Never-Never continues the artist’s fascination with the observations of male beauty, often portrayed in dream-like settings […]
posted Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Hey Art lovers! Art Hag is a new blog for theBuzz. It will highlight brief interviews with artists and cultural producers in the GTA and beyond. Art Hag will also feature some reviews as well as top recommended exhibitions and events each week, or as things come to me across the ether. Sometimes there will be gossip when GTA […]
posted Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Mark your calendar for the 2015 edition of ARTATTACK!, the annual art auction and fundraiser for Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, taking place on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at Buddies, located at 12 Alexander Street, Toronto; pre-party is at 6pm with live auction starting at 8pm. ARTATTACK! is fast becoming Toronto’s best loved and […]
posted Sunday, September 6, 2015
Unless you have been living under a rock of late, you should by now have seen, heard or come across the hashtag “DeliciouslyDisabled“. The hashtag is part of a bigger movement, the recognizing and accepting of the disabled community. I reached out to the founder, Andrew Morrison-Gurza, to further discuss this movement, the reason behind […]
posted Thursday, September 3, 2015
The 10TH annual CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF) 2015 kicks off its 10th Anniversary with a Gala Caribbean reception and celebration on Wednesday September 9, in association with the Consulate General of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago in Toronto, at the Royal Cinema, 608 College Street in Toronto. Opening night on September 9th there […]
posted Thursday, August 27, 2015
This year, I saw Toronto’s Leather Pride from a completely different angle… and that was from the inside, as a contestant in Mr Leatherman Toronto 2016. The experience was both wonderful and intense, and a great eye opener into all that the leather community does, not just for one another but for the Queer Community […]
posted Monday, August 10, 2015
Amina Arraf, an attractive Syrian-American revolutionary, is having an online affair with Sandra Bagaria, a young and brilliant Montreal professional. Amina then launches her provocatively named blog, A Gay Girl in Damascus. As the Syrian uprising gains momentum, the blog acquires a huge following. But it’s Amina’s subsequent abduction, allegedly by the Syrian secret police—that sparks […]
posted Saturday, August 8, 2015
As mentioned in some of my previous Sonic City posts, I’ve always found the creative use of space to be an asset to modern performing arts. Whether it be the a re-purposed home used during the days of The Velvet Elvis in Oshawa, or the converted grain mill that has become the Evergreen Brickworks, I’m […]
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