Western Canada’s art magazine since 2002
14 May 2024 Vol 9 No 10 ISSN 2561-3316 © 2024
Shelley Boettcher
From the Editor
Books! Are you looking for something interesting to read this summer? I suggest Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, edited by Lynne Cooke; this month, contributor Barbara Duncan fills us in on what makes this book special.
Then we head to the galleries. Galleries West contributor Becky Rynor takes a good look at Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800, at the Art Gallery of Ontario through July 1. This important new exhibition, she notes, “explodes the myth that women’s artistic contributions over these nearly four centuries were nominal or unremarkable.”
Another regular contributor, Agnieszka Matejko, explores our long-standing love for miniature art, showcased in the exhibition Minutiae, on view now through June 15 at the Alberta Craft Council Gallery. “From the paleolithic Venus of Grimaldi figurines to the tiny prehistoric seals from the Indus Valley and the 18th-century European thumb-sized portraits, miniature-making continues to thrive,” she writes.
Spending time in Toronto this month? The 28th annual CONTACT Photography Festival continues through May 31. More than 250 established and emerging artists are showcasing lens-based work at galleries, museums and public spaces throughout Toronto.
Sadly, it's too late to see the works of the late Kwakwaka’wakw artist Beau Dick, which were on view at the 15th Independent Art Fair in New York through May 12. (But watch for his name elsewhere, of course.)
But you still have plenty of time to catch Canadian artist Tyler Bright Hilton’s third solo exhibition, A Model World, on view now through June 16 at VivianeArt in Calgary, Alta.
And there is lots of time to see Calgary performance artist Rita McKeough’s new immersive exhibition, feel through the deepness to see at the Dunlop Art Gallery in Regina, Sask., through June 18.
While I'm at it, I'd like to introduce our new Galleries West intern, Janille Delos Reyes, who recently completed the journalism program at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary. She's already hard at work on some upcoming stories, so watch for her name here soon.
A reminder, too, that if you shop on Amazon, please consider supporting us. We have an association with Amazon that lets you support independent arts journalism in Canada by buying books directly through our site. If you purchase a book by clicking on the Amazon link in a review, Galleries West may receive a small commission.
And as always, thanks for reading and for supporting the visual arts scene in Canada.
CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE: Barbara Duncan, Agnieszka Matejko, Becky Rynor
We acknowledge the support of the Government of Alberta Media Fund, the Government of Canada Periodical Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts.
