Six Essential Exhibits To Check Out Beyond Black History Month
Every year during Black History Month, there’s an increased focus on acknowledging the importance of Black history, celebrating Black people and imagining Black futures. And it’s not just through the work of historians and researchers, who are now working to place Black history in its rightful p
As Porsche SCOPES Comes to Toronto, Featured Artist Alyssa Alikpala Offers a Sneak Peek
The main stage at Porsche SCOPES may need more grass. Before festivities even begin, it’s already made for a peculiar setting for Vancouver-born interdisciplinary artist Alyssa Alikpala, whose environmental installation’s sheets of vivid green grass share space with urban walls. And that’s wit
How Graffiti Became More Than Just ‘Vandalism’
New York’s contemporary art auction house Sotheby’s is hushed with transplants, tourists and collectors who never left. It’s May 18, 2017, and—as the story goes—auctioneer Oliver Barker is in motion, staring down a congregation of rising paddles and formal attire. There’s a cool rhythm t
