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Art Toronto 2012 Showguide is your guide to Canada's only modern and contemporary international art fair! The guide includes a detailed map, as well as a daily schedule of events and on-site projects. Tickets are available online at arttoronto.ca or on-site!
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ARTTORONTO.CA
Canada’s largest modern and contemporary visual art event includes over 100 international fine art galleries, dynamic programming and engaging on-site projects. NEXT highlights contemporary art from young, emerging galleries and FOCUS ASIA features contemporary art from China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
ART TORONTO 2012The 13th Toronto International Art Fair
October 26-29, 2012Metro Toronto Convention Centrearttoronto.ca
Opening Night Preview October 25
LOcATIONMetro Toronto Convention Centre North Building 255 Front Street West, Toronto
cONTAcTarttoronto.ca/[email protected]
1.800.663.4173
#arttoronto2012
Ed PienLeap, 201212” x 21 3⁄4” x 1/8”; waterjet-cut metal; Multiple edition of 25, + 5 AP
Courtesy of the artist, Birch Libralato, Toronto and Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montréal & Toronto.
ED PIENART TORONTO 2012 MOccA BENEFIT EDITION:To be sold exclusively at Art Toronto 2012.
Friday, OctOber 261pm
art toronto Stage
NO MORE WESTERNS: HOW are artiStS creatiNG art FOr cONSUMPtiON? Shengtian Zheng, Independent curator and scholar, currently Managing Editor of Yishu Journal of Con-temporary Chinese Art and Katherine Don, Founder of Red Box Studio, Beijing will discuss how the access to Western culture and new media in Asia is undoubtedly a great influencer of change for contemporary art being produced in Asia today. Set against the backdrop of different cultural contexts, as well as within evolving art industries, how are artists adapting to these shifts in global perspective? Is the production of contemporary art a reflection of society in Asia today?
1:30pm
aXa art #1412
ART SHORTS TALK & TOUR: LearNiNG FrOM deaLerSJoin AXA ART and Olga Korper Gallery as they discuss what to consider when buying a work of art, what you should ask a dealer, what questions are taboo and when to trust your instincts. Following the talk, visit several Art Toronto galleries where each dealer will speak to one or two specific questions to consider when buying work by an emerging, established or deceased artist. Art Shorts are presentations designed by AXA ART to provide collectors with easy to apply information on managing a collection.
2pm
canadian art Now #1044
CANADIAN ART NOW AERIALS: aLaiN PaiMeNt Canadian Art Editor Richard Rhodes holds a daily talk to bring you some of the latest art that is turning heads on the contemporary art scene. Entitled Aerials, this exhibition changes daily and looks at the role and meaning of elevated perspective in the work of three diverse Canadian artists. Friday’s discussion examines the work of Montreal-based photographer Alain Paiement.
information booth
ART TORONTO HIGHLIGHTS: iN SearcH OF tHe WONderFUL Join Art InSite founder Betty Ann Jordan for a tour that zeros in on art that must be experienced directly for a total experience. View works that are time- based (video or interactive), art fashioned from exotic or unfamiliar materials, often intricately, to wondrous effect and installations that activate or transform the space.
2:30pm
art toronto Stage
COLLECT CALL: cOLLectOrS SPeaK David Silcox, President of Sotheby’s Canada moderates a panel discussion with collectors from across Canada including Rob Sobey (Stellarton), Dr. Paul Marks (Toronto) and Dell Pohlman (Calgary). The panelists will discuss their unique collections and how they got started. With advice on how, why and what to collect, this discussion promises to whet your collecting appetite.
3pm
Publication Lounge
CONVERSATIONS / c MaGaZiNe C Magazine presents a series of intimate conversations in which artists, curators, writers and collectors discuss national and regional artistic practices within a global context.
information booth
CURATOR TOUR: FOcUS aSiaJoin Katherine Don, Co- Curator of Art Toronto’s special feature FOCUS ASIA for a tour of its participating established and emerging galleries and the related curated exhibition Beyond Geography.
4pm
art toronto Stage
BANKING ON EMERGING ARTISTS: LeSSONS LearNed FrOM tHe rbc caNadiaN PaiNtiNG cOMPetitiONRBC Curator Robin Anthony along with the Canadian Art Foundation will facilitate a discussion with past jury members and past participants of the RBC Canadian Painting Competition on how to uncover the gems of the emerging art market; what to consider when buying emerging art, where to look and when to buy. Panelists include Richard Rhodes, Editor, Canadian Art magazine; Martin Golland, Artist and Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, University of Ottawa; Jeanie Riddle, Artist and Director of PARISIAN LAUNDRY, Montreal; Yves Trépanier, Director, TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary and Andy Sylvester, Director, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver.
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TRUST THE EXPERTS: eMerGiNG artiStSTrust the Experts is a program of tours for the experi-enced and novice art buyer and collector. Join Powell McDougall, Director of p|m Gallery for a tour focusing on emerging artists.
Presented by the Art Dealers Association of Canada (ADAC)
5:30pm
art toronto Stage
SPOtLiGHt ON QUebec’S cONteMPOrary art SceNe WitH daVid baLZerOver the last decade, Quebec has caught the attention of collectors and art critics by producing many national and international renowned contemporary artists. David Balzer, Assistant Editor at Canadian Art magazine and freelance editor and writer, will discuss the distinct context of Quebec’s art scene and offer his perspective on noteworthy Quebec artists. Following the presentation, David Balzer and Julie Lacroix, Director of the Contem-porary Art Galleries Association (AGAC), will take you to selected galleries for an overview of up-and-coming, as well as established artists from Quebec.
Presented by the Contemporary Art Galleries Association of Canada (AGAC)
6pm
room 204, Lobby Level
POWER TALKS:PHiLiP tiNari, MUSeUMS FOr cHiNaPhilip Tinari is Director of the Ullens Center for Con-temporary Art in Beijing, an independent museum with an annual viewership of over half a million visitors. Tinari’s talk will discuss the proliferation of museums throughout China and ask who these institutions will serve, and to what end. He will reflect on the distinct challenges and opportunities of presenting contemporary art to a Chinese public.
Organized by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
* Power Talks tickets can also be purchased in advance at thepowerplant.org, from the Harbourfront Centre Box Office (416.973.4000) or at the door. Doors open 15 minutes before the start of each lecture and seating is limited.
SatUrday, OctOber 271pm
art toronto Stage
INSTITUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE: are aSiaN iNStitUtiONS StiFLiNG artiStS creatiVity?Artistic practice in Asia is challenged by evolving standards or lack of precedence within institutions. In a sense, it has been taken out of the hands of artists who are now forced to adhere to the protocol and rules of what is a huge, largely consumerist art industry. Keith Wallace, Editor-in-Chief of Yishu Journal; Biljana Ciric, Independent Curator, Shanghai; Haema Sivanesan, Executive Director, at Centre A, Vancouver, and Birgit Zimmermann, Director, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz will look at how the different histories and existing art infrastructures vary between China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and India, as well as discuss how artists are strategizing to regain control of their destinies.
information booth
BEYOND OUR BORDERS: cOLLectOrS’ cHOiceJoin Deborah Harris, Managing Director of The Armory Show Modern, New York for a tour of modern and contemporary galleries from the US and Europe. Explore highlights of 20th century art and discover new work by some of today’s rising young stars on the international art scene.
aGO booth #442
tHe art OF cOLLectiNGThe Art Gallery of Ontario’s Art Rental + Sales Gallery offers a collector’s tour as a tool for novice and established collectors who wish to gain valuable tips for starting and enhancing a collection. AGO’s consultants will provide advice on choosing artwork, share strategies for building collections and discuss using art as an investment. The tour will take to you to a selection of gallery booths and help you identify galleries with personalities that are compatible with your tastes and interests.
1:30pm
aXa art #1412
ART SHORTS TALK AND TOUR: LearNiNG FrOM deaLerS Join AXA ART and Olga Korper Gallery as they discuss what to consider when buying a work of art, what you should ask a dealer, what questions are taboo and when to trust your instincts. Following the talk, visit several Art Toronto galleries where each dealer will speak to one or two specific questions to consider when buying work by an emerging, established or deceased artist. Art Shorts are presentations designed by AXA ART to provide collectors with easy to apply information on managing a collection.
2pm
canadian art Now #1044
CANADIAN ART NOW AERIALS: OHOtaQ MiKKiGaKCanadian Art Editor Richard Rhodes holds a daily talk to bring you some of the latest art that is turning heads on the contemporary art scene. Entitled Aerials, this exhibition changes daily and looks at the role and meaning of elevated perspective in the work of three diverse Canadian artists. Saturday’s talk focuses on the work of Inuit artist Ohotaq Mikkigak.
information booth
ART TORONTO HIGHLIGHTS: WOrLd cLaSS – tOrONtO’S eMerGiNG art SceNe Join Andrea Carson Barker, writer, critic and co- founder of daily online art auction Artbombdaily.com as she discusses why many of the city’s young artists hold their own against those in NYC, London and Berlin.
3pm
art toronto Stage
ed PieN iN cONVerSatiON WitH GeraLd McMaSter aNd daVid LiSS Ed Pien draws on both Eastern and Western sources and traditions to create his drawing- based instal-lations, cut paper and metal pieces and video work. Gerald McMaster, Fredrik S. Eaton Curator of Canadian Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the co- Artistic Director of the 2012 Biennale of Sydney and David Liss, Artistic Director and Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art will engage Pien in a discussion of his recent work for the Biennale of Sydney and his multi- media installation currently on exhibit as part of the acclaimed Oh, Canada! exhibition at Mass MoCA in North Adams Massachusetts. Pien has created a limited edition multiple entitled Leap, to benefit programming at MOCCA and to be sold exclusively at Art Toronto.
Publication Lounge
CONVERSATIONS / c MaGaZiNeC Magazine presents a series of intimate conversations in which artists, curators, writers and collectors discuss national and regional artistic practices within a global context.
information booth
CURATOR TOUR: FOcUS aSiaJoin Katherine Don, Co- Curator of Art Toronto’s special feature FOCUS ASIA for a tour of its participating established and emerging galleries and the related curated exhibition Beyond Geography.
4pm
room 204, Lobby Level
POWER TALKS:aNGeLiNe ScHerF, L’art de L’eXPOSitiON: QUeLQUeS eXeMPLeS SiGNiFicatiFS at arc /MUSÉe d’art MOderNe Angeline Scherf has been the Chief Curator at ARC, the contemporary department of the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, since 2007. She will speak about her curatorial practice and interest in defining new frames for exhibitions.Organized by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
* Power Talks tickets can also be purchased in advance at thepowerplant.org, from the Harbourfront Centre Box Office (416.973.4000) or at the door. Doors open 15 minutes before the start of each lecture and seating is limited.
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TRUST THE EXPERTS: QUebec GaLLerieSTrust the Experts is a program of tours for the experienced and novice art buyer and collector. Join Emilie Grandmont Bérube, Director of Galerie Trois Points for a tour highlighting the fair’s Québec galleries.
Presented by the Art Dealers Association of Canada (ADAC)
5pm
information booth
OH, caNada! at art tOrONtOThe small town of North Adams, Massachusetts is playing host to a major survey of contemporary Canadian art entitled Oh, Canada! More than 60 artists from across the country are featured in this ground breaking show! Join us for an Oh, Canada! inspired walkabout of Art Toronto designed to give participants the flavour of this important exhibition. Tour is led by Toronto Arts Council Associate Director William Huffman.
5:30pm
art toronto Stage
SPOtLiGHt ON QUebec’S cONteMPOrary art SceNe WitH daVid baLZerOver the last decade, Quebec has caught the atten-tion of collectors and art critics by producing many national and international renowned contemporary artists. David Balzer, Assistant Editor at Canadian Art magazine and freelance editor and writer, will discuss the distinct context of Quebec’s art scene and offer his perspective on noteworthy Quebec artists. Following the presentation, David Balzer and Julie Lacroix, Director of the Contemporary Art Galleries Association (AGAC), will take you to selected galleries for an over-view of up-and-coming, as well as established artists from Quebec.
Presented by the Contemporary Art Galleries Association of Canada (AGAC)
SUNday, OctOber 281pm
art toronto Stage
COLLABORATION, HYBRIDIZATION AND REGENERATION: a State OF tHe artS This discussion will bring together diverse perspectives in an exploration of the weird, wonderful and sometimes volatile state of Canadian and international visual art and examine the shifting characteristics of this unique cultural territory. Moderated by Jessica Bradley, Owner of Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, panelists include Georgiana Uhlyarik, Assistant Curator of Canadian Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, artist Katie Bethune- Leamen, writer Sarah Milroy and Pamela Meredith, Curator of the TD Bank Collection.
Presented by the Art Dealers Association of Canada (ADAC)
aGO #442
tHe art OF cOLLectiNG The Art Gallery of Ontario’s Art Rental + Sales Gallery offers a collector’s tour as a tool for novice and established collectors who wish to gain valuable tips for starting and enhancing a collection. AGO’s consultants will provide advice on choosing artwork, share strategies for building collections and discuss using art as an investment. The tour will take to you to a selection of gallery booths and help you identify galleries with personalities that are compatible with your tastes and interests.
1:30pm
aXa art #1412
ART SHORTS TALK AND TOUR: LearNiNG FrOM deaLerSJoin AXA ART and Olga Korper Gallery as they discuss what to consider when buying a work of art, what you should ask a dealer, what questions are taboo and when to trust your instincts. Following the talk, visit several Art Toronto galleries where each dealer will address specific issues to consider when buying work by an emerging, established or deceased artist. Art Shorts are presentations designed by AXA ART to provide collectors with easy to apply information on managing a collection.
2pm
canadian art NOW #1044
CANADIAN ART NOW AERIALS: JeNNiFer rOSe SciarriNOCanadian Art Editor Richard Rhodes holds a daily talk to bring you some of the latest art that is turning heads on the contemporary art scene. Entitled Aerials, this exhibition changes daily and looks at the role and meaning of elevated perspective in the work of three diverse Canadian artists. Sunday’s discussion will look at the work of Toronto- based multi- media artist Jennifer Rose Sciarrino.
information booth
ART TORONTO HIGHLIGHTS: a retUrN tO MarK- MaKiNGJoin ARTINFO Executive Editor Sky Goodden for a tour of the analogue, crafted, and hand- wielded media. Explore works that examine “post-studio” tactics, and tackle the question - what is drawing us back to our drawing boards?
art toronto Stage
THE GRANGE PRIZE 2012 DIALOGUES: tHe iMPact OF tHe art PriZeJoin moderator Sara Angel and panelists Sophie Hackett, Art Gallery of Ontario Assistant Curator, Photography and Lead Juror of The Grange Prize 2012; Murray Whyte, art critic for the Toronto Star; the AGO’s Turner Prize- nominated Artist- in- Residence Mark Titchner; and Sarah Fillmore, Chief Curator of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Curator of the Sobey Art Award, for a wide- ranging discussion about the increasing prevalence of art prizes in Canada and internationally, and their effect, intended or otherwise, on artists, critics, curators, and institutions.
art toronto Stage
CURATOR TOUR: GUeriLLa GirLSJoin Georgiana Uhlyarik, Assistant Curator of Canadian Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario for a Guerilla Girl- inspired, say- it- like- it is highlights tour focusing on the work of women artists exhibited at Art Toronto. Together you’ll explore the challenges women face in the contemporary art market, what identifies their work as unique and celebrate their success.
information booth
CURATOR TOUR: FOcUS aSiaJoin Katherine Don, Co-Curator of Art Toronto’s special feature FOCUS ASIA for a tour of its participating established and emerging galleries and the related curated exhibition Beyond Geography.
Publication Lounge
CONVERSATIONS / c MaGaZiNeC Magazine presents a series of intimate conversations in which artists, curators, writers and collectors discuss national and regional artistic practices within a global context.
4pm
room 204, Lobby Level
POWER TALKS:NiGeL PriNce, iNStitUtiON aS traNSMitterNigel Prince is Executive Director of the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. Prince’s talk will reference recent curatorial projects as a means to outline the philosophical, thematic and practical direction he is bringing to the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver’s program.
Organized by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery* see Power Talks, Friday 6pm for more information.
MONday, OctOber 293pm
Publication Lounge
CONVERSATIONS / c MaGaZiNe C Magazine presents a series of intimate conversations in which artists, curators, writers and collectors discuss national and regional artistic practices within a global context.
information booth
CURATOR TOUR: FOcUS aSiaJoin Katherine Don, Co-Curator of Art Toronto’s special feature FOCUS ASIA for a tour of its participating established and emerging galleries and the related curated exhibition Beyond Geography.
4pm
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TRUST THE EXPERTS: cONteMPOrary artTrust the Experts is a program of tours for the experi-enced and novice art buyer and collector. Join William Huffman, Associate Director of the Toronto Arts Council for a tour that will convince you that Contemporary Art is Not So Scary!
Presented by the Art Dealers Association of Canada (ADAC)
Sandra Ainsley Gallery TOrOnTO 402Angell Gallery TOrOnTO 900Antena Estudio MExiCO CiTy 1314Area Gallery rOuSSEAu & HAMilTOn 219Art Mûr MOnTrEAl 936Artêria BrOMOnT 344Galerie BAC MOnTrEAl 203Battat Contemporary MOnTrEAl 1224Bau-Xi Gallery VAnCOuVEr & TOrOnTO 500Darrell Bell Gallery SASkATOOn 336Galerie de Bellefeuille WESTMOunT 618Galerie de Bellefeuille WESTMOunT 712Galerie roger Bellemare MOnTrEAl 1028Galerie d’art Jean-Claude Bergeron 436 OTTAWA
Bezpala Brown Gallery TOrOnTO 114Birch libralato TOrOnTO 812Galerie Simon Blais MOnTrEAl 606Galerie rené Blouin MOnTrEAl 1006BlueLeaf Gallery DuBlin 832BLUNT TOrOnTO 1048Galerie Dominique Bouffard MOnTrEAl 1312Jessica Bradley TOrOnTO 912Galerie Donald Browne MOnTrEAl 1222J. Cacciola Gallery nEW yOrk 104Monte Clark Gallery VAnCOuVEr & TOrOnTO 1020Caviar20 TOrOnTO 542Collage Habana HAVAnA 1320Galería Contrast BArCElOnA 736Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery 109 lOnDOn
Cordeiros Galeria POrTO 706
Corkin Gallery TOrOnTO 920Christopher Cutts Gallery TOrOnTO 700Bruno Dahl Gallery EBElTOFT 213De Luca Fine Art TOrOnTO 540Diaz Contemporary TOrOnTO 910Galerie Division MOnTrEAl 1016Elan Fine Art limited VAnCOuVEr 300Equinox Gallery VAnCOuVEr 906galerie antoine ertaskiran MOnTrEAl 1046Galerie D’Este MOnTrEAl 624Daniel Faria Gallery TOrOnTO 902Feheley Fine Arts TOrOnTO 406Gao Magee Gallery MADriD 1204General Hardware Contemporary 944 TOrOnTO
Jill George Gallery lOnDOn 828Michael Gibson Gallery lOnDOn 802Mira Godard Gallery TOrOnTO 510Galerie Graff MOnTrEAl 1026Granville Fine Art VAnCOuVEr 400Galleria H. TAiPEi 1208Han Art WESTMOunT 412Hazelton Fine Art Galleries TOrOnTO 440Herringer kiss Gallery CAlGAry 1116rebecca Hossack Art Gallery 724 lOnDOn & nEW yOrk
Charlie James Gallery lOS AnGElES 1316katzman Kamen Gallery TOrOnTO 836Kopec Chun Gallery WiArTOn 346Olga Korper Gallery TOrOnTO 808Jennifer Kostuik Gallery VAnCOuVEr 732Paul Kuhn Gallery CAlGAry 1032
Galerie Claude Lafitte MOnTrEAl 200Galerie Laroche / Joncas MOnTrEAl 1114Lausberg Contemporary 718 DüSSElDOrF & TOrOnTO
LE Gallery TOrOnTO 1220Galerie LeRoyer MOnTrEAl 342ArT LEXÍNG MiAMi 1102Loch Gallery TOrOnTO, WinniPEG & CAlGAry 424Lonsdale Gallery TOrOnTO 1110Lyons Wier Gallery nEW yOrk 1218Julie M. Gallery TEl AViV & TOrOnTO 1034MA2 Gallery TOkyO 1210MKG127 TOrOnTO 1120Galería Begoña Malone MADriD 700John Martin Gallery lOnDOn 217Mayberry Fine Art TOrOnTO & WinniPEG 308Messum’s Fine Art lOnDOn 330nicholas Metivier Gallery TOrOnTO 800Patrick Mikhail Gallery OTTAWA 626Moore Gallery TOrOnTO 318NARWHAL TOrOnTO 1310Navillus Gallery TOrOnTO 432Neubacher Shor Contemporary TOrOnTO 1322O’Born Contemporary TOrOnTO 1306Open Studio TOrOnTO 100Pierre-François Ouellette art 1008 contemporain MOnTrEAl & TOrOnTO
p|m Gallery TOrOnTO 924GAlEriE PARIS yOkOHAMA 1202PARISIAN lAunDry MOnTrEAl 1308Christina Parker Gallery ST. JOHn’S 530PARTS GAllEry TOrOnTO 221
Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art 207 SAlT SPrinG iSlAnD
Paul Petro Contemporary Art TOrOnTO 824Galerie PICI SEOul 1214Espace robert Poulin MOnTrEAl 1112Projects Gallery PHilADElPHiA & MiAMi 223Quantum Contemporary Art lOnDOn 112Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts TOrOnTO 310Retrospect Galleries ByrOn BAy 117Galerie nicolas Robert MOnTrEAl 1118Roberts Gallery ltd. TOrOnTO 526Tyler Rollins Fine Art nEW yOrk 1106Galeria Rubbers internacional BuEnOS AirES 728nikola Rukaj Gallery TOrOnTO 600Rumi Galleries MiSSiSSAuGA 534Galerie [sas] MOnTrEAl 1022Galerie Saint-Dizier MOnTrEAl 338Georgia Scherman Projects TOrOnTO 822Miriam Shiell Fine Art TOrOnTO 816Erin Stump Projects TOrOnTO 942Gallery Sumukha BAnGAlOrE 1200Tezukayama Gallery OSAkA 1216Thompson’s Gallery lOnDOn 428TrépanierBaer Gallery CAlGAry 1000Galerie Trois Points MOnTrEAl 932Ullens Center for Contemporary Art 1304 BEiJinG
Galerie Van Der Planken AnTWErP 211Villa del Arte galleries BArCElOnA 940Vision neil Folberg Gallery JEruSAlEM 922Waddington Gorce inc. TOrOnTO 818Odon Wagner Contemporary TOrOnTO 522
Wellside Gallery SEOul 1100Walter Wickiser Gallery inc. nEW yOrk 538Winsor Gallery VAnCOuVEr 634Woolff Gallery lOnDOn 840Joyce Yahouda Gallery MOnTrEAl 1038Gallery Yang BEiJinG 1108Zemack Contemporary Art TEl AViV 928Galerie Zimmermann kratochwill 1212 GrAz & MAnilA
3D Gallery VEniCE 1318418 Art Gallery BuCHArEST 106ADAC TOrOnTO 444AGAC MOnTrEAl 441AGO TOrOnTO 442CAMDO OTTAWA 1400MOCCA TOrOnTO 1414South Asian Visual Arts Centre TOrOnTO 1302AxA ArT TOrOnTO 1412Canadian Art now TOrOnTO 1044
PUBLICATION LOUNGEAkimboArt MetropoleThe Art newspaperArt SyncAsian Art newspaperBorder CrossingsC Magazine
CV: Ciel VariableThe Epoch TimesesseGallerySoftGendai GallerySculpture MagazineSkwirl.ca
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS - talk - tourinCluDED WiTH DAily ADMiSSiOn TO ArT TOrOnTO 2012
Art Toronto 2012 Catalogue $27.00
Available for purchase from the Information Booth
or Ticket Desk.
OFFICIAl VEHIClE OFFICIAl ArT INSUrEr OFFICIAl VISUAl ArT mAGAzINEPrESENTING SPONSOr STAGE SPONSOrFOCUS ASIA mEDIA SPONSOr EXClUSIVE TElEVISION PArTNEr
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Friday October 26 12-8pmSaturday October 27 12-8pm
Sunday October 28 12-6pmMonday October 29 12-6pm
Last admittance is one hour before closing.
DIREcTIONSArt Toronto is located in the Metro Toronto Convention Center North Building located at 255 Front Street West in the heart of downtown Toronto. There is paid parking on- site and the convention centre is located within walking distance of Union Station.
ART TORONTO HOURS TIcKETSAdvance tickets available online or onsite.
General Admission $18 online / $20 onsiteGroups (+10) $14Students & Seniors $14Two- Day Pass $35Children (under 10) No charge
Vivek Vilasini. Courtesy of Gallery Sumukha - Bangalore, India.
FOCUS ASIA PROJECTS
ON-SITE PROJECTSRBc canadian Painting competition
Established in 1999, the RBC Canadian Painting Competition recognizes and supports Canada’s emerging artists. Submissions for this annual competition are accepted from professional, practicing visual Canadian artists who are in the first five years of their careers. The winner and two honourable mentions will be announced at The Power Plant at a gala event on November 29th. The winner will receive an award of $25,000 and the two honourable mentions will each receive a prize of $15,000. Along with past winners, the winning painting will become part of RBC’s Canadian art collection comprised of more than 4,000 works of art.
BMW Art carAs the official vehicle of Art Toronto 2012, BMW Canada is proud to present American artist Robert Rauschenberg’s 1986 Art Car – the BMW 635 CSi. Rauschenberg was first to use other artists’ works which he processed by means of photographic techniques and projected onto the car. The associations between the narrative elements are grouped along the surfaces, composing a virtual story for the observer to behold. The Art Car designed by Rauschenberg was intended solely as an exhibit and was never driven on the road or in a race. BMW Canada is extremely proud to bring Rauschenberg’s Art Car to Toronto as a means of sharing one of the company’s many cultural initiatives with Canadians.
AXA ART: caring for collectionsThe AXA ART booth at Art Toronto aims to be your source for collection management information. This year, our in- booth presentation – an irreparably damaged, life- size photogram by Adam Fuss from his series My Ghost – serves to bring critical attention to the importance of proper handling for works of art and collectibles. We look forward to welcoming visitors at Art Toronto to the AXA ART booth for conversations on proper preparation and handling.
canadian Art Now - Aerials: Prisons, Vistas, InfinitiesCanadian Art returns to Art Toronto with Canadian Art Now, a series of exhibitions highlighting unique aspects of contemporary Canadian art. The new exhibition, Aerials: Prisons, Vistas, Infinities, brings together artists Alain Paiement (Friday), Ohotaq Mikkigak (Saturday) and Jennifer Rose Sciarrino (Sunday) with works that show the diverse uses and meanings of elevated viewpoints or perspectives.
Great books on canadian ArtThe Canadian Art Museum Director’s Organization CAMDO/ODMAC invites you to browse and buy books about your favourite artists and exhibitions; from the most ephemeral to deluxe coffee table books to original artists’ projects. Watch for announcements throughout the weekend as CAMDO/ODMAC hosts book signings with some of Canada’s most respected artists, curators and writers. Published by the public galleries of Canada, these monographs, anthologies and exhibition catalogues are as exceptional in design as they are in content.
Vectors: commerce by Artists Mobile Reading LoungeGendai Gallery‘s mobile project Vectors in collaboration with Art Metropole, jointly present Vectors: Commerce by Artists Mobile Reading Lounge. Inventive implementations of a mobile unit will be deployed to activate and animate the host site. Take a seat and browse through the Canadian and international publications and editions collected around the topic of Commerce by Artists by Art Metropole.
Beyond GeographyBeyond Geography is a thought- provoking exhibition of video work and installations that open the question about what kind of art audiences expect to be produced by a diverse group of artists who happen to have lived in Asia or are of Asian descent. When looking at specific materials used by these artists, are we more or less inclined to support or change our perceptions of ‘Asia’? Co-curated by Shengtian Zheng, Managing Editor of Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Taipei/Vancouver and Katherine Don, Director of Red Box Studio, Beijing.
The Gamelatron – Taylor KuffnerThe Gamelatron is the world’s first and only fully robotic gamelan orchestra. Commissioned for the entrance to Art Toronto 2012, The Gamelatron is a site-specific contemporary artwork, it is a kinetic sculpture that uses Balinese Gamelan instruments and robotic mallets to create an immersive sound installation. The Gamelatron is a collaboration between Taylor Kuffner and The League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots (LEMUR).
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook. Courtesy of Tyler Rollins Fine Art – New York, USA.
Philip Delisle, NSCAD MFA Studio, 2012.
Robert Rauschenberg, Art Car, 1986 BMW 635 CSi
Photography/Peter Williams. Art Direction/Rhodes and Proctor
Courtesy of the artist.
Ohotaq Mikkigak, Compostion (Circling Caribou), 2010. Courtesy Feheley Fine Arts , Toronto
Courtesy of Gendai Gallery & Art Metropole
Betty Goodwin by Josée Bélisle
OPENING NIGHT PREVIEWa benefit for the Art Gallery of Ontario Thursday October 25, 2012Please contact the AGO at 416.979.6628 for tickets or visit www.ago.net/art-toronto-2012. Ticket packages available.
