Making & Meaning

2025 Recipients – Emerging Digital Artists Award

Five young Canadian artists have been named as the 2025 winners of the EQ Emerging Digital Artist Award. Congratulations!
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Fires Burning Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Alberta

A road trip in September brought me to Edmonton where I viewed five exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Alberta. open.substack.com/pub/makingan...
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YouTube video by Audain Prize Audain Prize 2025 - Brian Jungen

Congratulations to Brian Jungen who has won the 2025 Audain Prize for the Visual Arts, a $100,000 award given to an outstanding artist from British Columbia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfyf...
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The Weird and Wonderful Contemporary Art on the Road

Some short notes on art I found on my road trip of British Columbia and Alberta.
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Art Animated Robots and Contemporary Art

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Contemporary art and robots.

Summer Exhibitions - Part III Catriona Jeffries Gallery and Monte Clark Gallery

A visit to two commercial galleries in Vancouver. makingandmeaning.substack.com/p/summer-exh...
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From the Editor - August 19, 2025 issue

Sad News. Galleries West, another Canadian art publication has died. Galleries West has reported on contemporary art in Western Canada since 2002. It started as a hardcopy magazine and eventually moved on-line. The last digital issue was published today. www.gallerieswest.ca/from-the-edi...

Summer Exhibitions – Part II The Polygon Gallery

More summer exhibitions. The Polygon Art Gallery in North Vancouver is dedicated to photo-based contemporary art.
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The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum In fall 2025 Simon Fraser University will open a new, purpose-built art museum on Burnaby Mountain. The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum.

There’s a new venue for contemporary art exhibitions in Vancouver. A purpose-built contemporary art museum, The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, will open its doors September 20.

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Looking forward to these.

Very sweet!

Call to Canadian photo-based artists – do you have an idea for a photobook? Artists are invited to submit proposals for a photobook to the Burtynsky Grant ($5,000) by September 22. Check out the website to see details and previous winners.
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Toronto contemporary artist, Ed Burtynsky, has been photographing the horrible beauty of industry around the globe for forty years. Here is great podcast where he shares his views on our “human engagement” on this planet.
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Summer Exhibitions Richmond Art Gallery

Two exhibitions in the Vancouver area that focus on drawing. makingandmeaning.substack.com/p/summer-exh...
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Marina Abramović and Peter Doig win £77,000 Praemium Imperiale prizes The annual award, created under the patronage of Japan’s Imperial Family, covers five categories including painting, sculpture and architecture

Awards, awards, and more awards! Peter Doig and Marina Abramović have just won the largest global art prize, the Praemium Imperiale sponsored by the Japanese Emperor.
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Like the bookmobiles that brought the library to the suburbs when I was a child, busloads of art are visiting the countryside in India. Bravo! bsky.app/profile/thea...

The Photographic Tableau The Art of Jeff Wall

How can a photograph be like a painting? Check out my latest post and the work of Jeff Wall.
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William Kentridge - A Natural History of the Studio - Hauser & Wirth Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by Partner and President Marc Payot

William Kentridge is one of my favourite artists. Hauser & Wirth is hosting, William Kentridge: A Natural History of the Studio in New York. For those of us who can’t (or won’t) travel to the United States, the gallery has provided an excellent virtual tour.
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Lacey Prize Nominations now open! Established in 2019, the Lacey Prize recognizes the activities and impact of small organizations and artist-run spaces in Canada.

Where artmaking begins…The National Gallery of Canada is seeking nominations for the 2025 Lacey Prize. This prize recognizes a Canadian artist-run or grassroot community art organization for its engagement with artists and the local community. What a great idea!
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“Future Greats” Who will be the Next “Great” Contemporary Artist?

Earlier this year, ArtReview asked,”Who will be the future great contemporary artists?” Here are my thoughts after a little research on their selection of “future greats.” makingandmeaning.substack.com/p/future-gre...
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2025 Bonavista Biennale: String Games – Bonavista Biennale › Bonavista Biennale Experience contemporary art on the Bonavista Peninsula. The 2023 Bonavista Biennale runs from August 19 to September 17.

Contemporary art biennales in small, faraway places. Here is one, this summer, in Bonavista, Newfoundland. String Games features exhibitions and events with artists from other far and away places in Hawai’i, Norway, Japan, Greenland, Sweden, and Canada’s north.
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Emerging Digital Artists Award

An opportunity for Canadian artists working in digital media.
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YouTube video by Artforum Dara Birnbaum (1946-2025) on her life and art

Dara Birnbaum (1946-2025) – a pioneer of video art and dissecting the visual language of popular culture leaves us with some words of wisdom for our time.

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The Art of Self-Destruction Homage to Jean Tinguely

In celebration of Jean Tinguely's 100th Anniversary...
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A great event to attend in Vancouver. bsky.app/profile/vanc...

Sobey Art Award – Artists Congratulations to the six outstanding artists shortlisted for the 2025 Sobey Art Award.

The National Gallery of Canada has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Sobey Art Award. Check out these six contemporary artists from across Canada.

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The Archives of the Trailblazing Artist Pacita Abad Find a Permanent Home Stanford University has acquired the archives of the storied artist Pacita Abad, whose star has been rising in recent years.

Glorious news: Pacita Abad's archives are headed to Stanford news.artnet.com/art-world/pa...

Yes and very well played, indeed!

Funny, I just watched Truffaut’s film Bed and Board where a second-hand set of library stairs like yours plays a part.