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Reviews, features, and essays on contemporary art
Beauty Supply, Toronto
The Canadian art landscape is ever-changing. Places + Spaces keeps you informed of established and up-and-coming...
Dare to Have Fun: Pixy Liao Plays with Gendered Power at the Art Institute of Chicago
“A win-win situation is when both Pixy and Moro benefit from each other at the same time,” reads one entry in artist...
Abbas Akhavan at the Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver
By Ogheneofegor Obuwoma Abbas Akhavan, Studio, 2025, installation view (photo: Rachel Topham Photography) One...
Tetsunori Tawaraya’s Fierce & Hypnotizing World Will Air-Fry Your Retinas
You will want to find a way back to the sideways world, the dirty world, the alien world of Tetsunori Tawaraya....
Phantom Limbs: The Body Part Filled Paintings of Sarah Slappey are Tumultuous, Alluring, & Aggressive
For artist Sarah Slappey, the body is both subject and setting. It entrances and repels, can be beautiful and...
David de la Mano’s ‘Sea Skin’ Connects Women, the Sea, and Time in Salerno
Internationally acclaimed muralist David de la Mano has unveiled “Sea Skin,” a striking new mural in the heart of...
Appleton Presents Poignant New Artworks Promoting Diabetes Awareness at Sims Contemporary Gallery through November 16
Beautifully crafted and elegantly presented, Appleton‘s new artworks are a powerful and provocative visual...
Personal Effects: The Art of Laurie Lipton
The drawings of Laurie Lipton have bewildered and enchanted audiences for several decades. Each piece wields a...
Call from Inside the House: Christina Forrer at Parker Gallery
The feeling arrived as a sense of wanting to get away. Then I thought I was too hot, my frequent complaint, never...
“What’s Your Sign?” at Underhill Walls: Barbtropolis, OG Millie, Marissa Molina, Clove & Calicho, Luis Valle, CAM & BC NBA and Peach Tao
Currently on view at the corner of Underhill Avenue and Saint Johns Place is “What’s Your Sign?”...
Amy Sherald’s American Sublime
Once scheduled to be on view at the Smithsonian's National Portrait gallery, Amy Sherald's American Sublime is now...
Capturing the Minotaur: The Art of Laura Ball
Painter Laura Ball's hypnotically engaging paintings give the viewer a multi-planed insight to the roiling energy of...