Art

Starting today until September 29th, POP Montreal is back for five days of amazing new highs and soaring good times. With a plethora of events all around town in the music, arts and film genres, here are some worthy things to check out

The Chihuly exhibition has drawn over 150,000 visitors in the 80 days since its opening. Taking place tomorrow, Sept 24th, from 6 to 8pm, The Chihuly Unplugged Event will be a special gathering where the Young Philanthropists Circle (YPC) gives young professionals the chance to be among the few people privileged to admire, in private, the monumental, magical works of this artist

Papergirl hits the streets of Calgary this month, which gives you the chance to score some notable free art if you happen to be in the right place at the right time. Originally from Berlin, this very cool art distribution program is definitely worth checking out in the city

Toronto-born artist Scott Boniface and co-founder of Playground Inc, a digital creative agency in Toronto that craft products, experiences and platforms that transform brands such as Canada Goose, will be showcasing his new artwork in his debut solo show AIMLESS from September 5th-11th at the Moniker Gallery

Recently, I stopped in on the opening evening of gallerywest’s TEXTING to meet up with artists of Timeanddesire and get visually stimulated by their text-art exhibit that aims to highlight the psychological, the philosophical and the poetic

I’ve been a fan ever since I spotted one of Matt Durant's abstract salvaged wood pieces hung in a furniture store on Queen Street West a few years back and have been following him ever since. I was already intrigued by his use of organic materials splattered with graphic bold pattern, but even more interested when I saw his solo show of new work pop up last month

The Stephen Bulger Gallery recently hosted the opening for the first Canadian exhibition of photographs by Vivian Maier, "Out of the Shadows," featuring a selection of Maier's photographs from the 1950s through the 1970s. A must-see, to say the least

Prepare for sensory overload at RENDER: Vol. 1. This creative collaboration sees Chef Rob Bragagnolo from Marben cookin' up a fixed-course pop-up meal alongside amazing works from four up-and-coming visual artists and live performances and melding of sounds from six barons of beats

Perhaps we should clarify: Mandy is a talented Calgarian artist who, amongst being involved with many other projects in the city, has created the Bad Portraits Project