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Annual festival of international media art and experimental cinema screenings, performances and installations in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · 5d

Antimatter [Media Art] is celebrating its 28th year. This year’s international selection of media art and experimental films can be viewed in-person at Deluge Gallery in Victoria or on-line.

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#contemporaryart
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Antimatter Media Art

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · 5d

Artmaking in the Rocky Mountains. The Banff Centre offers a number of residency opportunities for visual and performing artists from Canada and around the world. The deadline for applications is October 29.
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Leighton Artist Studios

Ten remarkable studio spaces for professional artists in all disciplines. *26/27 Residencies now open for application - Deadline October 29, 2025.

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · 10d

Five young Canadian artists have been named as the 2025 winners of the EQ Emerging Digital Artist Award. Congratulations!
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#Digitalart
#Contemporaryart
#art

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2025 Recipients – Emerging Digital Artists Award

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · 15d

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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#Contemporaryart
#Arthistory
#Art

Fires Burning

Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Alberta

Audain Prize 2025 - Brian Jungen

Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · 28d

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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#Contemporaryart
#Sculpture

YouTube video by Audain Prize

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · 29d

Some short notes on art I found on my road trip of British Columbia and Alberta.
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The Weird and Wonderful

Contemporary Art on the Road

Robots and Contemporary Art

Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Sep 13

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Contemporary art and robots.

Art Animated

Summer Exhibitions - Part III

Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Aug 24

A visit to two commercial galleries in Vancouver. makingandmeaning.substack.com/p/summer-exh...
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#Contemporaryart
#Galleries
#Canadianart

Catriona Jeffries Gallery and Monte Clark Gallery

From the Editor - August 19, 2025 issue

Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Aug 19

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...

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Aug 8

More summer exhibitions. The Polygon Art Gallery in North Vancouver is dedicated to photo-based contemporary art.
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#Canadianart
#Vancouver
#Photography

Summer Exhibitions – Part II

The Polygon Gallery

The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum

Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Aug 7

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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#museums
#Vancouver

In fall 2025 Simon Fraser University will open a new, purpose-built art museum on Burnaby Mountain. The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum.

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Aug 7

Looking forward to these.

The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · Aug 6

Five new art books to look out for this autumn, including publications on US monuments and Vermeer close-ups – Our books editor picks out some of the highlights of the months ahead

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Aug 7

Very sweet!

The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · Aug 6

The first mass-produced book to deviate from a rectilinear format, at least in the United States, is thought to be this beautiful 1863 edition of Red Riding Hood, published by Boston-based publisher Louis Prang. Leaf through its person-shaped pages here: https://buff.ly/2xngjiv

Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Aug 5

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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#Canadianart
#Photography

The Burtynsky Grant - CONTACT Photography Festival, May 2025, Toronto

CONTACT is a Toronto based non-profit organization dedicated to exhibiting, analyzing and celebrating photography and lens-based media through an annual festival that takes place every May.

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Aug 1

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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#photography

www.canadaland.com/podcast/1200...

Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Jul 25

Two exhibitions in the Vancouver area that focus on drawing. makingandmeaning.substack.com/p/summer-exh...
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#contemporaryart
#arthistory
#drawing

Summer Exhibitions

Richmond Art Gallery

Marina Abramović and Peter Doig win £77,000 Praemium Imperiale prizes

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Jul 16

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.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/15/m...

The annual award, created under the patronage of Japan’s Imperial Family, covers five categories including painting, sculpture and architecture

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Jul 11

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 Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · Jul 11

Ancient art on wheels: how Mumbai's leading museum is sending miniature exhibitions by bus into the Indian countryside

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Jul 11

How can a photograph be like a painting? Check out my latest post and the work of Jeff Wall.
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#Contemporaryart
#Painting
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The Photographic Tableau

The Art of Jeff Wall

William Kentridge - A Natural History of the Studio - Hauser & Wirth

Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Jul 10

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.
www.hauserwirth.com/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

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Jul 8

What a wonderful resource! bsky.app/profile/russ...

Andrew Russeth @russeth.bsky.social · Jul 7

A tranche of material from 1964 to 1969 is already live. Enjoy: beardenfoundation.org/catalogue_ra...

Explore the Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné - Bearden Foundation

The Romare Bearden Foundation is dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and advancing the artistic and cultural legacy of Romare Bearden.

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Jul 3

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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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.

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Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Jun 27

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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“Future Greats”

Who will be the Next “Great” Contemporary Artist?

2025 Bonavista Biennale: String Games – Bonavista Biennale › Bonavista Biennale

Making & Meaning @makingandmeaning.bsky.social · Jun 25

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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Experience contemporary art on the Bonavista Peninsula. The 2023 Bonavista Biennale runs from August 19 to September 17.

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