Early Canadian history is often plagued with dull stories that continue to propagate the old narrative that nothing really interesting happens in Canada — the problem is that it is simply untrue. One of those interesting and little-known stories is the Sharon Temple in Sharon, Ontario (formerly Hope, Ontario). Founded in the early 19th C. […]
The Renaissance Street, According to Sigfried Giedion
In grad school, I remember how important Sigfried Giedion’s book Space, Time & Architecture was to a small group of us in the Art History program who found in it a treasure trove of information, even though it was hard to read cover to cover. I recently picked it up again and was quickly reminded […]
New Museum Ethics Quagmire Gets an Awesome Protest Poster
Trying to find out the origin of street art can feel like tipping at windmills (I never figured out who posted the Obama/Socialism posters in LA) … but sometimes it works. Today was one of my better days. Behold the story behind this poster that has had an anonymous life on the streets of New […]
Canada’s Expo 1967 Pavilion vs its 2010 Olympic Pavilion
* * * * * * I found this on the View on Canadian Art blog. What a jarring contrast: 1960s rational utopianism and 21st century marketing.
Don’t Call Him a F*$@ing Starchitect!
There’s nothing like the rage of a starchitect. When London’s Independent newspaper used the “s” term in front of Frank Gehry, the Toronto-born architect went nuts: I don’t know who invented that fucking word ‘starchitect’. In fact a journalist invented it, I think. I am not a ‘star-chitect’, I am an ar-chitect… Yikes, chill dude […]