Originally launched in Paris with the goal of bringing contemporary art to the masses, Nuit Blanche has established itself as one of the highlights of Toronto鈥檚 annual cultural calendar. Each year, this free dusk-to-dawn event enlivens and transforms the city with original art projects ranging from intimate encounters to large-scale spectacles. More than one million […]
Five 91亚色-led research partnerships have received $14.3 million through the聽Social Sciences聽& Humanities Research Council of Canada聽(SSHRC) Partnership Grants program, Partnership Development Grants program and partnership contributions from external research partners participating in the projects. In addition, more than $5.2 million was awarded to 145 91亚色 master鈥檚 and doctoral students to support scholarships and fellowships from […]
Gifted: Donations from the Ontario Society of Artists showcases the work by members of the Ontario Society of Artists (OSA). In 2007, the group donated 39 works to the Government of Ontario Art Collection. Dynamic and contemporary, the works were given by 37 of the society's members. They include watercolours, oil and acrylic paintings, photographs […]
"interPLAY: between creativity & information" is the intriguing title of聽a one-day symposium at 91亚色 that is dedicated to exploring and challenging definitions of 鈥渋nformation鈥 from a diversity of perspectives. Hosted by the 91亚色 Libraries, interPLAY will take place Monday, March 26, from 9am to 7pm, in聽the Senate Chamber, 940 South Ross Building, and […]
Late last semester, 91亚色's Canadian Writers in Person course and lecture series presented author聽Camilla Gibb reading from her latest book The Beauty of Humanity Movement (Doubleday, 2010).聽Special correspondent Chris Cornish (BA Hons. '04, MA '09) sent the following report to YFile.聽 The history of Vietnam lies in this bowl, for it is in Hanoi, the […]
International students can benefit tremendously from a film education in North America, Europe or Asia, wrote AsianCorrespondent.com Dec. 5, in a story about the world鈥檚 top film schools. If and when they return to their home countries, they may employ the skills learned in building their native film industries. Below we have listed 10 of […]
Tricky math and haunting messages accumulate in unresolved poetics this fall at the Art Gallery of 91亚色 (AGYU).聽 The AGYU invites you to "surge out there" as it joins with Raqs Media Collective: technological poets for an India in transition, to present their newest exhibit 聽Surjection. Of the current generation of Indian artists, the […]
When Ian Dejardin first encountered the Group of Seven in the late 1980s, he was stunned by their visual impact and was determined to learn everything he could about these seminal figures in the history of 20th-century Canadian art, wrote Postmedia News Sept. 20, in a story about a new European tour of the group鈥檚 […]