Gabrielle Moser Projects and Things

This was about to be one of those classic “sorry I haven’t posted in a while” posts, and I guess it still is in many ways: I am sorry I haven’t posted in so long, but I’ve been busy with a couple of academic projects, and some burgeoning curatorial work that I’m excited about. One [...]

The newest issue of esse magazine, themed around “Living Things” and complete with a cover image by Montreal sculptor Valérie Blass, is on newsstands now. Not only is it beautifully designed (as always), but it includes some fascinating takes on the work of Blass, Thomas Hirschhorn and Theaster Gate

This Sunday, I’m pleased to be taking part in some of The Power Plant’s 25th anniversary programming by speaking in their “From the Archives” series: presentations by local artists, critics and curators that look back at the gallery’s programming from the past quarter century (much like the series o

Two art critics whose work I admire—Sholem Krishtalka over at the Toronto Standard, and Murray Whyte at the Toronto Star—have already espoused all of the wonderful qualities at play in Jason de Haan’s sophomore exhibition at Clint Roenisch Gallery, “Year Zero.” So my recent mini review for Artforum.

For her latest exhibition, The Toss, Linda Duvall has created a fascinating, self-reflexive installation about her experience of learning “to toss” other people (basically a self-defense/stunt trick where she grabs someone by the arm or around the neck and flips them to the ground). Including two la

Earlier this month, I had the good fortune to spend a weekend in Montreal just as a bunch of excellent shows were opening. My favourites, though, were the three solo exhibitions by contemporary women artists currently on view at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal: Ghada Amer, Wangechi Mutu and

This week marks the Toronto launch of the new Journal of Curatorial Studies, co-edited by Jennifer Fisher and Jim Drobnick of the curatorial collective Displaycult and published by Intellect Books.   The Journal of Curatorial Studies launches its inaugural issue at Onsite [at] OCAD University.  Join

It felt like The Power Plant had me in mind as a viewer when they planned their winter programming. Not only are they presenting a selection of photographs from a new body of work by Stan Douglas (curated by Melanie O’Brian), but concurrently showing is “Coming After,” a group exhibition curated by

My reviews of two provocative group exhibitions in Toronto which I caught late last year are now online at esse magazine. One, “Models for Taking Part,” has already received some thorough discussion and criticism during its public presentation at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (in fact, I am sadly

It’s taken me longer than usual to compile a list of the ten or so shows that stood out for me in 2011. Maybe it’s because I didn’t have the push of a deadline from Sally McKay and L.M. this year (and, let me say, I’m sorely missing Joe McKay’s annual list of best video [...]