explorations in toronto art.

I thought I’d seen all possible reasons for a gallery to re-brand or relaunch itself, but KWT Contemporary takes the cake: the main impetus, the way I understand it, is that proprietor Kirstyn Wong-Tam preferred to keep things transparent when she was elected to Toronto’s City Council in autumn of last year. It just proves that all kinds of people start art galleries, and some politicians do support the arts!

My profile on KWT Contemporary is went up yesterday on BlogTO. Read it here..

My profile of Meredith Keith Gallery is up today on BlogTO. Check it out here.

This place was of particular interest partly because I’m often in the Dundas West area and have been getting to know it more, and also because I had always wondered what happened to Landymore Keith Contemporary Art. Formerly at 800 Dundas West, I happened to be working at a café right next door just when the gallery was closing its doors.

At Meredith Keith’s new space, there is an opening tonight: the new show is an exhibition called “Forest” by Tania Love. It looks pretty charming and I hope I can make it. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow are a bit crazy in terms of the amount of exhibitions all opening up at the same time.. makes me wish it was bike season so I could make it to each one!

Labspace is different than your average gallery. Actually, it’s almost a disservice to just call them a gallery, because their activities include a lot more than exhibiting art.

I visited them a while ago, but the profile I wrote is up today on BlogTO.

It was a real pleasure to visit the space and meet its directors, Laura Mendes and John Loerchner. Their enthusiasm, and their ambition to do carve out their own trail, was truly inspiring. Definitely one to watch..