Brent Cleveland is a queer Montreal-based visual artist whose neo-figurative portraiture probes concepts of gender, sexuality, and human expression. Through the haunting and distorted gaze of his subjects, Cleveland imbues a sort of warping of the male gaze, reflecting a nuanced glance of heteronormative defiance toward the spectator.
Cody Rooney
Simplicity and Slowness in Alex Dozois’ Still Life & Portraiture
Montreal based photographer Alex Dozois investigates the simplicity of the human experience and the relationship we have with our surroundings, capturing and accentuating the languid stillness of everyday life.
Rihanna’s Fenty Fashion Brand Calls It Quits
Less than two years after Rihanna and LVMH joined forces to launch luxury label Fenty, the brand is sadly being put on hold.
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Nelson Huang’s Enigmatic Portraiture
Toronto photographer Nelson Huang brings a distinctly editorial perspective to his portrait photography, channeling the sophisticated and straightforward whimsy of photographers like Leslie Zhang, Colin Dodgson, and Cho Gi Seok.
Fall 2021 Menswear
The first menswear shows of Fall 2021 were underway this past week in Paris, offering a glimpse of a post-covid sartorial world (if you’re optimistic).
Brendon Burton’s American Poetry
American Poetry is a previously unreleased body of work by photographer Brendon Burton, documenting roadside signage as works of art. Taken over the course of 5 years around the United States, this series is a study on Americana, media culture, and propaganda.
Images of Lockdown
Toronto-based photographer Cody Rooney explores the desolation of inner-city life during the first wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in his series “Images of Lockdown”.
Stairs to Nowhere: Surrealist Canadian Jewelry
Stairs to Nowhere, inspired by M.C. Escher’s Lithographs House of Stairs and Relativity, highlights the eccentric and sophisticated jewelry offerings of BIPOC and Canadian Designers.
Lee Bae’s Union
UNION is the first solo exhibition by South Korean artist Lee Bae in Canada. With a focus on the artist’s Issu du feu (Emerging From Fire) series from 1999-2000, the exhibition spans a variety of different non-traditional media.