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PODCAST
Doris McCarthy's Canada
A six-part video series on the life and work of celebrated artist and gallery namesake Doris McCarthy. Features an introductory biography, followed by an analysis of her time spent in five areas of the country: the Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, the West and the North.
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LECTURE
Culture Cloaked in Skins: Lecture by Morgan Mavis, Contemporary Zoological Conservatory
Morgan Mavis explores the evolution of taxidermy, from its roots as noblemen's trinkets to its prevalence in trendy consumer culture.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
David R. Harper installation
In this timelapse video, watch David R. Harper install the sculpture To Remind, or to Warn (2012).
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AUDIO GUIDE
David R. Harper: Entre le chien et le loup
David R. Harper speaks about each of the pieces in Entre le chien et loup, providing insight into his process and the references he makes in the work.
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LECTURE
The Psychology of Memory: Lecture by Professor Steve Joordens
Award-winning University of Toronto Professor Steve Joordens spoke to the themes of memory, recollection and nostalgia found in Souvenir involontaire.
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AUDIO GUIDE
Melanie Rocan: Souvenir involontaire
Mélanie Rocan highlights ten paintings and speaks more broadly to process and themes in the works in the exhibition.
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PERFORMANCE
RIta McKeough: The Lion's Share Performance
Documentation of a performance by Rita McKeough, as the Lion's Share Diner chef.
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ARTIST TALK
Jay Wilson
March 5, 2012
Toronto-based artist, designer and educator Jay Wilson speaks about his design and art practices, which are a mix of conceptual considerations and play.
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ARTIST INTERVIEWS
The "C" Word artists
As part of The "C" Word, curator Richard Mongiat interviewed each of the exhibiting artists, asking them to consider the role of craft in their practice.
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ARTIST TALK
Gordon Monahan
March 2, 2011
Internationally renowned multimedia artist and musician Gordon Monahan discusses his practice over the last thirty years, supported by video documentation. Co-presented by the DMG and Visual & Performing Arts: Studio program.
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ARTIST TALK
Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge
October 19, 2010
Artists Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge discuss their practice, collaborating with trade unions and communitity organizations in the production of their staged photographic work over the past 25 years. October 19, 2010
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LECTURE
Professor John M Kennedy, Department of Pyschology
Understanding pictures in vision and touch: Lines, perspectives and metaphors from cave art to the present
March 16, 2010
Professor Kennedy shares his research, asking if it is possible for lines to work as pictures in touch, for the blind. Through examples of work by a blind artist, he discusses how deliberate disobedience of realism can create highly successful pictorial metaphors.
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ARTIST TALK
Peter Mulcair, Jordan Stone, Joey DAMMIT! and Henry Banger Benvenuti
Revelations
March 9, 2010
Four artists – members of Workman Arts, a professional arts company working in partnership with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health – discuss their practice in the context of mental illness and addiction.
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LECTURE & FILM SCREENING
Chris Landreth
March 8, 2010
The Academy Award-winning filmmaker discusses his work and screens animated short films Ryan and The Spine.
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LECTURE
Professor Rick Halpern, U of T Scarborough Dean and Vice-Principal (Academic)
Hellhound on My Trail: Black Life in the Mississippi Delta through the Blues
February 3, 2010
American history specialist Dean Halpern illustrates the history of the Deep South through music by blues greats such as Muddy Waters, Ma Rainey and Robert Johnson.
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ARTIST TALK
Liz Magor
September 29, 2009
One of Canada's best known artists, Liz Magor discusses her celebrated art practice.
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PANEL DISCUSSION
Louis Grachos, David Moos, Jessica Stockholder
3 Perspectives on Contemporary Abstraction
February 13, 2008
Curators Louis Grachos and David Moos, and artist Jessica Stockholder present and discuss ideas about contemporary abstraction.
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