Toronto International Art Fair: The News at Five
Toronto International Art Fair
One of the annual highlights of the Toronto International Art Fair is “The News at Five,” a series of daily exhibitions curated by Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes. This year “The News at Five” focuses on the theme of promise, spotlighting artists profiled in Canadian Art’s current 25th anniversary issue. Looking at the connection between art, hope and the future, these artists are setting the pace for generations of contemporary artists to come.
Each day of the fair, Canadian Art will also be hosting a talk by Rhodes about the featured artists: Jed Lind, Adad Hannah, Corin Sworn, Valérie Blass, Cooper Battersby and Emily Vey Duke, Kelly Richardson and Daniel Borins and Jennifer Marman. These discussions, free with fair admission, happen at 5pm sharp on October 23, 24 and 25 at the Canadian Art booth, which is located just north of the TIAF entrance elevators.
In another must-see event at TIAF, Canadian Art publisher Melony Ward is moderating a forum on art publishing in the digital age. The panel features Adrian Searle, chief art critic of the Guardian, Anton Vidokle, artist and creator of e-flux, and Greg van Alstyne, director of research at the Ontario College of Art and Design’s Strategic Innovation Lab. The panel, organized by the Power Plant, takes place on October 24 at 2pm in room 204 of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The forum is free with TIAF admission or is $10 for a general-public ticket.
For more information about special events at TIAF, please visit
www.tiafair.com/special_projects/
