Tag Archive | "Art"
How Could I Say No?
I know you're not supposed to buy art to match your sofa but how about a rug? The minute I saw Scott Young's textural blue photo, left, I knew I had to have it for my kitchen to go with those amazing flat weave carpets of mine. Scott's image of an old door at the Distillery District received honourable mention in Toronto's Building A Great City Together photo contest. I tracked Scott down and he was most obliging -- he sold me the 11" x 17" print, matted and ready to frame for just $99.
Canadian Cool: High Gloss Urban Country
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Christine Flynn is one gutsy, young artist. Last month, the Toronto-based graphic designer and photographer set up shop in a west Queen West walk-up, a space so quintessentially cool it's almost self-conscious. On the exposed brick walls is a selection of Flynn's photographs, large-scale, highly-saturated outputs, mounted on stretchers and finished with a thick coat of high-gloss epoxy resin. The subject matter may be rural — horses, cows, forests and fields — but the treatment is completely now.
Cool & Unusual: A Collector’s Paradise
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Art Nouveau never really caught on in North America, which explains why you see so little of it in antique and vintage shops here in Toronto. So imagine my delight at stumbling upon Cool and Unusual Antiques & Curios (105 Danforth Avenue at Broadview), a secret vault of Art Nouveau, Jungendstil and genuine English Arts and Crafts treasures. I call it a secret vault because Cool & Unusual is tucked into a basement beneath a record shop and is only open Saturdays and Sundays from 12 - 5 pm.
Carlu: Toronto’s Moderne Masterpiece
Thursday, September 17, 2009
I wasn't planning to have a post for you today but then I spent yesterday afternoon at a conference hosted at glam event space, Carlu. Luckily for me, I took what I thought was a short-cut out of the men's room and ended up in the sublime Round Room, above. The space was not being used as part of the function I was attending so it was utterly empty, which added to the trapped-in-time feeling of the space.
Canada Takes Its Place on 1stdibs.com
Thursday, August 6, 2009
1stdibs.com, that international bastion of all things costly and fine, has added a passel of Canadian dealers from Toronto and Montreal, many of which have been featured on styleNorth. On the one hand it's great news to see Canada standing shoulder to shoulder with the best in the world; one the other hand, I think the move bodes ill for those of us accustomed to paying depressed Canadian prices. I've often heard dealers moan that their goods would command higher fees in the U.S. and now they have half a chance of actually reaching those heights.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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