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Visual art

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David Lynch, Beyond the Beyond, in Berlin

A Berlin exhibition of the beloved filmmaker's paintings and installations testifies to Lynch's 30-year connection with the city, from photographing its derelict urban spaces to an aborted attempt to establish a centre for Transcendental Meditation in Teufelsberg.
by Jonathan Garfinkel /

Designing for What Isn’t There

Theatre designer Teresa Przyblski on creating an environment for William Kentridge’s film series Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot, where immersion begins with restraint.
by Arcade /

A Very Psychogeographic Thing to Do

In conversation with Arcade, writer Shawn Micallef wonders whether Toronto really wants to be a city, and applies the lens of psychogeography to Tracey Snelling’s art.
by Arcade /

Windows Into Strange Worlds

Often blurring the line between documentary and dreamscape, Tracey Snelling’s sculptures, installations, and other works—now showing at Koffler Arts—cast the viewer in the role of voyeur.
by Arcade /

The Artist’s Mind is Their True Studio

In a conversation with Eleanor Wachtel presented by Koffler Arts and the Canadian Opera Company, William Kentridge discusses a career marked by indeterminacy, shadows, and restless energy, where drawing is at the heart of his work.
by Arcade /

Form is Always Full of Meaning

In conjunction with her career retrospective now at Koffler Arts, Elana Herzog speaks with curator and longtime friend Jessica Stockholder about 1970s New York, the misunderstandings of formalism, and the evolution of a practice decades in the making.
by Arcade /