Toronto’s DesignTO 2025 highlights—Wallpaper*
At Dennis Lin’s open studio in Parkdale, the Taiwanese-Canadian artist displayed memory-laden mobiles that are particularly close to home; Lin suspends salvaged and sentimental materials, notably chunks of charcoal from a fire that levelled his former house (read: look closely to spot a charred hardback from his child’s lost library).
DesignTO marks 15 years of Canadian creativity—The Globe & Mail
“A lot of what designers do is very insular, depending on who our client body is, and the festival is a way for us to come together as people in all stages of our careers, and get out of our own spaces and have conversations – these moments have been very generative for me.”
This artist finds clues hidden in the details of Renaissance paintings—CBC
“The final motif is perhaps the most striking. Alone and in groups, Carvalho paints women crying. Divorced from their original circumstances, the nature of their tears — either from rapturous joy or intense sorrow — is made ambiguous.”
Kim Adams Studio Visit
A private event for curators and collectors in anticipation of Adams’s installation at Hunt Gallery’s Art Toronto booth.
Jennifer Carvalho Brings the Women of Old Master Paintings to Life—Artnet
“The slowness of her process gives the works a crystalized, distant quality, as though we were viewing these women through a rain-touched window or like a photograph pushed to the point of pixelation.”
Toronto Critic’s Pick: Jennifer Carvalho at Franz Kaka—Ocula Magazine
"“Here, it seems, the joy of painting is alive and well. These are painter's paintings, made by an artist looking down the barrel of the canon and showing us what she likes best.”
Plural Contemporary Art Fair Tour
Art Forecast founder Tatum Dooley led a tour through Plural Contemporary Art Fair in Montreal, focusing on artists showing at the fair for the first time. In addition to the tour, Art Forecast worked closely with Plural to promote the fair to an audience across Canada.
Michael Thompson Studio Visit
Young art appreciators toured Michael Thompson’s studio before his work was included at the Greater Toronto Art 2024 Triennial Exhibition at MOCA Toronto.