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Nine stellar highlights from Toronto’s art scene in 2020
These are the best moments, shows and accomplishments in a tough year for the arts By Kelsey Adams
Courtesy of Immersive Van Gogh
Subtle animation of van Gogh s famed brushstrokes is one of Immersive Van Gogh s delights.
It’s been a rough nine months for the Toronto art world.
For the romantics among us who crave the rush of an art opening or the wonder of leaning in to get closer to an artwork, 2020 has been difficult.
Artists had their shows put on indefinite hiatus, major festivals like Contact Photography Festival and Nuit Blanche had to pivot online and funding for emerging artists vanished.
Winter surfing in Lake Ontario is brutal, painful and freezing. I can’t get enough Winter surfing in Lake Ontario is brutal, painful and freezing. I can’t get enough
By David Sax | Photography By Erin Leydon |
December 14, 2020
12/14/2020
It was late November, and Lake Ontario was raging. Angry waves burst onto the rocks into huge plumes of spray, while sand whipped across the Woodbine Beach parking lot. Gusts at 100 kilometres per hour periodically screamed in from the water, stripping trees of their remaining leaves in seconds, as dog walkers crouched on the sand, clutching their pandemic pups so they wouldn’t blow away.