Art by Gregory Beatty
An Apology, A Pill, A Ritual, A Resistance
Remai Modern
Until May 24
A Remai Modern exhibition is putting coronavirus into historical context through a lens of, of course, art.
An Apology, A Pill, A Ritual, A Resistance which assembles work by multiple artists to examine life under pandemics past and present is also the work of a new curatorial team.
Last summer, the Remai welcomed Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh as its new co-directors. The married couple came to Saskatoon from a similar post in New Zealand after stints at galleries in Australia and Northern Ireland (Burns is Canadian, Lundh Swedish). In October, Tarah Hogue joined Remai Modern as its inaugural curator (Indigenous art). Before that, Hogue was the inaugural senior curatorial fellow, Indigenous art at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
New Remai exhibition emphasizes healing and reconciliation The new Remai Modern exhibition, An apology, a pill, a ritual, a resistance, features the work of more than 20 artists.
Author of the article: Matt Olson
Publishing date: Apr 01, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read • Remai Modern s new exhibition, An apology, a pill, a ritual, a resistance. Photo by Michelle Berg /Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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The Remai Modern’s newest exhibition features art from throughout Canada and around the world, responding to ideas of pain and healing a prescient topic during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Zara Stanhope is the new director of Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre. She left a role in Brisbane to take up the new job.
The new director of New Plymouth s contemporary art gallery says she s in it for the long haul. Dr Zara Stanhope had her first day at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre s (GBAG/LLC) on Monday, having moved from a role in Brisbane. Stanhope was released from MIQ in Christchurch on February 4, and has been in Auckland catching up with family and friends, as well as travelling to Waitangi to learn more about the treaty, before arriving in New Plymouth.
Ordinary Women. A Retrospective opened to the public at the Remai Modern on Feb. 13.
Author of the article: Matt Olson
Publishing date: Feb 18, 2021 • February 18, 2021 • 2 minute read • A collection of work by the late, esteemed Saskatchewan photographer Thelma Pepper has opened at the Remai Modern. Photo by Greg Pender /The StarPhoenix
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A collection of work by the late, esteemed Saskatchewan photographer Thelma Pepper has opened at the Remai Modern.
The exhibition, “
Ordinary Women. A Retrospective,” opened to the public on Saturday. The collection was announced last July on Pepper’s 100th birthday, before her death later in the year.
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Remai Modern names Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator
Curator and writer Michelle Jacques, born in Toronto to parents of Caribbean origin (hailing from Grenada), has been named Remai Modern’s Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator. [Remai Modern is a new museum of modern and contemporary art in Saskatoon, province of Saskatchewan, Canada.]
Michelle Jacques a curator with more than 20 years’ experience at institutions including the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV) has been named Remai Modern’s Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator.
Most recently, Jacques was Chief Curator at the AGGV, where she was responsible for guiding a curatorial and education program that linked contemporary practices, ideas and issues to the gallery’s historical collections and legacies.