SLIDESHOW: A preview of Art Toronto, this weekend’s massive downtown art expo
SLIDESHOW: A preview of Art Toronto, this weekend’s massive downtown art expo
By Caroline Youdan | October 24, 2013
By Caroline Youdan | 10/24/2013
Art Toronto, Canada’s largest contemporary art fair, is really several things at once: a stadium-sized art expo; a multimillion-dollar fine art sale; and the year’s most important networking event for collectors, curators, artists and enthusiasts. Spread out over four days, the 200,000-square foot fair transforms the Metro Toronto Convention Centre into a warren of temporary galleries displaying works by hundreds of painters, photographers, sketchers, silkscreeners and mixed-media savants from across Canada (e.g. Winnipeg-based photographer Sarah Anne Johnson ) and around the world (e.g. controversial Brit artist Damien Hirst ). For art lovers, it’s an opportunity to nerd-out to lectures, panels and tours; for neophytes, a chance to soak up some culture and perhaps snag a piece to hang above the couch (with artwork going for as low as $300 and as high as $500,000, the event caters to all buyers). Here, a preview of some of the artwork you can expect to see on display at this year’s fair.
Oct. 25–28. $18–20. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St. W., tiafair.com
242445 <strong>Elio Ciol,</strong> <em>Giobani a San Daniele,</em> 1957, photograph, $2,740 (Image: 3D Gallery, Venice, Italy) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A001-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A001.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A001.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a001/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a001 0 0
(Image: 3D Gallery, Venice, Italy)
242446 <strong>Matthew Brown,</strong> <em>Untitled,</em> 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, price available on request (Image: Wil Aballe Art Porjects | WAAP, Vancouver) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A002-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A002.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A002.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a002/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a002 0 0
(Image: Wil Aballe Art Porjects | WAAP, Vancouver)
242447 <strong>Andrew Salgado,</strong> <em>Tom,</em> 2013, oil on canvas, price available on request (Image: Beers Contemporary, London, UK) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A003-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A003.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A003.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a003/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a003 0 0
(Image: Beers Contemporary, London, UK)
242448 <strong>James Lahey,</strong> <em>Peony,</em> 2013, mixed media on canvas, $19,000 (Image: Cacciola Gallery/BlueLeaf Gallery, New York, USA) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A004-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A004.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A004.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a004/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a004 0 0
(Image: Cacciola Gallery/BlueLeaf Gallery, New York, USA)
242449 <strong>Christopher Pratt,</strong> <em>Trent River: Little Otto,</em> 2013, oil on canvas, price available on request (Image: Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A005-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A005.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A005.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a005/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a005 0 0
(Image: Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto)
242450 <strong>Jeremy Bailey,</strong> <em>Important Portrait of The Artist’s Wife,</em> 2013, C-Print, price available on request (Image: Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, Canada) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A006-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A006.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A006.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a006/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a006 0 0
(Image: Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, Canada)
242451 <strong>Ken Mtsubara,</strong> <em>Mirror - glass,</em> mixed media, price available on request (Image: MA2Gallery, Tokyo, Japan) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A007-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A007.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A007.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a007/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a007 0 0
(Image: MA2Gallery, Tokyo, Japan)
242452 <strong>Geoffrey Pugen,</strong> <em>Eye Face Chair,</em> 2013, pigment print, price available on request (Image: MKG127, Toronto, Canada) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A008-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A008.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-A008.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a008/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-a008 0 0
(Image: MKG127, Toronto, Canada)
242453 <strong>Annie MacDonell,</strong> <em>The Fortune Teller,</em> 2012, photograph, price available on request (Image: MULHERIN, Toronto, Canada) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B001-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B001.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B001.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-b001/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-b001 0 0
(Image: MULHERIN, Toronto, Canada)
242454 <strong>Paul Wackers,</strong> <em>THE WAY FROM HERE TO THERE,</em> 2013, acrylic and spray paint on panel, price available on request (Image: Narwhal Projects, Toronto, Canada) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B002-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B002.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B002.jpg 624 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-b002/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-b002 0 0
(Image: Narwhal Projects, Toronto, Canada)
242455 <strong>Evan Penny,</strong> <em>Study for Juliann Variation #2,</em> 2013, silicone, pigment, hair, aluminum, price available on request (Image: TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary, Canada) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B003-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B003.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B003.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-b003/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-b003 0 0
(Image: TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary, Canada)
242456 <strong>Damien Hirst,</strong> <em>All You Need Is Love,</em> 2011, silkscreen with diamond dust, price available on request (Image: Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B004-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B004.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B004.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-b004/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-b004 0 0
(Image: Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada)
242457 <strong>Sarah Anne Johnson,</strong> <em>Red Undies,</em> 2013, chromogenic print, price available on request (Image: Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Ontario) Art Toronto 2013 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B005-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B005.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-B005.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/art-toronto-preview/slide/art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-b005/ art-toronto-contemporary-fine-art-fair-b005 0 0
(Image: Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Ontario)