Art, Culture & Criticism by Bart Gazzola
Rodman Hall Art Centre closed with the COVID pandemic, but is likely to never re open. This is more so a culmination of Brock University’s ‘demolition through neglect’ than anything caused by COVID. Some final thoughts on the saga of this soon to be lost site of culture and history in Niagara.
The exhibition Reopening, at the Gallery at 13th Street Winery, features the works of Ronald Boaks, Floyd Elzinga and Kimberly Danielson. Some thoughts on the exhibition can be found here.
An exhibition of contemporary painting in Saskatchewan that I was invited to curate in 2010 at aka gallery in Saskatoon. I share this as a throwback, but also as a playful addition to some current curatorial initiatives recently completed and ongoing in Niagara.
Robert Katz’ book ‘Naked by the Window: The Fatal Marriage of Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta’ is evocative and horrifying, and thirty years after its publication, the death of Ana Mendieta is still a very contested narrative. I offer a response here.