By Humboldt Magnussen The Images Festival, which is an international festival of experimental and independent moving images that takes place in Toronto from April 10th to 19th, is currently in full swing. Take a look at the program because there are tones of awesome events, films, and talks still going on.  This last Friday at Xpace …

By Humboldt Magnussen I recently got a text from my little sister asking, “How did your thingy go?” The “thingy” she is referring to is my Masters of Fine Arts Thesis exhibition that concluded a week ago. But by calling it a “thingy” it made it sound like just another day, not something I worked …

By Humboldt Magnussen At Xpace Cultural Centre there is a large bookshelf that contains hundreds of issues of art magazines collected over the years. This afternoon while trying to figure out what I was going to write about I cracked open a Canadian Art from 1984 and began looking at the advertisements for shows that …

By Humboldt Magnussen A couple of years ago I went to a photo exhibition by an emerging photographer. The photos were of old hand painted signs on the sides of large brick buildings.  I cannot really remember what the work really looked like, just that I decided it was “not a good show,” a decision …

By Humboldt Magnussen Spring is in the air, the snow is melting and the sun is shining. Unfortunately the snow is melting exposing the garbage and dog crap that was once hidden. It’s an awkward stage in the season that needs some time for adjustments. It’s still too cold to really say it is spring, …