News: 2016

Help Rebuild the University of Baghdad’s Destroyed Art Library, One Book at a Time

Hyperallergic covers Wafaa Bilal’s 168:01 project.

» Hyperallergic

My Body Is the City: Larissa Fassler’s Feminist Geographies

Canadian Art features the work of Larissa Fassler in this article by Diana Sherlock. Fassler will be one of the exhibiting artists at Esker Foundation in Fall 2016.

» Canadian Art

Iraqi-American artist Wafaa Bilal’s 168:01 asks Calgarians to help rebuild Baghdad one book at a time

Eric Volmers profiles Wafaa Bilal’s exhibition 168:01 for the Calgary Herald.

» Calgary Herald

5 things to do this weekend in Calgary

Check out some of the great things happening in Calgary this weekend, including the opening of Esker’s spring/summer exhibitions.

» Swerve

Paying homage to Inglewood’s history on a modern construction site

» Calgary Herald

Top five must-sees in Calgary

 Jim Byers writes about the top five must-sees in Calgary: from making music memories to trendy neighbourhoods.

» National Post

The Sobey Art Award Longlist Annouced

The 2016 Sobey Art Award longlist has been announced. Esker Foundation’s Director/Curator Naomi Potter sits on the jury of this year’s prize.

» The Sobey Art Award

Work of Art: Ryan Slugget’s Wig Slip (Male)

Katherine Ylitalo profiles Ryan Slugget’s Wig Slip (Male), one of the many works of art in the Atlantic Avenue Art Block’s public atrium, for Avenue magazine.

» Avenue Magazine

Matthew Hills reviews Needles and Pins for Galleries West

There’s a push and pull in Colleen Heslin’s quilt-like paintings, a pull to examine the undulating dyes and the rolling seams that stitch together second-hand fabrics used as surface and support. Yet these same chromatic stains and opposing fabrics push you back to make sense of the illusory depth and the ambiguous but evocative compositions. It’s a hypnotic cycle that makes this exhibition a compelling experience.

» Galleries West

Review of Charlotte Moth’s living images by Lindsay Sorell

Charlotte Moth’s living images is reviewed in Canadian Art‘s Spring 2016 issue.

» Canadian Art Magazine