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Indian Decorative Art Shines at AGO
There’s a lot more to Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts than decorative art but the decorative items that are featured are definitely worth the price of admission. Opening tomorrow at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario, Maharaja features 200 objects spanning nearly three centuries and it’s not just about golden thrones and silver carriages, though there are indeed stellar examples of both. Some of the most surprising items come at the end of the show in a section dubbed “The Modern Maharaja,” which includes art deco furnishings by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann and Eckart Muthesius, photographs by Man Ray and Cecil Beaton and jewels by Cartier.
Full post and comments...Art and Lighting Shine At Rouge Concept
Friday, October 22, 2010
You the know the gentrification of a neighbourhood is complete when it can support a gallery/decor store like the two-year old Rouge Concept in the Riverside section of Queen Street East. Tomorrow, shop owner Nancy Grenier, above, celebrates her second anniversary in the former dollar store that she gutted, opened up and transformed into a light, bright gallery selling art and objects priced from $65 to $6,500. "It sounds like a cliche," says Nancy, "but there really is something for everyone. I make sure to cover a range of price points; I don't anyone to feel intimidated. That's why I style the shop with a few furnishings to make it feel more like a home environment."
Full post and comments...High Contrast
Monday, July 12, 2010
Well, Phil Nimmo was right, Benjamin Moore's North Creek Brown or Marshlands (CC-512), as it's now called, did take my room from casual to sophisticated. At least that's how it feels to me. Yes, I've lost that bright, airy feeling (below) that my mother complimented but I've gained tremendous strength and so much contrast. The cream-on-cream scheme feels flat by comparison.
Full post and comments...How Could I Say No?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
I know you're not supposed to buy art to match your sofa but how about a rug? The minute I saw Scott Young's textural blue photo, left, I knew I had to have it for my kitchen to go with those amazing flat weave carpets of mine. Scott's image of an old door at the Distillery District received honourable mention in Toronto's Building A Great City Together photo contest. I tracked Scott down and he was most obliging -- he sold me the 11" x 17" print, matted and ready to frame for just $99.
Full post and comments...Canadian Cool: High Gloss Urban Country
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Christine Flynn is one gutsy, young artist. Last month, the Toronto-based graphic designer and photographer set up shop in a west Queen West walk-up, a space so quintessentially cool it's almost self-conscious. On the exposed brick walls is a selection of Flynn's photographs, large-scale, highly-saturated outputs, mounted on stretchers and finished with a thick coat of high-gloss epoxy resin. The subject matter may be rural — horses, cows, forests and fields — but the treatment is completely now.
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