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Adam Lauder
@adamlauder.bsky.social
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Michael Belmore's 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵, an installation on the @utoronto.ca's Front Campus as part of the Art Museum at University of Toronto’s current exhibition 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, "is an exploration of the structure of snow fencing, continuing Belmore’s ongoing exploration of land, water, and the environment" 𓈈 🌨 🌬️
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I picked up this orchid up off the street 2-3 years ago, and have been patiently watering it ever since - I have no idea what the flower looks like, but we're going to find out soon 🕐 🌺
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
from Cowley Abbott’s current auction preview in Toronto: 1) a stunning Rita Letendre arrow canvas, 2) Bertram Brooker’s Space and Time, which is reproduced as in my book Out of School, 3) Rita Letendre, 4) an enigmatic symbolist scene by Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake 🖼️🖼️🖼️✨

@cowleyabbott.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I went to see Nouvelle Vague at the Fox 📽️ 🍿 😎

#nouvellevague
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
some more highlights from the preview for Heffel's Nov. 19 auctions (vertical orientation): 1) Rita Letendre, 2) Paul-Émile Borduas, 3) Daphne Odjig, 4) Paraskeva Clark 🖼️🖼️🖼️ ✨

#ritaletendre #paulémileborduas #daphneodjig #paraskevaclark #auction #canadianart #canadianpainting #heffel
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
highlights from an evening preview of Heffel’s Nov. 19 auctions: 1) Frederic Bell-Smith’s Lights of a City Street, 2) a jewel-like Morrice, 3) a stunning Cornelius Krieghoff that comes down through two of his closest friends, 4) a powerful A.Y. Jackson - I wrote about 1, 3 & 4 for the catalogue 🖼️🖼️🖼️✨
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
another venerable Queen West mural, Micah Lexier's conceptual vanitas at Euclid 🔠 ⏳ 💀
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
at Artscape Youngplace 🐶
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
my book, Out of School, and the collection I edited for @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, Variable Conditions, at Type on Queen W 📚
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
watching the new John Abrams mural take shape the Cameron House 🏩 🍻 🎞️ 🖌️
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
some views of "Edging the Unscratchable Digital Itch," curated by Lingxiang Wu, at InterAccess in Toronto: 1) Axl Le, 2) Sophia Oppel, 3) Iris QU Xiaoyu & Niles Fromm, & 4) David Yu 💻 📽️ 🌀
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
some shots of Earthwork at Art Museum at University of Toronto, curated by Mikinaak Migwans: 1) land defenders at 1492 Land Back Lane, 2) Protect the Tract Collective, 3) Faye HeavyShield, 4) BUSH Gallery 🔥

read my review of Earthwork for @revue-esse.bsky.social's webzine:

esse.ca/en/reviews/e...
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
always beautifully produced, the catalogues for Heffel's Nov 19 auctions have arrived, with essays I wrote on 1-2) Frederick Bell-Smith's "Lights of a City Street," 3) Krieghoff's "Canadian Autumn" 4) & A.Y. Jackson's important "Souvenir of Kispayaks" -- auction preview this week in Toronto 🖼️ ✍️ 📖
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
some details of Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982-2024) at Onsite Gallery @ocaduniversity.bsky.social 𖧶 ⚔️ 🛡 📸
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
thanks to Matthew Ryan Smith for a generous and thoughtful review in the current issue of espace of Laura Moore: Memories of the Future, which I guest curated last winter for McIntosh Gallery: it's also great to see Laura, who currently has a solo exhibition at Zalucky Contemporary, on the cover 🥳
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Micah Lexier, A Drawing and A Sculpture @mkg127.bsky.social ┈ •●⚫ ⋯―

#micahlexier
November 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Jordan King at Art Metropole 🗄️ 🔳 🗂️
November 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
looking at this (perhaps) Halloween-adjacent acrylic on wood of a Snake Charmer by Mélanie Rocan hanging on our wall 🐍🎶🏺
October 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
October 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
some recent birds
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
last week I finally had the opportunity to visit the former Davenport address of the legendary Cornelia Lumsden Archives administered by the elusive R. Austen-Marshall 🗃️🗂️🗄️📦

#cornelialumsden #raustenmarshall #verafrenkel
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM