Gallery in the Park exhibits explore colonization, reconciliation in Canada and Paraguay

The Gallery in the Park in Altona is hosting two exhibits that interact with each other despite depicting two very different places and cultures.  

Layered Histories: Perspectives on Colonization from the Chaco and Storied Land: (Re)Mapping Winnipeg are both the works of Miriam Rudolph. The Winnipeg-based artist grew up in the Chaco region of western Paraguay where a large concentration of Mennonites settled in the early 20th century.  

'Unwinding Complexity' with MFA thesis exhibits at the University of Manitoba

A dazzling array of materials and mediums greets visitors to the University of Manitoba’s School of Art Gallery these days in a confluence of new exhibits of theses from six new Masters of Fine Arts graduates. These exhibits run the gamut from literature to visual arts to video and sound, and each interrogates a part of the artist’s identity or cultural background in a new light.  

Ten essential recordings to remember Alfred Brendel

Ten of Alfred Brendel’s Finest Recordings: A Tribute to a Legendary Pianist

Alfred Brendel, one of the most revered pianists of the 20th and 21st centuries, has died at the age of 94. Known for his intellectual rigour, poetic sensibility and crystalline technique, Brendel leaves behind a legacy of recordings that have shaped how we hear some of the greatest works in the piano repertoire.