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		<title>Rewind:  Dalek</title>
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By Randy Gladman. Originally published in Canadian Art Magazine, Winter 2005
Review of exhibibition at both le. gallery and Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto
Dalek&#8217;s first solo exhibition in Canada introduced Toronto audiences to a Brooklyn-based member of a large underground urban art movement that is attracting attention in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo. While the group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inquisition of Conrad Black</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Introduction and Inquisition by Randy Gladman, May 16, 2010
Mexican beer company Dos Equis recently ran a wonderful advertising campaign, presenting “The Most Interesting Man in the World”.  In these radio and television spots, a dignified, slightly accented, well-dressed, rough yet sophisticated man is described in impossibly exciting detail.  “The police often question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Bahen at Moore Gallery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Randy Gladman. Original Akrylic Content. Published online April 28, 2010.
One of the strange and disappointing characteristics of the Toronto art scene is the way our local and national art critics have a knack of missing important exhibitions. In 2004, Artcore/Fabrice Marcolini, hosted a museum quality posthumous exhibition of the work of Joseph Beuys, marking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ministry of Artistic Affairs:  Social. Art. Education.</title>
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The Ministry of Artistic Affairs is a new initiative I&#8217;ve launched with two partners based here in Toronto. The goal of this program is to provide a unique insight into the art market by curating a series of informative and interactive events exploring multiple facets of the art scene. We had our first event on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artist Inquisitions!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this new section, Akrylic asks artists, dealers, consultants, curators and other creative types all sorts of random questions with the intent of shedding light on the way cool people think. Though some of the questions will deal with the art practice+work of these smart people, most of these questions are totally random and cover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viet Art Forum interviews Randy Gladman, 2009</title>
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The important Contemporary Art blog &#8220;Viet Art Forum&#8221;, based in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, recently interviewed me via email.  Viet Art Forum seeks to educate Vietnamese artists on how to promote their careers internationally.   www.vietartforum.com   A Vietnamese version of this article is available too!  It was a lot of fun being on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sign Language:  A Brief Explanation of the Work of Ryan McGinness</title>
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Exhibition Essay by Randy Gladman.  Displayed as wall text as part of &#8220;Ryan McGinness: Aesthetic Comfort,&#8221; Artcore Gallery, Toronto, September 23 - November 15, 2008.
Popular understanding of human history is often given chronological shape by dividing the time we have spent on this planet into various eras defined by our most significant technological innovations. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ryan McGinness - Aesthetic Comfort</title>
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Ryan McGinness
Aesthetic Comfort
Curated by Randy Gladman
September 27, 2008 – November 15, 2008
For Immediate Release
Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini is pleased to announce Ryan McGinness&#8217;s first solo exhibition in Canada. Aesthetic Comfort presents a major painting and sculpture installation by this internationally recognized, New York City-based artist.
Ryan McGinness makes work that occupies the stylish space where art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Contemporary Art Galleries in Toronto</title>
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By Randy Gladman.  Originally published on BlogTO.com, July 23, 2008
When it comes to the topic of Contemporary Art, it often seems there are only two kinds of Torontonians. There are the culture-junky downtowners who try to visit the galleries at least a couple times a year, in an effort to find unique gems for their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Text Art</title>
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By Randy Gladman. Originally published in Contemporary, Text Art Special, vol.21, Issue 13, 2008
We interact with technology hundreds of times a day. We dial telephone numbers, scan our food through supermarket check-out lasers, change the television channel and move our mouse to surf to another web page. We click, slide, dial, push, swipe, turn and [...]]]></description>
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