Art Metropole
163 Sterling Road, Unit 135 M6R 2B2 Toronto, ON, Canada

Art Metropole is happy to announce Blair Swann as our new Assistant Director & Inventory Manager. Blair Swann is an artist, writer, and curator, with experience organizing programs, residencies, publications, and exhibitions. As an artist, he has exhibited in Canada and internationally, most recently at The Round Tower (Copenhagen, DK). He is a founding member of the plumb, a recently-launched artist-run project space. Blair comes to Art Metropole with 7 years of experien...ce working at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, including over 2 years working with publications and artist editions as the manager of its shop. Blair will be instrumental in helping to carry the organization through a challenging and exciting period of transition as the organization searches for a new facility and adapts to short-term measures related changes brought on by the ongoing pandemic. Blair will assist with all aspects of the organization’s daily operations, and oversee the management of Art Metropole’s physical and online inventory and holdings. Photo: @phinamd See more

Archi-féministes! Contemporary Art, Feminist Theories (2019) ARCHI-FÉMINISTES! Contemporary Art, Feminist Theories, is produced by OPTICA, centre d’art contemporain, Montreal. Editors: Marie-Ève Charron, Marie-Josée Lafortune, and Thérèse St-Gelais... This publication brings together an important body of work produced between 1970 and the present, including the contributions of Sophie Bélair Clément, Rebecca Belmore, Olivia Boudreau, Marie-Claude Bouthillier, Marie-Ève Charron, Sorel Cohen, Raphaëlle de Groot, Philippe Dumaine, Vera Frenkel, Andrea Geyer, Cynthia Girard-Renard, Clara Gutsche, Rashid Johnson, Marie-Josée Lafortune, Suzy Lake, arkadi lavoie lachapelle, Maryse Larivière, Emmanuelle Léonard, Deirdre Logue, Allyson Mitchell, Wanda Nanibush, Abdi Osman, Camal Pirbhai, Claire Savoie, Johanne Sloan, Jana Sterbak, Thérèse St-Gelais, Camille Turner, Rinaldo Walcott, and Giovanna Zapperi. Feminist manifestations are examined in light of practices that persist in their resistance and that compel us to reexamine social norms through activism, citizen mobilization, and sharing communities. Striving to bring new insights to our attention, these contributions take up theoretical feminist models, but also reference cultural, decolonization, and queer studies. #art #bookarts #feminism #

Ai Weiwei: Life Cycle (2018) Editor: Stacey Allan Artistic Director: Olivia Marciano Designers: Lorraine Wild and Marina Mills Kitchen, Green Dragon Office, LA... This publication accompanies the exhibition Ai Weiwei: Life Cycle, on view September 28, 2018 March 3rd, 2019 at the Marciano Arts Foundation, Los Angeles. Organized by Jamie G. Manne, Deputy Director, Marciano Art Foundation. Includes an essay contribution Mythology in Real Time by Martin Shaw. #art #OliviaMarciano #sculpture #StaceyAllan #MartinShaw

Shopping in Jail: Ideas, Essays, and Stories for the Increasingly Real Twenty-First Century (2013) Publisher: Sternberg Press With an introduction by Shumon Basar... In Douglas Coupland’s writing, the doldrums of a world afflicted by the pains of dotcom booms and busts, the ascendency of subcultures to pop cultures, and the subsequent struggle for identity are counterbalanced by droll, personal, and incisive analyses. This collection of nonfiction essays provides an illuminating meander through what we call culture today. Douglas Coupland is a Canadian writer, visual artist, and designer. His first novel, Generation X, was an international bestseller. He has published fourteen novels, two collections of short stories, and seven nonfiction books; written and performed for the the Royal Shakespeare Company; and has penned a number of works for film and television. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times, Wired magazine, and the Financial Times. #bookarts #art #ShumonBasar #DouglasCoupland

Other Russias (2017) Translated from the Russian by Thomas Campbell Other Russias is the brilliant first collection of graphic journalism by artist and activist Victoria Lomasko. A fixture at Moscow’s protests and political trials, Lomasko illuminates the inequality and injustice at the heart of contemporary Russian society and gives voice to Russia’s many voiceless citizens. Not content to remain in the capital, she travels the country, visiting schools in dying villages; in...terviewing sex workers in foundering industrial towns; teaching children at juvenile prisons to draw, all while drawing their stories. Her portraits allow readers to see these people as more than words on paper and to see them as she does: with dignity, compassion, and love. Other Russias is an urgent and poignant work by a major talent. Softcover, perfect-bound, b/w. #russia #art #artist #VictoriaLomasko

Femme Art Review $10.00 Femme Art Review (FAR) is a publication that provides space for both women and LGBTQ2+ voices. This platform aims to reflect on art and culture in a dynamic, accessible way that aligns with everyday life. The acronym FAR seems quite fitting, since there’s still a far way to go to reach equality, especially in the art and culture realm. By embracing diversity, Femme Art Review seeks to highlight emerging voices across Canada and internationally. #tradepublications #art #library #beautifulbooks #writing #Canada #Toronto

We love the wind, but publications do NOT. We’ve shut down today’s pop up a little early. Sorry if we missed you! We’re continuing to fulfill orders for postal delivery and contactless pick up, Thursday-Sunday, 12-5pm #sweaterweather #popupshop #artbooks #artistsbooks #contemporaryart

A selection of food related publications at our outdoor pop up today. @thefunambulistmagazine #minastonecookingforartists #rikrittiravanija

More Sterling Rd pop-ups this weekend! - https://mailchi.mp/ar/more-sterling-rd-pop-ups-this-weekend

Acting Out, Claiming Space (2014) Publisher: Modern Fuel Publication accompanying Modern Fuel’s Aboriginal Performance Art Series from March 15 to March 19, 2011. Published in an edition of 300. ... Tanya Lukin Linklater, Terrance Houle, Jordan Bennett and Skeena Reece. Kingston, Ontario. #art #artistsbooks #design #TanyaLukinLinklater, #TerranceHoule, #JordanBennett and #SkeenaReece See more

Acting Out, Claiming Space (2014) Publisher: Modern Fuel Publication accompanying Modern Fuel’s Aboriginal Performance Art Series from March 15 to March 19, 2011. Published in an edition of 300.... Tanya Lukin Linklater, Terrance Houle, Jordan Bennett and Skeena Reece. Kingston, Ontario. #art #artistsbooks #design

It’s a beautiful day for our pop-up, #sweaterweather, right across the street from @mocatoronto, @drakecommissary, and @hendersonbrewing #artbooks

Sweater Weather An outdoor pop-up shop by Art Metropole Tomorrow! Sunday, September 20th, 1-4pm Parking lot of 163 Sterling Road, Toronto... Come visit Art Metropole’s outdoor pop-up shop on Sunday, September 20, with a selection of publications to warm your heart and brain for the brisk fall weeks ahead. The AM tent will be set up just outside our office and inventory space at 163 Sterling Road, across the street from the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Olympic Medal of the Sex Magick Warriors Maximilian Suillerot Wilke $50.00 Exalt your pink ‘n teal neckline or mantle with reclaimed peace/unity spoils from the Sex Magick roller derby olympic win. Verso inscription features a direct quote from the speech of one of the corrupt Presidents of The Olympics committee. You reach pole position in libertiism. You are awarded for your excellence.... Medal, fabric lanyard, and carrying case, edition of 27 signed & numbered + 3 Artist proofs #pinkanddteal #sexmagickwarriors #olympics #artisteditions #artistsmultiples #artistsawards See more