The exhibition Jane Q Cheng: Studying Andy Dixon explores the themes of originality and authorship as Jane undergoes an intensive direct study of locally lauded artist Andy Dixon. Touching on the sensitive topic of copies, reproductions, and authenticity, it begs the viewer to decide, what makes original art? Who held the paintbrush?
Read MoreREAD Books used to be the office for the Charles H. Scott Gallery at the entrance of Emily Carr University, but, at the hands of Kathy Slade, has become a space packed wall to wall with artist’s books, art theory, and a little bit of poetry.
Read MoreAs some most of our beloved writers and readers know, half of SAD Mag’s web team (the Alice Fleerackers half) relocated a few months ago to Montreal for a fantastic internship with Drawn and Quarterly. We miss Alice so much, but we’re really excited to bring on the clever and charming Sarah Bakke to fill Alice’s role!
Read MoreDuring the second week of Type@Paris we visited the Bibliothèque Mazarine, the oldest public library in France, for a look at some of their most typo- and calligraphically important works.
Read More“Here, take this. All of our information is in there. Dates, times, email address, suggested bible verses, all that.” The homeless man grunted as he made another attempt to stand. The woman smiled, patiently holding the pamphlet in front of his face as he collapsed back to his knees."
Read More"Expertly researched and equally well written, When Morning Comes is the kind of story that will make you smile, make you think, and maybe even make you cry—very loudly and in public, if your timing half as bad as mine was. To find out more about the book and the incredible history that inspired it, I called Raina last week and asked her all about “closet writing,” South African teenagedom, and her upcoming book launch on on July 12, 2016."
Read MoreThe patterns and comforts of viewership are challenged in Lucy Raven's 3-D film Tales of Love and Fear, which screened at the Western Front on June 29. "Raven slows down the process of looking... Tales of Love and Fear unhinges production from time. If you can sit through her painstakingly slow installation, you will see the next 3-D film at your local mega-plex differently."
Read More"It’s watching someone hit the self-destruct button with a big smile, or watching someone smile while they cry. Breakdowns are supposed to be unavoidable, but not enjoyed. "
Read MoreAfter a long period of rough astrological weather, November’s astrology forecast invites us to move from introspection to action. Now is the time to embrace chance and reconnect with our truth.
Leah Nelson and Sarah Leavitt shows us the labour of love, loss, and life in striking film Tangles at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2026.
In Experiments in a Failed Repair, an art exhibition that deconstructs and decolonises the monumentalisation of violence, Ghinwa Yassine challenges viewers to confront human violence through the rubble and remains of homes destroyed by war—and to imagine the lives that once existed within them.
Brett Nelson reviews The Effect, the latest production from The Cultch that explores the chemical nature of love and grapples with depression.
In this review of Frequencies: A Novel, Sophie Ganic’s debut, we explore a chilling blend of dystopian science fiction and feminist horror. Set in the aftermath of a deadly global outbreak, the novel examines isolation, psychological unraveling and past trauma.
