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Agnes attendees invited to talk about sex

Written on June 3, 2019. Posted in Arts.

On display until December 1, Let’s Talk About Sex, bb—guest curated by Carina Magazzeni and Erin Sutherland—focuses on questions of sexual identity, orientation and expression. This exhibit features the work of 15 artists, whose pieces are arranged throughout the Samuel J. Zacks and Contemporary...

First year BFA exhibition takes on third dimension

Written on March 29, 2019. Posted in Arts, Visual.

On Wednesday, fine art first years took their first steps into the professional art world. FORM: First year in 3D is displaying work by the Queen’s BFA class ARTF 128: 3D Fundamentals from Mar 27 to 29 at the Isabel Bader Centre. The opening reception was on Wednesday in the Performing Arts’ Art and Media...

Agnes funding increases

Written on January 12, 2018. Posted in Arts.

Taking effect immediately, the Canada Council for the Arts has nearly doubled the Agnes Etherington Art Gallery’s funding from $105, 000 to $200, 000 annually for the next three years. This money is allocated in three-year funding cycles and the counsel’s Engage and Sustain program, which promotes...

New year, new Agnes

Written on January 12, 2018. Posted in Arts.

The Agnes Etherington Art Centre is kicking off the new year with exhibits about the struggles of Indigenous people, women and quilters. The largest of the four new additions is Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience, a multi-room collection of paintings and Canadian memorabilia...

Third Rembrandt painting in Queen’s collection unveiled

Written on May 6, 2016. Posted in Arts.

The months of anticipation have come to an end as Queen’s third Rembrandt painting was unveiled to the public at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre’s season opening on April 29. Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo was donated in November 2015 by prominent Queen’s philanthropists Alfred and Isabel Bader....

The influence of Rembrandt

Written on February 4, 2014. Posted in Arts.

Rembrandt’s fellow travellers depicted contrasts of light and dark that provide an interesting diversion from the varied greys of a Kingston winter. However, it’s not only this striking imagery that will awaken the average student from their slush-induced slumber. The scenes on display at Rembrandt’s...

BFA has ‘lots to say’

Written on February 10, 2012. Posted in Arts.

This year’s graduating BFA class is taking matters into their own hands. In previous years, fourth-year BFA students have exhibited their work at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in a show called BFA Select. In September, students were told the campus gallery wouldn’t host the event this year. “It...

A game of two cities

Written on September 23, 2011. Posted in Arts.

Thirty years before the advent of Skype and Twitter, Vera Frenkel’s String Games used technology to orchestrate a game of cat’s cradle played by teams in Toronto and Montreal. The piece, seen as the anchor work of Frenkel’s career, was originally created in 1974 through the Bell Canada Teleconferencing...

Tag: Agnes Etherington

Agnes attendees invited to talk about sex

First year BFA exhibition takes on third dimension

Agnes funding increases

New year, new Agnes

Third Rembrandt painting in Queen’s collection unveiled

The influence of Rembrandt

BFA has ‘lots to say’

A game of two cities

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