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These two colours honestly resonates my personality (and gender tbh) More artsy stuff from the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. #ago #artofgallery #art #artgallery #artgallerytoronto #neon #neonsigns #neonlights #aesthetic #aesthetics #photo #photography (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7IrFRElcHb/?igshid=1phjg4ib8vnr6

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More artsy stuff from the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. #ago #artofgallery #art #artgallery #artgallerytoronto #neon #neonsigns #neonlights #aesthetic #aesthetics #photo #photography (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7En9y_laVD/?igshid=7p178rdxixhi

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Prince Alarming. 2016. https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/FluxLeFevre . . . . #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #painting #prince #crown #blackandwhite #gypsy #millennial #nomad #travel #flux #fluxlefevre #toronto #torontoart #torontoartist #belgrade #beograd #belgradeart #belgradeartist #girlpower #feminism #empowerment #inspiration #comissions #entrepreneur #artgallerytoronto (at Toronto, Ontario)

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#SUPPORTARTISTS @Regrann from @inspiresarah - Paintbrush Action with #jeweltones ✨🖌🎨www.sarahphelps.ca photo: @bettinabogar . . #torontolife #toronto #tornposterart #artgallerytoronto

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LUSH: Opening Reception

Navillus Gallery will be holding an opening reception on Thursday, September 19th for LUSH, featuring the works of Kirk Mechar. Come join us for an evening of art, from 6:00-8:00pm at 110 Davenport Road.

http://www.navillusgallery.com/exhibitions/lush-an-exhibition-by-kirk-mechar/

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Rembrandt Flash Mob

Last Spring, Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam created a flash mob to reenact Rembrandt's infamous The NIght Watch, the staple and central piece of the national museum. The final result is pretty amazing! We wonder whether this would this work in Toronto. What if someone tried to reproduce a Group of Seven piece, would anyone know what it is supposed to be?

Check out this video and let us know what you think! 

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The Spoke Club Skinny

With an air of effortless class, The Spoke Club has maintained itself as one of Toronto’s hotspots for artistic and creative talents. Since its opening in 2004, it has made a name as an innovative club that does not cater exclusively to any one group— rather this historic building in the King West strip is home to many of Toronto’s movers and shakers in the arts community.

The Spoke Club consists of five floors, including a rooftop with a space known as the Glass House, which offers its members incredible panoramic views.  In addition to the standard lounge, library and dining rooms, there is a gallery, screening room, and cellar, which ensure that its members are always able to relax in a comfortable setting of their choice. Finally, the Portland Room is a space used to house most events, including our own Kaleidoscopic DIY event featuring Christie Lau. With 2500 square feet of hardwood floor, this floor is raw yet detailed, bright yet romantic, and relaxing yet inspiring.

Having previously partnered with the Navillus Gallery for events such as Deception and Timeless, it only seems fitting that The Spoke Club be the “it” destination for everyone with a passion in art and culture, as well as the location for our next event Kaleidoscopic!

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The Fashion/Art Disconnection

By: Sean Lee (@seanleelee1)

Contemporary art has taken to priding itself on a disconnect between fashion and art—whereas there was once an inextricable link between the two, the postmodern landscape has established a conscious choice to reject fashion as art. Citing that fashion “serves a purpose” as the reason that it cannot be art, contemporary artists are very willing to overlook a history of liaisons between art and fashion that have stood the test of time and the partnerships that exist to this day.

Perhaps what the artists reject is not the aesthetics of art within fashion but the commercialization of work. When art becomes a commodity without the consent of the artist, it is perceived as having lost its soul. When celebrities don haute couture pieces of art, it suddenly becomes defined by the celebrity that wears it and loses the integrity it possessed on the runway.

In the for-profit industry, fashion is art that truly flies off the racks. One of the best known commodifications of art would be the Yves Saint Laurent Fall 1965 Mondrian collection which featured the blocks of primary color with black borders that Mondrian was known so well for. Yet this dress became a championed pillar of art in fashion—it could be said that the YSL dresses should be looked at as works of art that are more fitting for museums than bodies. 

Art is also another way for designers to attract attention, and take their first steps out of the showroom and into stores and magazines. Take for instance the works of Hogan McLaughlin who rose to fame through his connection with Lady GaGa and Daphne Guinness—two of the most powerful and commercial figures of haute couture. Another socialite that once teetered between the world of art and fashion, and whose works are currently on display at our Navillus Gallery, would be Gloria Vanderbilt: a woman whose brand, at the height of its popularity, sold 10 million pairs of jeans a year. Vanderbilt’s name is synonymous with popular culture yet this very prominence allowed her to create high art and go on to sell it. So fashion, at least for the sake of aesthetics rather than purpose, can and should still be considered art.

Works Cited:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/C.I.69.23

http://thequeenbeetch.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/history-of-fashion-ysl-mondrian-dress/

http://irenebrination.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55290e7c4883301543211df8e970c-320wi