OPEN SESAME: Critics Forum VII

MOCCA is hosting the 7^th installment of LUFF Art+Dialogue’s Critics Forum. Based on David Cohen’s Review Panel at the National Academy Museum in New York City, three critics will review three current Toronto exhibitions, after which questions and dialogue between critics and audience will be facilitated.

Moderator:
Alex Bowron

Participating Critics:
Amy Fung
David Balzer
Maryse Larivière

The exhibitions to be discussed by Fung, Balzer and Larivière are:

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Inter/Access
September 19 – November 22, 2014
Phil Baljeu, Steve Daniels, Hannah Epstein, Dragan Espenschied, Nancy Paterson, Bill Perry
Curated by Maiko Tanaka

This Area is under 23 Hour Video and Audio Surveillance
September 4, 2014 – June 30, 2015
Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto

Kim Adams, Myfanwy Ashmore, Katie Bethune-Leamen, Diane Borsato, Shane Krepakevich and Elif Saydam, Gwen MacGregor and Lewis Nicholson, Kelly Mark, Ahmet Ögüt, Roula Partheniou, Vincent Trasov, VSVSVS, and Lee Walton.

Curated by Yan Wu

Color me Badd
20 September 2014- 4 January 2015
Julia Dault
the Powerplant
Curated by Julia Paoli

Open sesame was conceived for LUFF in 2013 by Xenia Benevolski and Christine Atkinson in collaboration with Thomas Payne.

Open sesame is generously funded by OAC and Thomas Payne architect.