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Vanessa Nicholas

Vanessa Nicholas is a freelance writer based in Toronto, where she also works at OCAD University. She completed her MA at the Courtauld Institute in 2009 and has since worked at the Venice Biennale, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery and Canadian Art.



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Dead Unicorns: Apocalyptic Anxiety in Canadian Art

Art

Issue No. 3

Vanessa Nicholas

Art

Issue No. 3

David Altmejd’s installation for the Canada Pavilion at the 2007 Venice Biennale was a complex labyrinth of ferns, nests and caves littered with stuffed...

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February 2015

Greece and the Poetics of Crisis

Joshua Barley

feature

February 2015

On the Aegean island of Skyros, in the Carnival period immediately preceding Lent, a more ancient ritual takes place....

poetry

June 2011

Testament: Two Poems

Connie Voisine

poetry

June 2011

Testament What’s the difference? You might wear it out touching, touching, not buying. Like a snail on a stick,...

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February 2015

A Closer Joan

Shawn Wen

feature

February 2015

Here are a few of the Joans I know. The girl who arrives at Port Authority Bus Terminal in...

 

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