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I saw Toronto's Graffiti Alley for the first time earlier this month, visiting with Facebook's Mark. Stretching from Portland Street in the east to Spadina Avenue in the west in the Fashion District, at its worst Graffiti Alley can be just another long, dirty, non-descript downtown alley. At its best, it is full of fun and bright works of art in ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's Matthew Hague describes the various installations planned for this year's iteration of Winter Stations, at the Beaches. I can't wait.

During the year’s grimmest month - February, when our shoes can handle the salt stains no more - Toronto’s annual Winter Stations event, now in its third and most creatively ambitious year, is a ( Read more... )

CBC News' Adrian Cheung notes that a piece of local graffiti by Banksy, Guard with Balloon Dog, is now a public art installation downtown near One York Street.

Artwork by the British street artist Banksy, which once graced the facade of a Toronto building, is now on display as a public art piece in the PATH, Toronto's Downtown Pedestrian Walkway, ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes an Instagram user from Toronto, @brxson, who takes stunning photos of the city from on high.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper examining the limits of exoplanet J1407b's massive ring system.
• The Dragon's Tales notes evidence that the primordial Martian atmosphere apparently did not have carbon dioxide.
• Imageo notes that the California ( Read more... )

For his birthday, Facebook's Fabrice issued his readers a familiar challenge: "L'idée est simple et belle : occuper l'espace de Facebook avec de l'art et briser la monotonie de l'actualité politique, des selfies et du food porn ( Read more... )

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The idea is to occupy Facebook with art. Whoever "likes" this post will be given an artist and invited to post a piece by that artist with this text. I was given Charles Rennie Macintosh by Facebook's Suzanne.


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I was given a challenge by Facebook's Paul: "The idea is to occupy Facebook with art, breaking up all the political posts. Whoever 'likes' this post will be given an artist and has to post a piece by that artist, along with this text." He gave me Alex Colville, and for me, after a certain amount of consideration, there was only one artist I could ( Read more... )

• Beyond the Beyond shares Yves Behar's thoughts on design in an age of artificial intelligence.
• blogTO makes the case for the east end of Toronto.
• The Big Picture shares photos of a family of Congolese refugees resettled in New England.
• Centauri Dreams hosts an essay looking at the prospects for off-world agriculture.
• Dangerous Minds shares photos of ( Read more... )