Photographer and multimedia artist Martin Reis has a knack for making art that captures the city’s attention. He donned a referee uniform to hand out yellow and red cards to drivers blocking crosswalks and installed colourful Lego installations that bring whimsy and interaction to city infrastructure. His “interventions,” as he refers to these guerrilla-style art projects, ask us to think about the type of city we want Toronto to be.

paperStacy Lee KongApril 19, 2024toronto, art

FAIR SHAKE

Shellie Zhang has a thing for MSG. It’s the subject of her book, called Fusion Cuisine, Now with Added MSG! It features a collection of historic “Canadian” recipes from the 1930s to the ’70s that call for the additive, years before it was used to negatively stereotype Asians, and especially Chinese people, through their food.

paperChiedza PasipanodyaDecember 17, 2021toronto, year-5, art, parkdale

"YOU HAVE TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH WHAT YOU'RE FEELING WHEN YOU SEE THEM"

The curator Ashley McKenzie-Barnes explains why she gravitates to art that upends expectations.

paperIvy KnightJuly 22, 2021toronto, art

SIGN OF THE TIMES

Musical multi-hyphenate and label head Witch Prophet makes space for artists the Toronto music industry overlooks.

paperSumiko WilsonJune 23, 2021toronto, art

THE KEEPERS

Reflections of Toronto from the archives of Black photographers. The three photographers in this series, C.J. Cromwell, David Ofori Zapparoli and Kalmplex, help us see the stories of Black people in Toronto that maintain the complexity, nuance and diversity that are part of the Afro-diasporic experience.

paperAnique JordanJune 12, 2021toronto, art, photography