Zachari Logan's monumental (10 x 18.5 feet) painting, "Beautiful Losers", on display as a special exhibit of Pulse Art Fair 2010, New York City.  Stay tuned for its appearance in Toronto with Craig Scott Gallery. Meanwhile, Logan's most recent show is a solo show, DUALITY, at Art Vistas in Barcelona, August 1-29, 2010.

(above) Rudolf Bikkers, “Allemande (Suite number one for unaccompanied Cello in G Major, composed by J S Bach in 1720)”; 1 of 9 in From Cello to Stone set; mixed-media monowork (acrylic painting on colour lithograph pulled from limestone), 40x60 inches

Rudolf Bikkers' From Cello to Stone project consists of six unique works (lithographs combined with acrylic painting) interpreting Johann Sebastian Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites (as interpreted in performance by Yo-Yo Ma), and three limited edition lithographs portraits of Bach, Ma and the artist. The From Cello to Stone set has just been released by Bikkers for acquisition as a set. It includes the six monowork abstracts and the (Bach, Ma and Bikkers) limited-edition lithograph portraits. The price is $30,000 Canadian for the set of 9. Outside the From Cello to Stone set, the three limited-edition portraits are available for $1650 each or, as a set of 3, for $4400. The edition for each portrait is 75.Click HERE to be taken to the Ma portrait and then scroll through the next 8 images in the set.

The year 2009 marked the 100th anniversary of Malcolm Lowry's birth in Liverpool, England, with major scholarly and artistic events organized around this centenary. One of them was a mega-conference at the University of British Columbia (in collaboration with Vancouver Island University), at which a slide show of all of prints by Jorge Martínez from his Lowry/Under the Volcano series were projected as part of the opening of the conference. Following the UBC Conference was a multi-disciplinary extravaganza at a public arts centre called the Bluecoat, in Liverpool (The European Union's City of Culture for 2008). Craig Scott Gallery worked with the Bluecoat to provide eight Martínez works for the exhibition…

(above) Maleonn, Nostalgia No 8 (in edition of 15, 60x90 cm, and edition of 6, 90x135 cm).

Since his inaugural May 2006 Transfigurations show at Craig Scott Gallery, much of note has happened that justifies understanding Maleonn not only as one of the most exciting and important photography-based artists working in China today but also as an artist who has made his mark globally in very short order. His work has generated a steady stream of recognition and accolades. Craig Scott Gallery became Maleonn's first gallery (in late 2005) and continues to represent him worldwide. [Read more. ]

Christian McLeod's latest in his Tommy Douglas 'pop art' series, "Metallic Tommy", 48 x 36 images, oil on canvas, 2009. Stay tuned for developments with the series.