Review or press release journalism?

Canadian Art Magazine has a page listing art events in Alberta and the Yukon in their print magazine. Browsing it this fall, I came across a tiny mention of the Yukon Arts Centre show down at the bottom of the page in 8 point type.

This February, they actually wrote an article about a show at YAC, which was great. It’s good for all Yukon artists to have the Yukon arts scene acknowledged in a national forum.

But the author was never within 2000 km of the show. This is just a spin off the catalogue essay, with no critical thought invovled.

Here is my review, which is based on experiencing the show itself, and engages critically with some of the assumptions in the catalogue essay.

Welcoming your thoughts, all the best, Nicole.