Celia Lees is a Toronto-based abstract painter. She studied design, worked in fashion, and started painting full time during Covid. Her work is in collections across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. We talked about the jump from fashion to painting, how residencies changed her work, and her upcoming show Loosen Your Grip in Spain. Celia Lees Q: You studied design at Toronto Metropolitan and worked in fashion before painting. What made you make the jump? A: I was working in...

Location: Fondation H, Antananarivo, Madagascar Date: April 24 – October 17, 2026 Project: Collection show curated by Abdellah Karroum, solo by M'barek Bouhchichi, and the 10th Prix Paritana Why it Matters: Madagascar's biggest contemporary art foundation opens its most ambitious season yet Exhibition view Kabarin-javakanto, a reading of Collection Fondation H, 2026 © Fondation H. Photo: Fabio Thierry Andriamiarintsoa Fondation H is a contemporary art foundation in Antananarivo, founded in...

A curated list of exhibitions on view or opening soon Vanessa McKernan, The Wanderer GALLERY: Abbozzo Gallery LOCATION: Toronto, Canada DATE: April 10 – May 2, 2026 McKernan's debut with Abbozzo. When she finishes a painting she turns it 180 degrees and starts again. These are oil paintings made over a year and a half in the Ottawa Valley, starting from photographs, old lithographs, things she saw in a market in Mexico City. LINK: www.abbozzogallery.com Júlia Martins Miranda, Pindorama...