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Dec 2, '22 - Oct 1, '23
For 150 years, the Winnipeg Free Press has remained a staunchly independent news source and now, in celebration of this historic anniversary, Headlines: The Art of the News Cycle, explores the news and how we consume it.

While the show is inspired by the 150th anniversary of the Winnipeg Free Press, the exhibition casts a wider net. “Rather than starting with the history of the Free Press, I started with the idea of news itself, news media in the 21st century, right now – and what are artists thinking about in relation to this?” says Symko. “I looked to artists first.”

As it turns out, artists have been thinking about text and journalism for a very long time. The exhibition draws on these critical ideas, which include artworks made from the news and newsprint, as well as works that explore headlines and obituaries and, of course, fake news.

These hallmarks of news media, some with long histories and others with recent origins, began to inform Symko’s approach. Within this context, Symko began looking at the Winnipeg Free Press and its history and mission. “The more I started reading about the Free Press, the more I saw it as pretty unique, and that alone is worth putting it into the conversation,” says Symko. “It’s one of the only remaining independent papers of its circulation in North America, if not THE only remaining.”

Headlines: The Art of the News Cycle taps into something essential. As news media has an ever-increasing impact on the way that communities talk about the world, the lines between the media, the community, and the individual are becoming blurred. Headlines will further contextualize the art on display with exhibition design that mimics a newsroom.

 

ARTISTS

Pierre Ayot • Myriam Dion • Stan Douglas • Dianna Frid • Ron Gorsline • Laurent Roberge • Miriam Rudolf • Ron Terada

In the News

Winnipeg Free Press: Informed by Design, November 25, 2022

The Manitoban: Looking back at 150 years of the Winnipeg Free Press, November 29, 2022

CBC Radio: Headlines: The Art of the News Cycle, January 13, 2023

Galleries West: Headlines: Artists recycle and rethink the daily news cycle, January 16, 2023

 

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