• About
    • INTRODUCTION: Why I Write Such Good Books (2010)
    • Genres HIgh and Low (2026)
    • MIgrating the Margins (2019)
    • Is Toronto Burning? (2016)
    • Glamour is Theft: A User's Guide to General Idea (2012)
    • Project for a new american century (2009)
    • and while I have been lying here perfectly still: The Saskia Olde Wolbers Files (2009)
    • Disassembling the Archive: Fiona Tan (2007)
    • Stan Douglas: DIscordant Absences (2006)
    • Spirit Hunter: The Haunting of American Culture by Myths of Violence (2005)
    • Double Cross: The Hollywood Films of Douglas Gordon (2003)
    • American Playhouse: The Theatre of Self Presentation (1998)
    • Around Wavelength: Michael Snow (1994)
    • Robin Collyer - Idioms of Resistance (1993)
    • Struggles with the Image (1988)
    • Language and Representation (1982)
    • Subjects in Pictures (1984)
    • Bernie Miller (1986)
    • Liz Magor (1986)
    • Shirley Wiitasalo (1987)
    • Paterson Ewen (1987)
    • Ian Carr-Harris (1988)
    • Steele-Tomczak (1989)
    • Robin Collyer (1989)
    • Photographic Inscriptions (1990)
    • Collyer-Fones Carambolage (1992)
    • Robin Collyer Venice Biennale (1993)
    • Beauty #2 (1995)
    • The American Trip (1996)
    • John Marriott: Pay to Play (1996)
    • Hypermnesiac Fabulations (1997)
    • Steve Reinke (1997)
    • Rococo Tattoo (1998)
    • Georganne Deen (1998)
    • Arnaud Maggs (1999)
    • Tim Hawkinson (2000)
    • Mike Kelley-Paul McCarthy (2000)
    • Substitute City (2001)
    • Ian Carr-Harris (2002)
    • Liz Magor (2002)
    • Bounce (2002)
    • Aernout Mik (2002)
    • Guy Maddin (2003)
    • What It Feels Like for a Girl (2004)
    • Sinbad in the Rented World (2004)
    • Matthew Brannon (2008)
    • Fastwürms: (2010)
    • Raqs Media Collective (2013)
    • Will Munro - Rotate This, Stitch That, Paste This, Poster That (2013)
    • Iris Häussler: The Sophie La Rosière Project (2018)
    • Early Criticism
    • Theoretical Fiction
    • Violence and Crowds
    • Arguments
    • Curating Questions
    • The American Trip
    • Picturing the Toronto Art Community
    • Essays in the Popular Genre
    • Toronto Histories
    • Canadian Artists
    • International Artists
    • Critiques
    • Miscellaneous Texts
    • Magazine Scans
    • Carmen Lamanna Gallery
    • Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Award (2021)
    • Governor General's Awards - film (2017)
    • Reception French Theory: Toronto - video (2013)
    • A Way of Curating - video (2005)
    • Picturing the Toronto Art Community - video (1998)
    • The American Trip - video (1996)
    • The Videotapes of Steele-Tomczak (1989)
    • Echoes of Departure (2026)
    • Preface: Mea Culpa (2019 - 2024)
    • Introduction: Toronto Discourse/Toronto Discord (2024)
    • 1982-A Year in Pictures (2019)
    • Axes of Difference 2 (2019)
    • Whatever Happened to Queen Street West? (2023-24)
    • First Histories (2024)
    • Confessions of a Critic (2020)
    • Stars Down to Earth (2020/2023)
    • Between Whites, Blacks, and Sight (2023)
    • Worrying the World of Things (2022)
    • Death and the Maiden (2022)
  • Contact
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  • About
  • Books
    • INTRODUCTION: Why I Write Such Good Books (2010)
    • Genres HIgh and Low (2026)
    • MIgrating the Margins (2019)
    • Is Toronto Burning? (2016)
    • Glamour is Theft: A User's Guide to General Idea (2012)
    • Project for a new american century (2009)
    • and while I have been lying here perfectly still: The Saskia Olde Wolbers Files (2009)
    • Disassembling the Archive: Fiona Tan (2007)
    • Stan Douglas: DIscordant Absences (2006)
    • Spirit Hunter: The Haunting of American Culture by Myths of Violence (2005)
    • Double Cross: The Hollywood Films of Douglas Gordon (2003)
    • American Playhouse: The Theatre of Self Presentation (1998)
    • Around Wavelength: Michael Snow (1994)
    • Robin Collyer - Idioms of Resistance (1993)
    • Struggles with the Image (1988)
  • Catalogues 1
    • Language and Representation (1982)
    • Subjects in Pictures (1984)
    • Bernie Miller (1986)
    • Liz Magor (1986)
    • Shirley Wiitasalo (1987)
    • Paterson Ewen (1987)
    • Ian Carr-Harris (1988)
    • Steele-Tomczak (1989)
    • Robin Collyer (1989)
    • Photographic Inscriptions (1990)
    • Collyer-Fones Carambolage (1992)
    • Robin Collyer Venice Biennale (1993)
    • Beauty #2 (1995)
    • The American Trip (1996)
    • John Marriott: Pay to Play (1996)
    • Hypermnesiac Fabulations (1997)
    • Steve Reinke (1997)
  • Catalogues 2
    • Rococo Tattoo (1998)
    • Georganne Deen (1998)
    • Arnaud Maggs (1999)
    • Tim Hawkinson (2000)
    • Mike Kelley-Paul McCarthy (2000)
    • Substitute City (2001)
    • Ian Carr-Harris (2002)
    • Liz Magor (2002)
    • Bounce (2002)
    • Aernout Mik (2002)
    • Guy Maddin (2003)
    • What It Feels Like for a Girl (2004)
    • Sinbad in the Rented World (2004)
    • Matthew Brannon (2008)
    • Fastwürms: (2010)
    • Raqs Media Collective (2013)
    • Will Munro - Rotate This, Stitch That, Paste This, Poster That (2013)
    • Iris Häussler: The Sophie La Rosière Project (2018)
  • Articles
    • Early Criticism
    • Theoretical Fiction
    • Violence and Crowds
    • Arguments
    • Curating Questions
    • The American Trip
    • Picturing the Toronto Art Community
    • Essays in the Popular Genre
    • Toronto Histories
    • Canadian Artists
    • International Artists
    • Critiques
    • Miscellaneous Texts
  • HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
    • Magazine Scans
    • Carmen Lamanna Gallery
  • Video
    • Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Award (2021)
    • Governor General's Awards - film (2017)
    • Reception French Theory: Toronto - video (2013)
    • A Way of Curating - video (2005)
    • Picturing the Toronto Art Community - video (1998)
    • The American Trip - video (1996)
    • The Videotapes of Steele-Tomczak (1989)
  • **NEW**
    • Echoes of Departure (2026)
    • Preface: Mea Culpa (2019 - 2024)
    • Introduction: Toronto Discourse/Toronto Discord (2024)
    • 1982-A Year in Pictures (2019)
    • Axes of Difference 2 (2019)
    • Whatever Happened to Queen Street West? (2023-24)
    • First Histories (2024)
    • Confessions of a Critic (2020)
    • Stars Down to Earth (2020/2023)
    • Between Whites, Blacks, and Sight (2023)
    • Worrying the World of Things (2022)
    • Death and the Maiden (2022)
  • Contact

Maclean's — Canada's Weekly Newsmagazine (1980-1982)

Of course Maclean's magazine paid better than anyone else, which was the reason to write for it, but we eventually went our own separate ways. There's some hard hitting stuff here--not even Picasso was safe!

  • “Here’s to the rebirth of past glory,” 93:14 (April 7, 1980), p. 62.
  • “Pursuing the pleasure principle,” 93:16 (April 21, 1980), pp. 52-53.
  • “Getting a grip on time,” 93:22 (June 2, 1980), pp. 50-52.
  • “Picasso—old master of modern,” 93:23 (June 9, 1980), pp. 62-63.
  • “A clearing house of trends,” 93:30 (July 28, 1980), pp. 50-51.
  • “A ’70s selection for export only,” 93:39 (September 29, 1980), pp. 61-62.
  •  “Defining the abstract,” 94:17 (April 27, 1981), pp. 56-57.
  •  “Giving a decade its due,” 94:19 (May 11, 1981), pp. 56-57.
  •  “Preserving the past in a social vacuum,” 94:48 (November 30, 1981), pp. 54-55.
  •  “The lost art of Russia’s avant garde,” 95:29 (July 19, 1982), pp. 50-51.
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