ma ma
ma ma is a roving contemporary art space and collective founded in 2018 by Magdalyn Asimakis and Heather Rigg. Asimakis is a curator and writer. She has organized exhibitions and programs in Toronto and New York and her writing has been published in art magazines such as Brooklyn Rail, Art Papers, and Artforum as well as exhibition catalogues for the New Museum and SFMoMA. She is currently a PhD student at Queen’s University where she is studying the display of global modernisms in museums. Rigg is a writer and is Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs at Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography. Recent published essays can be found in issue 96 of esse and 142 of C Magazine.
PUBLIC ART: Billboard on Shaw by Eleana Antonaki
February 13, 2020 - March 29, 2020Artist Eleana Antonaki’s billboard Haunting is an Act of Love is on view at 180 Shaw Street through February to March, 2020, as part of the exhibition A Big Heritage with A Glorious Past, curated by ma ma (Magdalyn Asimakis and Heather Rigg), featuring works by Eleana Antonaki and Marina Xenofontos.
Find out moreEleana Antonaki In Conversation with ma ma
March 11, 2020 - March 11, 2020Join us for a conversation with Brooklyn-based artist Eleana Antonaki and curators ma ma (Magdalyn Asimakis and Heather Rigg) held in conjunction with the exhibition A Big Heritage with A Glorious Past at Critical Distance. Antonaki, Asimakis, and Rigg will discuss Antonaki’s work within the exhibition and her practice more broadly, alongside questions of politically motivated migration, ideas of home and temporary housing, and archaeology.
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Accessible Curatorial Tour: A Big Heritage With a Glorious Past
March 8, 2020 - March 8, 2020Join us for an accessible curatorial tour of CDCC’s current exhibition: A Big Heritage with A Glorious Past.
Find out moreEXHIBITION: A Big Heritage with A Glorious Past
February 13, 2020 - March 29, 2020A Big Heritage with A Glorious Past presents the work of Eleana Antonaki and Marina Xenofontos in an inconclusive dialogue around the migratory experience. In their practices, both artists explore transnational feminist perspectives, honing in on the adversities of migration and strategies of settling and creating homes while in exile.
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