Curator on the Go

08/22/2026

There’s something deeply compelling about Giuseppe Scarangelli’s Giuseppe Scarangelli paintings. He asks you to step inside the space between people and experience the tension, intimacy, and invisible forces that shape how we connect.

Born in Bari, Italy, in 1997, Scarangelli brings an unusually layered perspective to painting. His background spans piano, sculpture, photography and visual art, but perhaps most importantly, he holds a degree in Clinical Psychology and has worked as a behavioral and cognitive therapist with autistic children.

That experience becomes an important undercurrent in his practice. Scarangelli is interested in the space between bodies, in how we perceive one another, communicate without words, and remain connected through what is felt rather than spoken.

His paintings unfold as relational fields. Fluid gestures, layered surfaces and bodies that seem to emerge, overlap and dissolve create a sense of constant movement as though the figures are not fixed entities, but are continuously shaped by their proximity to one another. And this is where I find his work particularly interesting as the body is present without necessarily being represented. Instead, it becomes rhythm, tension, pressure, touch and absence. Matter carries emotion, while painting becomes a space where psychological and physical experience collide.

08/20/2026

Dean Fox’s Dean Fox paintings begin somewhere between art history and digital intervention and end in a space that feels entirely their own.

The process starts with digital collage: fragments and vignettes drawn from artists such as Manet, Monet, Gauguin and Degas are digitally tessellated into new compositions. Fox then translates these montages back into paint, allowing the logic of the digital image to dissolve into the material language of painting.

This is where things get interesting. Impressionism, Symbolism and Fauvism become less historical references than raw material reassembled, disrupted and pushed toward new painterly possibilities. Fox’s colour feels almost radioactive, oscillating between luminosity and shadow. Figures emerge from the picture plane only to recede again into scumbled passages of expressive brushwork. His protagonists become ciphers: constantly shifting between figuration and abstraction, yet held together by a remarkably precise sense of composition. There’s a productive tension here between recognition and reinvention, history and experimentation, image and paint.

And perhaps that’s what makes Fox’s work so compelling: he doesn’t simply borrow from art history, he puts it back into motion.

08/18/2026

In love 😍😍

Liza Smirnova Lisa Smirnova (b. 1992) is a textile artist from Russia, currently based in Lisbon, Portugal. Working at the intersection of textiles, painting, and hand embroidery, Smirnova explores sensory experience and the ways in which inner emotions are transformed through colour, form, and material.

Smirnova graduated from the Moscow Theatre and Art College with a degree in costume design. This background fostered her enduring interest in craftsmanship, materiality, and the theatrical potential of visual language. Despite their vibrant and expressive appearance, her works emerge through a slow and deliberate process, often requiring several months of meticulous handwork. Her long-term engagement with textiles gradually expanded her practice beyond the two-dimensional surface.

Her work has also been exhibited in group exhibitions in Paris, Singapore, and Saint Petersburg. Smirnova believes that art should be a natural part of everyday life rather than exist exclusively within museums and galleries. This philosophy is reflected in collaborations with brands including & Other Stories, Sela, Yandex, H&M, ADDA Gems, and OMUT. Her work has appeared on the covers of Artists Magazine (USA) and The Textile Art Magazine (UK), and has been featured in publications including Le Fil (Paris), L’Officiel Singapore, Broderies (Paris), among others.

08/16/2026

Emily is 11 months. 🤍

This year has stretched me in every possible way. There have been long nights, very little sleep, messy days, moments of complete exhaustion and also more love, joy and meaning than I could have imagined.

Now Emily is walking, exploring, laughing, getting into everything and making it very clear that she has her own agenda. 😂 I don’t think I’ll ever be ready for how quickly it all goes.

One more month until my baby turns ONE. 🥹

➡️ Swipe right to view some of my favourite photos and videos from past months. ✨ Which one is your favourite?

08/16/2026

08/15/2026

Maude Corriveau M a u d e C o r r i v e a u transfigures disposable and synthetic materials through a practice of pastel drawing and oil painting informed by an interest in the effect of light on matter. Her hyperrealist practice explores perceptual thresholds and reflects a post-screen condition, translating visual effects associated with digital interfaces into slow, analog gestures.
 
In her approach to still life, Corriveau intervenes digitally to intensify certain optical phenomena such as shadows or refracted light. Her complex yet minimalist compositions metamorphose the pictorial space into an ethereal world that plays with the line between the illusion and the real. Fabric folds, curtains, glass panes, mirrors, and windows are a constant presence in Corriveau’s oeuvre, suggesting an expanded space beyond the flat surface and creating a flow between the interior and the exterior. The recurring motif of the curtain points to the dangerous allure of the screen serving as a faux window to the world, while underscoring technology’s ability to transport us to another dimension of feeling and existence.

08/09/2026

One day in Vladivostok 🇷🇺🌊

As many of you know, Emily and I are currently in Vladivostok, Russia, spending some time with family. Our weekend was very much about the sea. 🌊

We started at Tokarevsky Lighthouse, one of Vladivostok’s most recognizable spots. Ocean views, mountains in the distance, and that feeling of being right at the edge of the world.

Then we had lunch at Zuma Паназиатский ресторан Zuma , a local favourite for seafood. Everything was so good, but naturally, as a curator, I also noticed the art. The red painting that stole my heart is “To the Beach” by Vladimir Pogrebnyak, a Vladivostok-based artist from ГАЛЕРЕЯ СОВРЕМЕННОГО ИСКУССТВА gallery. The work captures that carefree feeling of a summer day by the sea ❤️

Later, we stopped for coffee and came across a beautiful exhibition, “Live Near the Sea.” The exhibition invited visitors to reflect on the sea not simply as a landscape, but as a force that shapes the lives, spaces, and everyday experiences of people who live by it or visit this region. Somehow, it felt like the perfect theme for the day.

And here’s something I find fascinating about Vladivostok: if you didn’t know you were in Russia, you could easily think you were in Vancouver. The ocean. The mountains. The landscape. Even the way the city feels connected to the water. Two cities on opposite sides of the Pacific, yet surprisingly very similar.

Do you see simmularities in the landscape? 🌊

08/05/2026

After a little break… I’m back. ✨

I took a much-needed pause from social media to be fully present with my loved ones. We have just over a month left before we return to Canada, and I’m trying to soak up every moment with my family before life gets busy again.

Also, Emily is at such a fun and very busy stage right now. She wants to walk everywhere and keeps me on my toes from the moment she wakes up until bedtime. 💛🐣🏃‍♀️

While I’ve been a little quieter here, I’ve still been working behind the scenes: connecting with artists, helping collectors find the right pieces, and preparing for some exciting projects. Thank you for sticking around while I took this time.

One thing I’ve been a little hesitant about is sharing more of my time in Russia. Beyond the art, would you enjoy learning more about the culture, daily life, food, or the places I’m exploring? Let me know in the comment below ⬇️

07/22/2026

I can watch Anna Salenko │ textured landscapes that heal process videos all day😍

Born by the deep blue sea, Anna Salenko has spent her life chasing its endless shades. She first picked up a palette knife at 20 in Italy and never looked back. Her work has since been exhibited across Europe and collected around the world. But after becoming a mother, Anna paused her career, finding new inspiration in slower moments spent in nature with her daughter.

Today, she creates textured, atmospheric paintings that invite us to slow down, breathe, and reconnect. As Anna says, “An artist’s work is a map of their life.” Every painting is a chapter of hers.