George Daicopoulos

Author of Buy an Artist a Drink (2015) & Buy an Artist Another Round (2017) – exploring through humour & ideas what it means to be an artist in the digital age.

[George Daicopoulos @GeorgeDaico]

It’s official. #BuyanArtistaDrink -- a humorous look at the lives of artists -- is a HOT title at #shopAGO.

[Ingram Gallery @TorontoART]

This month #AtTheGallery is defined by the purity, history, and allure of paint. The focus is to such a great extent that we are hosting our next Ingram Art Talks on Saturday, June 6 at 2pm. Timely, provocative, and all about art and paint, Resisting the machine: Why painting is exactly what we need right now will be led by author George Daicopoulos @GeorgeDaico and #artist Emmette Lewis.

➡️ https://t.co/AKBnWZdnmp

[Ingram Gallery @TorontoART]

Join us #AtTheGallery on Saturday, June 6, at 2pm as we discuss:

•How painting continues to defy AI

•Why painting is the most unmediated art form: No committees. No notes. No edits. One vision

•How painting taps into deep and resilient ways of seeing and feeling

[Anja Karisik @atelierkarisik]

Tonight’s the night at the Liberty Grand!

I’m thrilled that my work on paper “Facets” will be a part of Art Gems 2026.

With special thanks to @artgems and @TorontoART 💐

[Ingram Gallery @TorontoART]

ANJA KARISIK // @atelierkarisik Toronto, Ontario
Build It and They Will Come (2026)
oil and acrylic on canvas
40 x 60 inches

Series: Between the Lines #AtTheGallery ➡️ https://t.co/FV77zGY9QO

[Ingram Gallery @TorontoART]

INGRAM ART TALKS
Resisting the machine:
Why painting is exactly what we need right now
✍️ https://t.co/SQtX1u12vk

[Dan MacLean @MacLeanWard2]

15 months ago, @fordnation called an election 17 months early. He needed a mandate to deal with Trump! How’s that going?

Without the early call, Ontario would be headed to the polls in 6 weeks and none of his secret agenda would in play.

No Bill 33

No retroactive FOI changes

No Bill 101

No Billy Bishop Airport appropriation

No jet purchases

No new plans to fill in part of the Toronto waterfront to build a new convention centre

No ‘Protect Ontario’ ads that the Auditor General determines are partisan in nature and not public service announcements

These are major developments in which the Ontario electorate was not consulted. The Premier acts unilaterally and expects a parade. Premier Ford had an election campaign to share his plans, debate the pros/cons and give voters an opportunity to decide.

#onpoli #onted

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

Doug Ford went to court to keep his personal phone - the one he uses for government business - hidden from the public.

He lost.

So now he’s changing the law to dodge the ruling.

That’s not leadership. That’s rewriting the rules to protect yourself from accountability.

What’s on that phone, Doug? Another Greenbelt giveaway? Another Ontario Place deal? Another gravy plane?

Ontarians deserve answers - not cover-ups. Enough is enough. #onpoli
https://t.co/fYZ5Jr5x5U

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Doug Ford's changes to Freedom of Information laws are now officially law.

I've written to the RCMP, the Information and Privacy Commissioner, and the Secretary of Cabinet — calling on all three to make sure government records related to the Greenbelt scandal are locked down before this government can destroy them.

[Lisa Robinson @LifelibertyLisa]

🚨 DOUG FORD IS NOW ABOVE THE LAW

He LOST a court order requiring him to release his personal cellphone records — including call logs from Greenbelt scandal week in November 2022, when he opened protected land to developers right here in Pickering (Cherrywood site and more).

So Instead of complying, Ford and Pickering’s MPP Peter Bethlenfalvy plus caucus, rammed through retroactive FOI changes that kill the court ruling and bury those records forever.

This is legalized corruption.

And what was on that phone, we have to raise the question:

Was the Corporation of the City of Pickering involved?

They were pushing hard to fast-track the development even while an investigation was ongoing. I was the only Councillor trying to pause the development. 🤔

Honest politicians don’t rewrite the rules after losing in court to hide their secrets.

Ford thinks he’s untouchable

What the hell is on that phone?

[Stephen Punwasi 🏚️📉🐈☃️ @StephenPunwasi]

🇨🇦: so… Ontario’s Gov is meeting in the middle of the night to ram though a law to exempt itself from public disclosures, eh?

They don’t just hate you. They’re think you’re stupid.

[Ingram Gallery @TorontoART]

An Exceptional Artist Interview / Documentary:

Spirit Lands | Travis Shilling 2025 by filmmaker Tyler Grace

https://t.co/CcJJPXZodS

[Ingram Gallery @TorontoART]

#AtTheGallery with BARRY HODGSON

"Field trips — everything starts with those, whether in my garden or somewhere else."

Solo exhibition - Wanderings is on now until April 11 https://t.co/Djy2LnTbFs

[Ingram Gallery @TorontoART]

INGRAM ART TALKS

Resisting the machine:
Why painting is exactly what we need right now

With author George Daicopoulos

[Ingram Gallery @TorontoART]

Painting is an intensely local phenomenon. Painters don’t collaborate with others in distant places the way that writers, editors, or producers can. They do their lone-some work in a studio, rooted to place, and for the most part the folks who see their work come from the same place. This rootedness is fertile ground for connection.

— Buy an Artist a Drink // @GeorgeDaico, Author

[ArtWorks For Cancer @ArtWorksCancer]

Anja Karisik (@atelierkarisik) donated forest scenes Nestled (left) and Crawl Space (right) to the AWFC installation at Humber River Health (@HRHealth_). Learn more about AWFC installations beautifying cancer treatment units in hospitals across Ontario: https://t.co/yA2djmcaWS

[Ingram Gallery @TorontoART]

TRAVIS SHILLING
When We Return (2024) 14 x 14 inches, oil on canvas

Joy to the world and all of us in it #AtTheGallery

[Anja Karisik @atelierkarisik]

“Alight”
gouache & pastel on paper
12 x 18 inches
2025

Who lives in the corner unit on the eighth floor? Are they alone tonight? How did their day unfold? The painting speaks as much about these unseen narratives as it does about the city’s lattice of streets, towers, and light.

[Anja Karisik @atelierkarisik]

“Skygrid #2”
gouache & pastel on paper
18 x 12 inches
2025

It’s hard not to be mesmerized by a towering facade. The reflected sky is fractured by architectural lines while reflections of surrounding buildings turn glass into a changing mosaic.

[Ingram Gallery @TorontoART]

Our Solo Exhibition Series continues with Anja Karisik’s Strata of Memory coming up in May @atelierkarisik #AtTheGallery

[Anja Karisik @atelierkarisik]

"Sunset Point Beach, Collingwood"
oil & acrylic on canvas
18 x 24 inches
2025

Snow is quiet on the Great Lakes. It settles on the landscape into some incomprehensible distance. Its sound is the silence of endless time and space.

See this painting @TorontoART in my May solo.