“I couldn’t tell you,” says multi-hyphenate artist Tim Barber with barely a hint of impatience. “I could only show you.” Barber is enduring a plodding series of questions from a moderator at Drake Salon the day before his Tiny Vices poster show and book launch (presented by Aritzia) opens at Studio Gallery. This one is particularly facile: “What do you like about photography?” Asking the Vancouver-born, New York-based mastermind behind Tiny Vices what he......

If you're not getting tickets from the "Safe Cycling" cops this week, spend that extra cash and get them for this week/end's Bicycle Film Festival. Now in its eighth year, the round-the-world celebration of two-wheeled transport careens into Toronto this Wednesday night, June 18, through Saturday, June 21. First up, pedal over to Ourspace/Studio Gallery, 294 College Street, for Bikes Rock, a jams-packed opening bash with local indie-bop headliners—any guesses? Uh-huh—The Bicyles. Also on......

Preloved. Photo by Sagittarius_Canada on Flickr. Music is to fashion what cigarettes are to vodka: one makes you want more of the other. The right song elevates a runway show, heightening moments of desire and brightening the snapshots in memory. Opening the second day of L'Oreal Fashion Week, the Preloved show gave a perfect example of the sound-look synaesthetic. Designer Peter Friesen and founder Julia Grieve lost their shop to the Queen West fire......