Bloody Cartoons
Documentary and Panel Discussion
March 9 at 7 pm

Karsten Kjaer's powerful documentary explores the Danish cartoon controversy surrounding the publications of twelve editorial cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, and how and why these “bloody cartoons” could whirl a small country into a confrontation with Muslims all over the world.

A discussion on the role of the press in dealing with controversial issues, censorship, and freedom of expression will follow the screening. Panelists include censorship expert Prof. Brenda Cossman, cartoonist David Anderson, and Editor Emeritus of the Toronto Star
Haroon Siddiqui.

Tickets available at the door only: General Admission $10, ROM Members and Students $8,
ROM Friends of the ICC $6.

Please enter through President's Choice Group Entrance, located at the South end of the Museum. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

An Intimate Evening with Hamra Abbas
Friday, March 19 at 7 pm
Free with ROM Half Price Fridays

Join us for a talk with the artist behind the work Read, a multi-media installation on display at the ROM until March 28.

Abbas will discuss her art and her experiences working with institutions around the world. To learn more about this event, please click here. For more information on the installation, please see below.

This talk is presented by the ICC, in association with ROM Friends of South Asia and SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre).

The Ethos and Ethics of the New Yorker Cartoon
Tuesday, April 13 at 7 pm

Tickets on sale now! Robert Mankoff, the cartoon editor of The New Yorker magazine discusses the treatment of controversial issues in editorial cartoons. Q&A with The Globe and Mail’s Margaret Wente to follow.

$20 for the General Public, $18 for ROM Members, and $15 for ROM Friends of the ICC.

Tickets are already selling quickly, so to order yours, click here.
Available online only.

Dan Perjovschi: Late News
Level 4 - ICC Gallery

After a successful residency in February 2010, Dan Perjovschi's completed exhibition is now on display for ROM visitors to enjoy. His work mixes political cartoons and graffiti to create witty and incisive commentary on political, social and cultural issues of the moment. See his global reflections on everything from the Vancouver Olympics to Niagara Falls, and everything in between. On now until August 15, 2010.

Canadian Content: Portraits of Canadians
Closes March 21
Level 2

International award-winning photographer Nigel Dickson's work has been published over the past thirty years in numerous magazines, from Saturday Night to Esquire, Fortune, Newsweek and Rolling Stone. This exhibition presents a remarkable selection of arresting, insightful and witty photographs of famous Canadians.

Click here to learn more.

Joshua Neustein: Margins
Closes March 28
Level 3

Margins is the first Canadian exhibition by acclaimed New York-based artist Joshua Neustein. Engaging visual art in a poetic reflection on writing, religion and archaeology, Neustein's project shapes a dialogue with the historical and cultural contexts of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Click here to learn more about this fascinating work.

Hamra Abbas: Read
Closes March 28
Level 3

Read is a multi-media installation, a suspended labyrinth-like wooden structure, concealing speakers playing the sound of children reciting the Qur’an as they memorize its verses, the standard method of instruction in Pakistan’s madrassahs. To learn more about this intriguing work, click here.

Bamiyan:

(the heart that has no love/pain/generosity
is not a heart)
Opening April 3 on Level 2

A contemporary art installation in the form of an archive produced by Vancouver-based media artist Jayce Salloum and Afghan-Hazara artist Khadim Ali. Comprised of photographs, video, and miniature paintings, the exhibit examines the destruction of the colossal 6th century Buddhas of the Bamiyan Valley in Central Afghanistan by the Taliban in March, 2001. Save the date for an Artists' talk on Saturday, April 3.

Exhibition co-presented by the ICC and SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre), in collaboration with the Images Festival.

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