I also associate the change in seasons with something else: the visual arts. Fall always seems to coincide with an increase in great art exhibitions in our city and, of course, with the annual Nuit Blanche festival. In this column, I’ve compiled a list of art exhibitions and events you may want to check out this fall.

REMAI MODERN
Remai Modern is Saskatoon’s largest gallery and, as a result, the facility will have numerous exhibitions on view this fall. There are two shows in particular that I’d like to highlight here. The first is Artist in Focus: Eli Bornstein, a new exhibition of works by Saskatoon artist and Order of Canada member Eli Bornstein. At the age of 96, Bornstein has had an active artistic practice for more than 70 years and is best known for his Structurist reliefs, rooted in a tradition of early 20th-century geometric abstraction. Viewers can check out his watercolours influenced by Impressionism and various iterations of his constructed reliefs, as well as finished works, maquettes and sketches from the artist’s personal collection and from Remai Modern’s collection. The Bornstein exhibition runs until Jan. 5, 2020, in Remai

Modern’s Collection Galleries.
There’s already been a lot of buzz about The Sonnabend Collection at Remai Modern, which will open at the art gallery on Oct. 5 and run until March 22, 2020. There’s good reason for the early interest in the exhibition: It will be the largest showing of international modern and contemporary art ever in Saskatchewan, spanning more than 12,000 square feet. The Sonnabend Collection at Remai Modern will feature more than 100 pieces, including iconic works by infamous artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Developed through the vision of renowned art dealer Ileana Sonnabend, her husband Michael Sonnabend and their adopted son Antonio Homem, “the collection is among the most significant private holdings of modern and contemporary art in the world,” according to Remai Modern.

NUIT BLANCHE
Nuit Blanche Saskatoon is an annual nighttime
arts festival that brings various types of contemporary art to local public spaces. This year’s much-anticipated evening – which is free to attend and welcomes people of all ages — is scheduled for Sept. 28. Now in its sixth year, the festival will showcase more than 20 projects in locations through Saskatoon’s downtown, River Landing and Broadway areas. More information about the projects, as well as a festival map, can be found online at nuitblanchesaskatoon.ca. New this year is Nuit Blanche Eve at the Univer-sity of Saskatchewan (USask), set for Sept. 27 from 8–10 p.m. The night before Nuit Blanche Saskatoon locations across the USask campus – including the USask Observatory, the outside wall of the Arts Tower, the Museum of Natural Sciences, the Museum of Antiquities and the USask Art Galleries – will transform into interactive and digital art installations. Nuit Blanche Eve will feature installa-tions, performances and projections by Jean-Sébastien Gauthier and Dr. Brian F. Eames, Marcel Petit, Fatemeh Ebrahimnejadnamini, Shawn Kauenhofen, Jaden Kraus, Emilie Neudorf, Rebecca Vereschagin and Lauren Warrington. The event, which is a collaboration with Nuit Blanche Saskatoon, is free and open to the public.

SASKATCHEWAN CRAFT COUNCIL
The latest show opening at the Saskatchewan Craft Council (SCC) gallery on Broadway Avenue is Aggregate, an exhibition of ceramic works created by New Brunswick artist Darren Emenau. The SCC describes Aggregate as featuring “experiments in glaze and form that will convey a simultaneously contemporary and ageless feel.” The show is set to run from Sept. 14 — Nov. 16, with a reception and artist talk scheduled for Sept. 13 from 7–9 p.m.

COLLEGE ART GALLERIES
The College Art Galleries on the USask campus will feature an exhibition titled Marie Lannoo: the architecture of colour from Sept. 20 – Dec. 21. Curated by Leah Taylor, the show is a survey of Lannoo’s artistic practice from the past five years and will include painting, sculpture and installation. It will also present the prairie artist’s research into the physics of colour and the composition of the space it occupies. The opening reception is scheduled for Sept. 20 at 7 p.m., while the artist talk/tour will take place on Oct. 24 at 12 noon.

PAVED ARTS
PAVED Arts is a non-profit, artist-run centre focused on media art forms represented by the acronym PAVED: photographic, audio, video, electronic and digital. For the past five years, PAVED Arts has invited local photographers of all experience levels to submit images to be featured on Saskatoon Transit buses. This year’s theme for the annual Toon’s On Transit project is “Saskatoon is Magic.” Selected images will be showcased on city buses and in bus shelters in September and October, thus turning Saskatoon citizens’ morning commutes into what PAVED calls “a moving public gallery.” Prints of the photos will also be
displayed at the PAVED Arts gallery on 20th Street West, and the artists will celebrate the exhibition launch at a reception at the gallery on Sept. 19

– Shannon Boklaschuk