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Artistic look back. A retrospective of Dennis Burton's long career recalls a time when artists didn't worry about being politically correct, critic Chris Hume says
Artistic look back. A retrospective of Dennis Burton's long career recalls a time when artists didn't worry about being politically correct, critic Chris Hume says

Artistic look back. A retrospective of Dennis Burton's long career recalls a time when artists didn't worry about being politically correct, critic Chris Hume says

Date2/8/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Artistic look back. A retrospective of Dennis Burton's long career recalls a time when artists didn't worry about being politically correct, critic Chris Hume says.
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A Painter in transitioin, Dennis Burton's 14th one-man show marks a return to a looser appraoch in picture-making, says art critic Gary Michael Dault.(...)
A Painter in transitioin, Dennis Burton's 14th one-man show marks a return to a looser appraoch in picture-making, says art critic Gary Michael Dault.(...)
2/3/1976
Eileen Herlie (Gertrude) congratulates Richard Burton as Hume Cronyn (Polonius) looks on after last night's opening of Burton's modern dress presentat(...)
Eileen Herlie (Gertrude) congratulates Richard Burton as Hume Cronyn (Polonius) looks on after last night's opening of Burton's modern dress presentat(...)
2/27/1964
Eileen Herlie (Gertrude) congratulates Richard Burton as Hume Cronyn (Polonius) looks on after last night's opening of Burton's modern dress presentat(...)
Eileen Herlie (Gertrude) congratulates Richard Burton as Hume Cronyn (Polonius) looks on after last night's opening of Burton's modern dress presentat(...)
2/27/1964
Retrospective. The 36 works of art by Gordon Rayner, on display at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery until mid-February, look back over the artist's caree(...)
Retrospective. The 36 works of art by Gordon Rayner, on display at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery until mid-February, look back over the artist's caree(...)
1/9/1979
Memory still green: Traffic expert Bob Burton, 94, standing at the corner of Yonge and Bloor Sts., recalls when Toronto's first traffic lights were installed on August 8, 1925.
Memory still green: Traffic expert Bob Burton, 94, standing at the corner of Yonge and Bloor Sts., recalls when Toronto's first traffic lights were installed on August 8, 1925.
8/3/1990
Robert Bowers' muse: Artist's rugged sculptures at Grunwald Gallery show a higher level of craftsmanship in his second show in less than a year, critic Christopher Hume says
Robert Bowers' muse: Artist's rugged sculptures at Grunwald Gallery show a higher level of craftsmanship in his second show in less than a year, critic Christopher Hume says
3/8/1984
Susan Hunt: Burton's present wife didn't want picture of him and Elizabeth Taylor in program
Susan Hunt: Burton's present wife didn't want picture of him and Elizabeth Taylor in program
6/8/1980
Urban wildlife: Critic Chris Hume says that even in the March gloom, Toronto's wall posters are like colorful plants that spring up overnight on our cold city streets
Urban wildlife: Critic Chris Hume says that even in the March gloom, Toronto's wall posters are like colorful plants that spring up overnight on our cold city streets
15 March 1992
Video Artists Kim Tomczak and Lisa Steele are showing individual and collaborative works at AGO retrospective
Video Artists Kim Tomczak and Lisa Steele are showing individual and collaborative works at AGO retrospective
1/10/1990
E.G. (Ted) Burton, president of Simpsons Ltd. looks over artist's conception of company's refurbished main downtown store. The 80-year-old store, desi(...)
E.G. (Ted) Burton, president of Simpsons Ltd. looks over artist's conception of company's refurbished main downtown store. The 80-year-old store, desi(...)
1/31/1977
He was 'Dead' for three minutes and 11 seconds: Leslie Sharpe's heart stopped for that long and during his period of unconsciousness, he recalls, his sensations were all of pleasureable experiences
He was 'Dead' for three minutes and 11 seconds: Leslie Sharpe's heart stopped for that long and during his period of unconsciousness, he recalls, his sensations were all of pleasureable experiences
8/30/1971
Toronto poet Dennis Lee: Disillusioned view of artist's place in the world
Toronto poet Dennis Lee: Disillusioned view of artist's place in the world
4/21/1969