One of the most discussed art exhibitions of 2015 is Douglas Coupland's everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything. Douglas Coupland is a Canadian contemporary artist and writer, known for his best-selling novels JPod and Hey, Nostradamus!, as well his notorious public art around the country (think Canoe Landing Park in Toronto).

An exhibit originally hailing from the Vancouver Art Gallery, everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything is Coupland's largest display of work in fifteen years. It was exhibited in Toronto through a joint partnership between the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and the Royal Ontario Museum, two very different venues that helped to showcase Coupland's recent work in an exciting way.

The MOCCA exhibition was based around the notion of Canadiana and Canadian cultural identity, while the exhibition at the ROM featured much larger works that discussed 21st century technology, popular culture, and the influence of social media on our world today. Unlike the majority of art exhibitions, visitors were encouraged to use their phones to take pictures and engage in social media, a phenomenon in which Coupland has commented, "I don’t think its possible to have people not take photos... people are just strip mining museums for Instagram and wallpaper and stuff, which is kind of funny actually because it gets people involved”.

everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything ended this past month after a three-month run, but a Google Street View of the Vancouver exhibit is online here for those interested.

Harris Maligne Lake, Sampson-Matthews Variant, 2011

The National Pantry, 2014 — *The National Pantry, 2014*

*Slogans for the 21st Century, 2011 - 2014*

Love Will Tear Us Apart, 2007 (part of the Penguins series) — *Love Will Tear Us Apart, 2007 (part of the* Penguins series)

The World, 2013  -2014 (detail). — *The World, 2013 -2014 (detail).*

Brilliant Information Overload Pop Head & Liquid Video Game Pop Head, 2010 — *Brilliant Information Overload Pop Head & Liquid Video Game Pop Head, 2010*

The Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON
M5S 2C6

Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
952 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON
M6J 1G8

2015 was the year of the never-ending winter. Although spring has officially begun here in Toronto, it seems like winter is fighting to hang on for just a little bit longer. Despite the lingering cold, the sun is shining, buds are blooming, and outdoor patios are in full swing. May should be a great month.

On a beautiful, sunny (and cold) day this past March, I took advantage of the clear blue skies to check out Winter Stations, a series of outdoor art installations in the Beaches. Commissioned by RAW Design, Ferris & Associates Inc., and curio, Winter Stations was an international competition with the goal of adding colour to Toronto's winter landscape. Using the theme of Warmth, designers were to use the five evenly-spaced lifeguard stands that span Kew, Scarborough, and Balmy Beaches as the foundation of their design, and create a colourful, intriguing, and durable structure to facilitate public art and discussion within Toronto's beach community.

Although this installation officially ended a month ago, some of the structures were kept in place for a few extra weeks, and may still be on site. I think this design initiative is a great way to pique interest and bring people outside during the winter months, and I'm looking forward to next year's results.

Snow Cone by Lily Jeon & Diana Koncan. This one was my absolute favourite.

Driftwood Throne by Daniel Madeiros.

Sling Swing by Ed Butler, Dan Wiltshire & Frances McGeown.

Wing Back by Timothy Olson.

Hot Box by Michaela MacLeod & Nicholas Croft. This one was interesting, as you had to walk inside (the entrance is facing the lake) and meander through a maze to the centre. Difficult to capture in a photo so I recommend checking out the design panel.

The R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant is a stunning historical building located at the very end of the Beaches, where Queen Street East runs north and merges into Kingston Road. With a gorgeous vantage point of Lake Ontario, this hidden gem will be a great place to check out this summer.

On my way back home, I stopped at one of my favourite spots in the city: Sugar Beach. Sugar Beach offers a beachy escape during even the coldest of winters, with the candy-pink umbrellas providing juxtaposition to the snow-covered sand and surrounding frozen lake. Sugar Beach is by far one of Toronto's greatest works of landscape architecture, and I hope the City of Toronto implements more of these fun urban parks in the future.