Tatum Dooley is a writer and the founder of Art Forecast.
A writer and curator living in Toronto, Tatum Dooley’s work has appeared in Artforum, Architectural Digest, Garage Magazine, the Globe & Mail, Lapham's Quarterly, SSENSE, and Vogue.
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Media Interviews
CBC Arts
“Canadian Art Forecast can be an entry point. In truth, for a person like myself who is wildly overwhelmed by art spaces, this provides a sense of relief. It gives us, or me, permission to discover, research, and learn about art at a specific pace outside of what the art world has designed. Her enthusiasm and affection toward both art and artists is palpable.”
Fashion Magazine
“I think that, in the art world, we tend to make everything a bit more academic than it needs to be and we sometimes strip the art of the fun aspect of it, and I do think that art should be a bit more fun. And that makes it more accessible.”
Corneila Magazine
“I'm often asked about what I see in the future for art—do I think that it can live online? Is Instagram the answer? Are galleries going to be obsolete? I don't want to be a digital art gallery. This Instagram is a starting point. I see it as a tool for accessibility for art: people can discover artists in the privacy of their own home on a screen that's easily accessible to them.”
TVO
“There’s a dual purpose to living with art,” says Dooley. “It’s a metaphor for connection to your community and to possibilities, and there’s also just the aesthetic value of the art, of having a bit more colour. I find myself looking at my art more than I ever have.”
Toronto Star
“Margaux Smith and Tatum Dooley, an art curator, teamed up and put social media to work to launch their arts movement, with a call to artists across the city to donate their works. ““I hope that the seniors who receive art have their daily lives brightened a bit, and also know we’re thinking and care about them,” says Dooley,
Word Weaver Podcast
Interview with Louise Claire Johnson, for the Word Weaver Podcast.