The Polygon Gallery hosts relaunch of sold-out book Selected Writing on Black Canadian Art, September 5
Yaniya Lee’s publication is a compendium of essays, reviews, and artist interviews
Yaniya Lee.
The Polygon Gallery presents the relaunch of Selected Writing on Black Canadian Art on September 5
THE POLYGON GALLERY is hosting the relaunch of Yaniya Lee’s sold-out book Selected Writing on Black Canadian Art on September 5. Gathering the testimonies and achievements of African diasporic artists and curators from across Canada and beyond, the publication is a compendium of essays, reviews, and artist interviews written by Lee and mostly published between 2017 and 2021.
On the occasion of the book’s second printing by Art Metropole and figure ground, Lee will be in conversation with Artspeak’s director Nya Lewis (who is currently a curator in residence at the Vancouver Art Gallery) and The Polygon Gallery’s curator Elliott Ramsey about the importance of writing Black Canadian art history. The discussion will be followed by a book signing.
Presented in partnership with Artspeak, the event has doors opening at 6:30, the conversation starting at 7 pm, and the signing at 8 pm.
Lee is also the author of Buseje Bailey: Reasons Why We Have to Disappear Every Once in a While, A Black Art History Project (2024, Artexte) who has written about art for museums and galleries across Canada. She is a PhD student in the department of gender studies at Queen’s University. 
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