Housekeeping

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Visual highlights from LuminaTO - encore

Pulse Front by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Montreal-based artist, at Harbour Front Centre

More images can be found on my partner's blog: getjealous.com/jamesmiller

Visual highlights from LuminaTO

Le Grand Mobile by Xavier Veilhan in the BCE Place, designed by Santiago Calatrava

Did Luminato enlighten TO?

LuminaTO, the 10-day arts festival in Toronto, came to an end last weekend, although some of the theatre shows and exhibitions will continue for a few more weeks.

One of the major achievements of the festival was the city's success in putting arts back into the public domain and encouraged Torontonians and visitors to embrace the arts as part of our daily cultural diet. The artificial divisions between high, classical and popular culture have alienated many people from essentially quality entertainment, leaving them to binge on voyeuristic reality shows or mindless sitcoms.

If $12 million can take our collective minds away from the play-by-play of Paris Hilton's vacuous life, then it's money well spent.