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Douglas Coupland Revives a Lost Automotive Art with His Psychedelic Car Hoods

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For fans of art, vintage muscle cars and MTV’s Pimp My Ride, there’s a new exhibition just for you. Douglas Coupland, one of Canada’s foremost visual artists, is back with Fordite: Neominerology in the Anthropocene, his new exhibition at Daniel Faria Gallery in Toronto. Fordite is a material derived from layers of old automotive paint that have been cut and polished. Through a painstaking painting process, Coupland mimics the look and feel of magnified fordite on metal and fiberglass hoods from 1965-1975 muscle cars, revealing a wildly colourful, trippy motif.

The trained eye can identify the year and model of a car based on a fordite nugget, particularly from the early 1970s, when cars’ paint palettes were at their most vibrant (and had names to match, like ‘Vitamin C’ and ‘Purple People Eater’). Coupland uses his fordite-style veneer to get us thinking about notions of beauty, utility and our environmental impact. But one thing’s for sure: these psychedelic hoods will have a lingering effect.

Douglas Coupland’s exhibition Fordite: Neominerology in the Anthropocene is on until March 14 at Daniel Faria Gallery. Contact gallery for prices and more information.

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Tom Ramshaw knows it better than most: life’s no fun through clear waters.

After skippering his first boat at age 5, racing at the Olympic Games in Rio, and, just last June, competing in the Canada Sail Grand Prix off the coast of Halifax, Ramshaw has spent a lifetime on the water.

Years at sea yield virtues like instinct and adaptability. That’s what it takes to compete at the top. Yet the Toronto-born sailor, now 34, says it was never about the trophies. “I just want to enjoy the experience of competing for Canada on the biggest stage in the sport,” he says. His real hope? Watching “the next generation of young Canadians doing it even bigger and better than my generation.”

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Tom Ramshaw knows it better than most: life’s no fun through clear waters. After skippering his first boat at age 5, racing at the Olympic Games in Rio, and, just last June, competing in the Canada Sail Grand Prix off the coast of Halifax, Ramshaw has spent a lifetime on the water. Years at sea yield virtues like instinct and adaptability. That’s what it takes to compete at the top. Yet the Toronto-born sailor, now 34, says it was never about the trophies. “I just want to enjoy the experience of competing for Canada on the biggest stage in the sport,” he says. His real hope? Watching “the next generation of young Canadians doing it even bigger and better than my generation.”

The Film Issue is here. Two decades after Black Hawk Down and Pearl Harbor, Josh Hartnett has long since outgrown the archetypal hero. This September, we sit down with one of cinema’s most sought-after talents ahead of TIFF—with Verity and Below on the horizon, what’s next is his most compelling work yet.

Cover full look by @louisvuitton
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Styling @dolly.lanvin (@forwardartists)
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Prop Assistant Jim Charles
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Photo Assistants Charlie Cummings, Olly Dundas
Managing Editor @marcastaldo 
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#JoshHartnett #SharpMagazine #TIFF #Verity #Below

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The Film Issue is here. Two decades after Black Hawk Down and Pearl Harbor, Josh Hartnett has long since outgrown the archetypal hero. This September, we sit down with one of cinema’s most sought-after talents ahead of TIFF—with Verity and Below on the horizon, what’s next is his most compelling work yet. Cover full look by @louisvuitton Videography @brandonhep Photography @rankinarchive 
Styling @dolly.lanvin (@forwardartists)
Grooming @charley.mcewen (@theonly.agency)
Prop Stylist @elliottrooney Prop Assistant Jim Charles
Stylist Assistant @marniseabright 
Photo Assistants Charlie Cummings, Olly Dundas Managing Editor @marcastaldo 
Art Director @donna.militar Fashion Director @bananahales Director of Digital Content @justinmfrost Social Media Manager @roxrubytam Entertainment Editor @elyciarubin #JoshHartnett #SharpMagazine #TIFF #Verity #Below

He’s always gone deeper than the surface.

Josh Hartnett covers SHARP September 2026—The Film Issue. On newsstands August 25th.

Full look by @louisvuitton
Photography @rankinarchive 
Styling @dolly.lanvin (@forwardartists)
Grooming @charley.mcewen (@theonly.agency)
Prop Stylist @elliottrooney
Prop Assistant Jim Charles
Stylist Assistant @marniseabright 
Photo Assistants Charlie Cummings, Olly Dundas
Managing Editor @marcastaldo 
Art Director @donna.militar
Fashion Director @bananahales
Director of Digital Content @justinmfrost
Social Media Manager @roxrubytam
Entertainment Editor @elyciarubin

#JoshHartnett #SharpMagazine #TheFilmIssue #TIFF

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He’s always gone deeper than the surface. Josh Hartnett covers SHARP September 2026—The Film Issue. On newsstands August 25th. Full look by @louisvuitton Photography @rankinarchive 
Styling @dolly.lanvin (@forwardartists)
Grooming @charley.mcewen (@theonly.agency)
Prop Stylist @elliottrooney Prop Assistant Jim Charles
Stylist Assistant @marniseabright 
Photo Assistants Charlie Cummings, Olly Dundas Managing Editor @marcastaldo 
Art Director @donna.militar Fashion Director @bananahales Director of Digital Content @justinmfrost Social Media Manager @roxrubytam Entertainment Editor @elyciarubin #JoshHartnett #SharpMagazine #TheFilmIssue #TIFF