Canadian Art

Essays / March 18, 2019

Ancestral Threads

Through research I find clues to our centuries-old traditions, connecting stories to markings and pulling the past into the present

by Maya Sialuk Jacobsen

Essays / March 14, 2019

Who Is Not Being Heard?

In their editors’ note for the Spring 2019 issue of Canadian Art, Kablusiak and asinnajaq ᐊᓯᓐᓇᐃᔭᖅ write about making space for Inuit and other circumpolar Indigenous artists

by Kablusiak and asinnajaq ᐊᓯᓐᓇᐃᔭᖅ

Features / March 12, 2019

What the Remai Modern Shakeup Really Means

In the wake of emerging controversies, the future of Saskatoon's flagship contemporary art museum faces some fundamental questions

by Jen Budney

Essays / March 13, 2019

Against the Odds, Calgary’s Art Community Reboots

New funds and opportunities promise to help artists and arts organizations overcome past challenges—but we’re not there quite yet

by Dick Averns

Call for Applications: Five Indigenous Faculty Positions

Emily Carr University announces search for ten new faculty positions, including call for Indigenous applicants

Presented by Emily Carr University of Art + Design

news

Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts Gets $5.6-Mil Donation

Remai Modern CEO Responds to Harassment Allegation

“Canada Needs a More Robust Strategy on Cultural Diplomacy”

Canada’s Next Venice Biennale Architecture Reps Announced

NSCAD Faculty Return to Work as Mediation and Arbitration Proceed

Reviews / March 11, 2019

The 5th Region

Gabriel Nuraki Koperqualuk and Aeyliya Husain, 2018, 47 minutes

by Alberta Rose

News / March 14, 2019

News Roundup: Toronto Arts Council Gets a Funding Boost, and More

Plus: Zacharias Kunuk is receiving the Order of Nunavut, Montreal’s Momenta Biennale collaborates with Les Rencontres d’Arles, Urban Shaman Gallery of Winnipeg is doing a Santa Fe pop-up, and a few staffing updates.

Interviews / March 1, 2019

The Art of Living

On the occasion of a new exhibition at MOCA Toronto, Chantal Akerman's long time collaborator Claire Atherton talks about the technique and processes of editing, and the importance of the late artist's work

by Yaniya Lee

Reviews / March 4, 2019

Sonny Assu: A Selective History

A new book shows why Assu doesn’t blink an eye at “defacing” some of Canada’s most treasured artworks

by Lindsay Nixon

Interviews / February 28, 2019

What Will Our Next National Gallery Director Do?

Sasha Suda is smart, strategic and ambitious. She hasn't even started her new job as National Gallery of Canada director yet—but she already seems to be looking beyond it

by Leah Sandals

Reviews / February 26, 2019