Canadian Art

News / October 4, 2021

Statement from the Canadian Art Foundation Board of Directors

News / June 15, 2021

Statement from the Canadian Art Foundation

Features / April 6, 2021

Gambletron’s Technical Submission

With equal parts chance and skill, a career experimenter orchestrates the perfect conditions for chaotic harmony

by Yaniya Lee

Interviews / April 1, 2021

Expanding Access: An Interview with Michelle Jacques

As Jacques embarks on a new position as Remai Modern’s New Head of Exhibitions and Collections/Chief Curator, she looks back at her achievements at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

by Yaniya Lee

Two Canadian Photographers Find Their Muse in the Search for Place and Connection

news

Statement from the Canadian Art Foundation Board of Directors

Statement from the Canadian Art Foundation

P.Mansaram (1934–2020): A Canadian Artist in, and of, the World

Born in India, Mansaram spent most of his life in Canada, where he defied the hyphenated ways that the art world categorizes diasporic artists

by Deepali Dewan

Essays / March 30, 2021

On the Life and Death (and Life) of Dancemakers

In November, the board of directors at Dancemakers said it would close, after a 46-year run. Then in February, a new board took the reins, with a new, in-process vision

by Emma Doran

Features / March 18, 2021

Queer Inuit Art

Contemporary Inuit art exhibition "INUA" is the most openly queer and inclusive Inuit art exhibition to date

by Ossie Michelin

AUArts Grad Show 2021 introduces the artists of tomorrow

Canadian Art with Noteworthy Provenance Featured in Cowley Abbott Auction

Presented by Cowley Abbott

Embracing the Wisdom and Inspiration of Community

Darcie Bernhardt showcases authentic intergenerational perspectives and experiences through her art in this video profile from the RBC Emerging Artists Project series From Within

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Frequencies

Lockdowns in many parts of the country over the past year have meant attuning to different ways of engaging with art. The artists in this issue work with multisensory experiences—not only the visual but also the sonic and the haptic—as well as with forms of communication or transmission that exist beyond human perception. Together, these practices invite a pause, a realignment, to think about the aesthetic experiences that come through different ways of sensing.

videos

February 11, 2021

Tangents Launch: Emma Sharpe in Conversation with Jay Pahre and Jagdeep Raina

by Deirdre Lee, Emma Sharpe, Jay Pahre and Jagdeep Raina

February 11, 2021

Tangents Launch: Emma Sharpe in Conversation with Jay Pahre and Jagdeep Raina

In this video, three Spotlight contributors expand on the interdisciplinary approaches to their practices

by Deirdre Lee, Emma Sharpe, Jay Pahre and Jagdeep Raina

November 4, 2020

Chroma Launch: Sally Frater in Conversation with Justine A. Chambers and Farihah Aliyah Shah

by Sally Frater, Justine A. Chambers and Farihah Aliyah Shah

November 4, 2020

Chroma Launch: Sally Frater in Conversation with Justine A. Chambers and Farihah Aliyah Shah

In this video, three Spotlight contributors explore questions of labour, consumption, the body and Black art production in Canada

by Sally Frater, Justine A. Chambers and Farihah Aliyah Shah

November 3, 2020

Chroma Launch: Kelsey Adams and David Woods in Conversation

In this video, Kelsey Adams and David Woods discuss the overlooked histories and current work being done by Black artists, curators and thinkers in the Maritimes

by Yaniya Lee, Denise Ryner, Kelsey Adams and David Woods

November 3, 2020

Chroma Launch: Kelsey Adams and David Woods in Conversation

In this video, Kelsey Adams and David Woods discuss the overlooked histories and current work being done by Black artists, curators and thinkers in the Maritimes

by Yaniya Lee, Denise Ryner, Kelsey Adams and David Woods