Features
In the Atmosphere
On January 20, 2021, Jill Biden highlighted a Robert S. Duncanson painting at the US inauguration reception. Find out about Duncanson’s years in Montreal and connections with Canadian artists in this story from our Fall 2020 issue, “Chroma”
In the Atmosphere
On January 20, 2021, Jill Biden highlighted a Robert S. Duncanson painting at the US inauguration reception. Find out about Duncanson’s years in Montreal and connections with Canadian artists in this story from our Fall 2020 issue, “Chroma”
Art as an Ark
This summer, 22 artists converged on rural New Brunswick for a two-week-long art festival
The View from Here
How do the stories we tell ourselves about where we live, and who we are, change over time? Here, artist Luis Jacob shares his research into the overlapping narratives of place for his upcoming project at the inaugural Toronto Biennial
A New Kind of Land Acknowledgement
Artist and Toronto Biennial advisor Ange Loft, senior curator Candice Hopkins and deputy director and director of programs Ilana Shamoon talk to Lindsay Nixon about what it means to use a land acknowledgement as a guiding principle for curatorial and artistic work
Ways of Doing
“I worked in my garage, took some welding courses, got equipped and worked for about 10 years like that”
8 Lessons from an Artist-Run Centre’s Massive Expansion
SAW Gallery in Ottawa just opened a new space triple the size of its old one. Here’s what made it possible, and what other organizations can learn from the process
Every Day
For artist jes sachse, straws represent a kind of freedom—from the histories of labour and the constraints of daily life
Remembering Katharine Mulherin
Artists, curators and colleagues reflect on the legacy of a leading Toronto gallerist
Just Mom
My mother has never forgotten the day the nun in day school told her that she was of a dying race—these were the kinds of things that fuelled her activism
Honesty Is Dangerous Policy
In 2018, multidisciplinary artist Kama La Mackerel performed a searing work that dissected personal trauma and sexual violence through a combination of poetry and testimony. Here, Eunice Bélidor brings to light the stories behind her work, and the public vulnerability of speaking truth to art
The Current Comes from There
In September 2020, Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre opened its doors in Edmonton. Find out more about how the Indigenous art centre came to be in this summer 2019 feature.