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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”
Where I Be Is with the Image
When language fails, what can art tell us about the experiences of exile and the desire to return?
A Rural Art Road Trip
A look at the latest edition of Uncommon Common Art, an annual project bringing public installations to the Nova Scotia countryside
Erika DeFreitas’s Mourning Gestures
The Scarborough-based artist finds inspiration in Derrida, archives and the maternal bond
On Translating the Untranslatable
Poet Arielle Twist writes within the gaps—the moments when queerness evades translation—of Lou Sheppard's exhibition "A Strong Desire"
Remembering Geoffrey Hendricks
The artist, who died in May, was one of the first from the New York scene to establish themselves on Cape Breton Island in the 1960s
Dirty Words: Old
You can never retire from being an artist—and other observations from a roundtable on aging and ageism in the arts
Dirty Words: Burnout
Honouring family and culture while pursuing professional goals and also being an advocate can be exhausting for Indigenous arts professionals
What Do We Mean by Queer Indigenous Ethics?
Billy-Ray Belcourt and Lindsay Nixon discuss the ways in which queer and trans Indigenous folks enact another kind of art and theory.
Dirty Words: Appropriation
Aylan Couchie, Raven Davis and Chief Lady Bird address the emotional fallout of cultural appropriation in a conversation moderated by Lindsay Nixon.
Dirty Words: Sensitive
In 1992, a work by African American artist Carrie Mae Weems sparked protests from Black Nova Scotia students who called it racist.