An Artist Is Born, Kind Of

In this excerpt from her new memoir, influential artist Gathie Falk describes her early childhood, her first art lessons, and why she dropped out of school.

by Gathie Falk with Robin Laurence

When Allyship Breaks Down

Aruna D'Souza's forthcoming book Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts reviews three incidents in the long and troubled relationship between race and the art world.

by Merray Gerges

Shows to See at the Contact Photography Festival

Our top choices for the Toronto-wide, month-long photo fest.

Dirty Words: Emerging

The “emerging” label, at its crux, places a paternalistic eye over young artists. It promises recognition, but at the cost of most facets of an artist’s life.

by Alison Sinkewicz

Are Canada’s Municipal Art Galleries in Crisis? 

Public art galleries are changing, and what this means for funding models and audiences is up for debate.

by Zainub Verjee

Can Deaccessioning Become More Transparent?

An in-depth look at why public communication and engagement—or lack thereof—became a stumbling block for the National Gallery of Canada in its big Chagall sell-off.

by Leah Sandals

Queer Curating, from Definition to Deconstruction

Nine artists, curators and organizers reflect on the ethics and politics of queer practice.

by Adam Barbu

Shellie Zhang Recovers Spectral Traces from a Diasporic Past

The artist's new neon installation explores parallel histories between Toronto's Jewish and Chinese communities.

by Annie Wong

Revising Dada

A major project of art history since the 1990s is to intervene in canonical narratives. In Natalie Brettschneider, revisionist Dada has its invented shero.

by Godfre Leung

The Little Art School That Could

The New Brunswick College of Craft and Design has managed to attract more students now than at any other time in its 80-year history.

by Kate Wallace