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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”
On Becoming My Mother
Vivek Shraya reflects on her photo essay Trisha one year after its release, and on how collaboration can be crucial to “individual” artmaking.
Songs from Rockwood Asylum
A musician’s investigation into case files of female inmates at Canada’s first asylum for the criminally insane reveals biases in the archive.
Hotboxing the White Cube: The Rise of Cannabis Culture in High Art
Pot is more visible than ever in North American pop culture. And it’s reaching into contemporary art, too.
How Radical Can a Film Festival Be?
On the 30th anniversary of Images, Toronto’s first experimental film festival, its director wonders if identity and formalism must be mutually exclusive.
Art in Condoland
Development mania across Canada is marked by eye-catching public art. But what makes such works successful? No one, it seems, can quite agree.
We Have Never Been “Post-AIDS”
A look at five artists from a new generation who explore alternative readings of HIV/AIDS, activism and resistance.
Suzanne Hill’s Art of Isolation
This veteran New Brunswick artist has spent five years thinking about aloneness—and, unexpectedly, it’s inspired collaboration.
A Work That Could Resist Documenta’s Crisis Tourism
Zoja Smutny’s performance developed in Toronto as a space for encounter. This summer, it will test the limits of “crisis tourism” in Athens.
Hard Numbers: A Study on Diversity in Canada’s Galleries
The bigger the gallery, the fewer women in power. And the less money a gallery receives, the more likely its leadership is Indigenous.
Under Your Nose
The complete sensory experience is too often overlooked in art. Here, a look at artists whose immersive works engage the fugitive power of scent.