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The Skylight Caper

The Skylight Caper

One of the world's greatest unsolved art thefts happened in Montreal in 1972. And its mystery continues

Off the Wall

Off the Wall

A national survey of 10 artists who take painting outside the frame

The Life of Things

The Life of Things

This year's Momenta Biennale in Montreal takes “the life of things” as a theme

Outer Limits

Outer Limits

A conversation between artists Marie-Claire Blais, Julie Trudel and Caroline Monnet about the edges of space, colour, material and tradition in practices that push painting beyond control

Social 2019 Art Auction Picks

Social 2019 Art Auction Picks

Now in its 24th year, Canadian Art’s Social is one of the largest live and silent contemporary art auctions in Canada, and is an essential source of funding for Canadian Art. Here, four members of the Art Advisory Committee—Aryen Hoekstra, Luis Jacob, Claire Christie and Stuart Keeler—discuss some of their favourite works

Remembering Bruce Ferguson

Remembering Bruce Ferguson

Artists, curators, colleagues and friends reflect on the life and work of the groundbreaking curator, writer and educator

Sounds of Silence

Sounds of Silence

Developed during a 2018 residency at Fool’s Paradise, the former home of painter Doris McCarthy at the edge of Lake Ontario, Lou Sheppard’s Dawn Chorus/Evensong offers a sonic ode to things lost but not forgotten

Constellations

Constellations

Like a compass without a needle or a map without a grid, Hajra Waheed’s work uses technologies of orientation to disorient perception, asking us to think differently about surveillance, security and the stories we have in common

The Largest and Least Productive Mining Company in the World

The Largest and Least Productive Mining Company in the World

New Mineral Collective’s wide-ranging practice explores landscapes of extraction, looking for a different set of values in the earth’s mineral core. Here, the two founding members share their research around “counter prospecting,” their work as licensed mineral prospectors and the various spa treatments they’ve been developing to help reimagine alternative futures for the earth

How to Break a Painting

How to Break a Painting

Cindy Phenix condenses feminism and desire into paintings that take sexist tropes head-on