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Arctic and Amazon Artists Converge at Toronto Symposium
The symposium, taking place September 19 and 20, is a prelude to a wider exhibition and conference coming next year
New Google Doodle Honours Quebec Artist Marcelle Ferron
The doodle is loosely based on stained-glass works that Ferron made for metro stations and other sites around Montreal
News Roundup: Canadian Art-School Prof Released from Jail Following Pipeline Protest Arrest
Poet and activist Rita Wong is now free. Plus: A new CEO for the Ontario Arts Council, a world-premiere documentary about Robert Davidson, Consignor auction house rebrands as Cowley Abbott and more
Critiques Emerge after $110M Promised to Arts Commons and Contemporary Calgary
$80 million in federal funds is to go toward Arts Commons Transformation, and the other $30 million into a new Contemporary Calgary facility
Court’s New Morrisseau Forgery Decision a “Big Warning to Art Dealers”
Art dealing in Canada may become more transparent, some people hope, in the wake of a groundbreaking court decision issued this week
Dana Claxton, Janet Cardiff and More Featured in “Great Women Artists” Book
A new tome out this month features 425 artists from around the globe—including a few based in Canada
Tess Edmonson Appointed Managing Editor at Canadian Art
Canadian Art is pleased to announce that Tess Edmonson is our new managing editor
News Roundup: Canadian Artist’s Trump-Quote Embroidery Project Goes Global
The collaborative textile art project by Diana Weymar, who's based in BC, has been covered in the New Yorker, on BBC and beyond. Plus: Emily Carr University of Art and Design doubles its Indigenous faculty with new hires, a curator makes a Design Exchange lament, and more
Artist Speaks Out on Opioid Deaths
Painter Alex Bierk is an addict in recovery, and he wants to keep the conversation alive about a critical social issue not often depicted in Canadian contemporary art
Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency Launches on Vancouver’s False Creek
This restored squatters’ cabin, originally built in 1927, will anchor in different West Coast waterways in the years to come