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News in Brief: Canadian Flag Vandalized, PEI Artists in Venice, TIFF and CBC Announce Diverse Screenwriters Grant, Kelowna Art Gallery Appoints Curator
This week, a Kitchener museum incorporates vandalism of its Canadian flag into its exhibition.
15 Artists Named Finalists in RBC Canadian Painting Competition
From across Canada, 15 painters to watch have been selected for one of the nation’s most well-known art competitions.
Canadian Art Presents Social 2017: Reveal
Canadian Art, along with Presenting Sponsor RBC, is pleased to present Social 2017: Reveal, Canadian Art's 22nd-annual fundraising dinner and auction.
News in Brief: Jane Ash Poitras Named to Order of Canada, Remai Modern Announces Opening Date, MacKenzie Art Gallery Receives Anonymous $1.6-Million Gift
This week, a number of artists, including Jane Ash Poitras, were honoured by the Governor General of Canada.
News in Brief: AGO Acquires 522 Diane Arbus Photos, Vancouver Art Gallery’s Plaza Gets $9.6-Million Makeover, National Portrait Gallery Plans Dashed
The Art Gallery of Ontario’s recent purchase makes their collection of work by the late American photographer the largest in Canada.
News in Brief: Kent Monkman to Lead Pride Parade, New Appointments at Vancouver Galleries, National Gallery Receives $2-Million Donation
In art news: Kent Monkman will lead Toronto’s 2017 Pride Parade, the National Gallery was gifted $2 million and new Vancouver appointments were announced.
News in Brief: Mid-Career Artists Awarded, Inuit Art in Washington, DC, and Copyright Battle Waged Over Rubber Duck
An enormous rubber duck is set to float through Ontario waterways on Canada Day weekend, but may have to fight a copyright battle first.
Women Dominate Sobey Shortlist for First Time Ever
It's also the first year that there has been more than one Indigenous artist on the Sobey shortlist—this year, there are two.
News in Brief: Battat Contemporary to Close, cheyanne turions Joins Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr University’s President Departing
In art news this week: Battat Contemporary will close, cheyanne turions joined the Vancouver Art Gallery and Emily Carr University’s president is departing.