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News Roundup: Artists Ask Sobey Art Award to Permanently Cancel Single-Winner Approach
An open letter, signed by many Sobey-nominated artists, also asks for the award to lift the 40-and-under age barrier. Plus: more museums reopen as COVID-19 restrictions ease
Reid Shier Selected as Curator for Canada Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale
Shier was chosen for the job by pavilion artist Stan Douglas. Shier initially worked with Douglas in 1996—including him in the first group exhibition he ever curated
Galleries Launch Augmented-Reality App for Collecting Art
Created by the Contemporary Art Galleries Association, the app features roughly 1,000 works of art available for sale, from more than 40 Canadian galleries
News Roundup: Alberta Arts Groups Upset over Provincial Grant Changes
Some $2 million in project grants are affected. Plus: Canada Council details $55 million COVID-19 relief fund, and Kent Monkman apologizes for artwork depicting sexual assault
News Roundup: Thierry Mugler Tops List of Most-Visited Canadian Exhibitions
The Art Newspaper’s survey of 2019’s most-visited shows and museums has the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Royal Ontario Museum leading the country
Art Galleries and Museums Start to Reopen, Where Permitted
Last week, the Winnipeg Art Gallery reopened to the public, along with Quebec City’s Galerie3—but the blockbuster exhibition may never return, says one expert
News Roundup: Winnipeg Art Gallery Reopens with First Days Focused on Frontline Workers
Also, Canadian Barry Blitt wins a Pulitzer for his New Yorker illustrations, and the Remai Modern and Polygon Gallery win major architecture prizes
Canadian Dealers Prepare for First Virtual Frieze New York Art Fair
Bradley Ertaskiran, Unit 17, MKG127, Cooper Cole and Daniel Faria Gallery are the Canadian galleries participating in the first virtual edition of the fair
In Canada, Too, COVID-19 Impacts Commercial Art Dealers—and Their Artists
A new international study has shown a 72 per cent slump in gallery income worldwide due to COVID-19 crisis, and Canada is not insulated from that
News Roundup: Artists and Arts Leaders Call for Equity in Newest COVID-19 Relief Funds
“We need to ensure that small groups experiencing the highest existential threat have access to this support,” says one advocate