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Dirty Words: Labour

Dirty Words: Labour

Technicians and installers are central to an art institution’s function. Why are they so often rendered invisible?

Dirty Words: No

Dirty Words: No

Those identified as women, in particular, are often told to just say no; they are also told, in actions and in art, that their no means nothing

Dirty Words: Representation

Dirty Words: Representation

The visibility of trans women in the arts has vastly increased in the past half-decade, but the sense of freedom has not.

So What If Art Selfies Are Narcissistic?

So What If Art Selfies Are Narcissistic?

As a big Yayoi Kusama show opens in Toronto, selfie-shaming is also in the air. But the fact is, selfies are vital to situating people of colour within largely white art institutions

Moving through Grief

Moving through Grief

Art that eulogizes is more than memory-keeping—it is an act of survival.

Art Book Publishing in Canada Takes a Hit

Art Book Publishing in Canada Takes a Hit

What’s the future of Canadian art catalogues in the wake of Black Dog Publishing’s recent bankruptcy?

Land, Body, Reciprocity

Land, Body, Reciprocity

Lacie Burning’s work acknowledges the reality of internalized colonialism and its effects on Indigenous acts of sovereignty.

Canada’s Admissions-Fee Problem

Canada’s Admissions-Fee Problem

When New York’s Met Museum hiked admission fees, an outcry ensued. Where are the dissenting voices north of the border?

Settler Structures of Bad Feeling

Settler Structures of Bad Feeling

Three Indigenous artists highlight the entangled connections among colonialism, sickness and contamination.

An Accessibility Manifesto for the Arts

An Accessibility Manifesto for the Arts

Let’s try thinking of accessibility as a creative, long-term process. It’s not just about the built environment, but about ideas of agency and power