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Features / December 27, 2018

Top Reads of 2018

Your five favourite Canadian Art stories from the past year
Rebecca Belmore, <em>sister</em>, 2010. Colour ink-jet on transparencies, 2.13 x 3.66 m (overall). Courtesy the artist. © Rebecca Belmore. Rebecca Belmore, sister, 2010. Colour ink-jet on transparencies, 2.13 x 3.66 m (overall). Courtesy the artist. © Rebecca Belmore.

I Am the Artist Amongst My People

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson catches up with curator Wanda Nanibush and artist Rebecca Belmore to talk about Belmore’s Art Gallery of Ontario show, and the act of making monuments in the presence of community

 

Yayoi Kusama in <em>YELLOW TREE/Living Room</em>, 2010. Courtesy of the artist. Yayoi Kusama in YELLOW TREE/Living Room, 2010. Courtesy of the artist.

So What If Art Selfies Are Narcissistic?

Merray Gerges can sense selfie-bashing in the air as a big Yayoi Kusama show opens in Toronto. But the fact is, selfies are vital to situating people of colour within largely white art institutions

 

Artist James Luna. Photo: Facebook. Artist James Luna. Photo: Facebook.

Remembering James Luna (1950–2018)

Richard William Hill reflects on Luna’s Artifact Piece—where he turned his Indigenous body into a museum exhibit—was a 1980s breakthrough. But the power of his work doesn’t end there

 

Mary Pratt, <em>Jelly Shelf</em>, 1999. Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 71.1. cm. Collection of Equinox Gallery. Photo: Ned Pratt. Mary Pratt, Jelly Shelf, 1999. Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 71.1. cm. Collection of Equinox Gallery. Photo: Ned Pratt.

Mary Pratt: 1935–2018 

Mireille Eagan remembers a major artist who revealed herself through her daily life—and, in turn, changed how we see the world and ourselves

 

Maggie Groat, <em>Of Another Natural History II</em> (detail), 2011. Collage, 83.8 x 63.5 cm. Courtesy the artist. Collection TD Bank. Maggie Groat, Of Another Natural History II (detail), 2011. Collage, 83.8 x 63.5 cm. Courtesy the artist. Collection TD Bank.

Saw Your Instagram

Samantha Nock discusses dream catchers, incense, crystals—an Indigenous story about your witchy souvenirs