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News Roundup: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Opens a New Wing for “the Arts of One World”
The 10 refurbished galleries aim to create dialogues between works from every continent. Plus: the ImagineNative Film and Media Arts Festival becomes the first Indigenous film fest to be able to qualify films for Oscar consideration
Free Anti-Harassment Training Now Available to Artists and Arts Orgs in Canada
New workshops, supported by federal funding, aim to open up discussion around bullying and sexual harassment in arts workplaces
Curators and Registrars at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Stage One-Day Strike
Artists expressed support for professional staff of the museum, who have been without a contract since 2015
News Roundup: Arts and Creative Industry Funding Structure Changed in New Alberta Budget
Also, a new deputy director for the National Gallery of Canada, labour issues continue at one of Canada's major contemporary art museums, the City of Edmonton links arts and health, and the NSCAD Lithography Workshop resurges
Duane Linklater, Rajni Perera Lead Art Toronto 2019 Sales
The Art Gallery of Ontario bought works by both artists on opening night; here’s a roundup of some of the other acquisitions made at the fair
News Roundup: MAC Montreal Curators Set to Strike October 30
Other professional workers at the museum will also be picketing that day. Plus: Has a Vancouver artist’s work been appropriated by Gucci?
Luther Konadu Wins Salt Spring National Art Prize
The Winnipeg artist leads the awards, receiving $15,000 and a residency
Art Policy vs. Social Policy and the Federal Election
What is the value of art, beyond being a social benefit? Here, arts leaders discuss what we lose when we continue to value art only in relation to social gains
News Roundup: Suspect Arrested for Arson at Emily Carr University, Campus Reopens
In other important news, artist and curator Jeffrey Spalding has died, as has artist Matthew Wong, with several remembrances emerging. Also, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has reached an unprecedented agreement with Kwakwaka'wakw artist Carey Newman
Dana Claxton Wins $25,000 Artist Prize, Leading the Hnatyshyn Foundation Awards This Year
Other just-announced awards from the foundation include ones for emerging and established curators, and for emerging artists