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Maria Hupfield of Indigenous Womxn’s Collective Reflects on Impact of Whitney Biennial Action
Ontario-born, New York–based Anishinaabe artist Maria Hupfield speaks about participating in the public action, which demanded Whitney board member Warren Kanders be removed
News Roundup: A New Director for Toronto’s Big Art Fair, and More
Mia Nielsen is the new director of Art Toronto, while internationally known Joao Ribas of Portugal serves as curator this year. Plus: some Papier art fair results, the commissioning of new public sculpture by Rebecca Belmore and Osvaldo Yero, and some new award wins and noms
Indigenous Artists Collaborate on New Opera about the Beothuk
Jordan Bennett, Meagan Musseau, Jerry Evans, Lori Blondeau and Aria Evans are some of the talents who have brought the new Shanawdithit opera—which has its world premiere tonight—to fruition
New Graphic Novels Take On Motherhood and Postpartum Depression
At the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this week, five mothers and artists talked about opening up the graphic-novel field to tales of perinatal illness, traumatic birth and caregiver reflection
News Roundup: Toronto Biennial and National Gallery Each Get $1-Mil Donation
Some big money is flowing. Plus: Nigel Prince is leaving Vancouver's Contemporary Art Gallery for a post in the UK, and the Glenbow Museum's CEO Donna Livingstone is moving to the Whyte Museum
Nadia Myre and Alan Michelson Recraft Venice’s Links to Indigenous Peoples
With glass beads and ocean buoys, Myre and Michelson address Venice as a place where some of the first European books and maps about Indigenous peoples were published
Art Gallery of Ontario Launches $35 Annual Pass
Pilot project hopes to increase accessibility and make gallery-going a habit—but some members are unhappy about the way the new initiative is being rolled out
39 Artists Announced for Montreal’s Momenta Biennale
Among those participating are Meagan Musseau, Elisabeth Belliveau, Francis Alÿs, Camille Turner and Victoria Sin
Zacharias Kunuk Speaks on Isuma’s Venice Biennale Project
“We plan to film live at our floe edge, from the ice and the sea, where hunters hunt seals, and broadcast halfway around the world to Venice”
Stephen Waddell Wins $50K Scotiabank Photography Award
Vancouver artist will also receive a solo show during the 2020 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, and a book of his work will be published by Steidl