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Carrie Mae Weems Leads 2019 Contact Festival in Toronto
One of the world's largest photography festivals has released its preliminary lineup. Other features include Nadia Myre, Ayana V. Jackson and Carmen Winant
New Project Turns Vancouver Buses Into Moving Public Art
Thirty TransLink buses will be wrapped with art for the year-long project. The buses will also host artist talks and art-making activities for families
News Roundup: On the Next Indigenous Quinquennial, and More
Dates are now set for the quinquennial to open in November at the National Gallery of Canada. Plus: numbers on museum-donor tax breaks, and remembering a man who made art of the Montreal métro
Artists and Arts Supporters Named to Order of Canada
From small-scale ceramics to large-scale steel sculptures, the latest Order of Canada recipients have it covered
Nova Scotia Artist Wins Public Art Appeal
Bridgewater town staff had ordered removal of installation—but town council voted to keep it there following Status of the Artist Act arguments
Roundup: Canada’s Top Art News Stories of the Year
A repatriation push, a deaccessioning scandal, and a federal court upset: these are some of the stories that led national art news in 2018
News Roundup: Date Set for Big Art Law Appeal, and More
Museums have been granted intervenor status in the upcoming appeal, too. Plus: lots of job shifts, and a complaint (as well as compliments) about the National Gallery
Vancouver Art Gallery Adds 334 Artworks to Its Collection
The gallery’s 2018 acquisitions include works by Brian Jungen, Sarah Anne Johnson, Fred Herzog and Sonny Assu
New Public Art Series Links Moncton’s Past and Present
The 13 artists in Images Rémanentes riff on historical artworks (and art absences) in Acadie
Artists Protest Ontario Arts Council Indigenous Culture Fund Cuts
Petitions are circulating, and supporters are encouraged to write letters to MPPs and government leadership