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News in Brief: Kingston Prize Wins and More
It's the first time a woman of colour has won the $20K Kingston Portrait Prize. Plus: a wheelchair-optimized art show, an Ottawa public-art spat and more.
White Supremacists Target Anti-Monument Performance
White supremacists recently made an appearance at Life of a Craphead's Toronto performance.
Major Canadian Collector Accused of Sexual Harassment
French-language newspaper La Presse publishes major exposé with multiple allegations against François Odermatt
Canadian Art Wins COPA Gold
Thursday dispatch Canadian Art Weekly wins Best E-Newsletter for second year in a row.
News in Brief: A Record-Breaking Sale, and More
That rare quantity—a Canadiens painting signed by Ken Dryden—gets bids flowing in Montreal. Plus: Zacharias Kunuk is nominated for international prize.
Takashi Murakami is Coming to Canada
The influential and visionary works of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami will have their first-ever Canadian retrospective in Vancouver next year.
News in Brief: Fear of a Closure at ACAD, and More
A key Canadian art school might be “an institution on the verge of unsustainability.” Plus: Award wins for Jana Sterbak and Kent Monkman.
News in Brief: A New Art Fair for Montreal, and More
An American art-fair company makes this Quebec foray. Plus: one of the biggest donations in Canada's arts history and some key award wins.
Mi’kmaq Artist Ursula Johnson Wins Sobey Art Award
Nova Scotia–based artist takes home $50,000 art prize with a remarkable moose-fence installation that portends bigger works and new materials.
Artists Alarmed by Changes at Newfoundland’s Rooms Art Gallery
“We consider these changes to be part of a larger agenda to strip the gallery of structure, autonomy and its vital role,” says one artist.