Our editors’ weekly roundup of Canadian art news.
CARFAC and RAAV announced that artists across Canada have voted to ratify their agreement with the National Gallery of Canada, which secures mandatory minimum fees and working conditions for artists at the gallery. The agreement will primarily affect fees for temporary exhibitions and image reproductions.
On Tuesday, the Donald R. Sobey Family Foundation announced a $2 million donation to the National Gallery of Canada Foundation to establish the Canadian Artists in Venice Endowment, which aims to attract other philanthropic partners in support of artists representing Canada at the Venice Biennale.
On Tuesday, the Toronto Arts Council revealed the 18 inaugural fellows who will participate in the 2015 TAC Cultural Leaders Lab. This program, which comes from a partnership with the Banff Centre, begins in April 2015 and consists of a weeklong “leadership retreat” in Banff, followed by “programmed activities” in Toronto.
cheyanne turions is the recipient of the 2014 Hnatyshyn Foundation and TD Bank Group Emerging Curator of Contemporary Art Award, an annual prize of $10,000 dedicated to emerging curators under the age of 35 whose “body of work incorporates a public presence and peer recognition.”
On Tuesday night, Canadian Art’s Winter 2014 cover, which featured British Columbia–based Coast Salish artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun’s Indian World My Home and Native Land (2012), won a silver medal at the Canadian Cover Awards in the Small Magazines category.
With support from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts was able to restore a painting by Caravaggio follower Valentin de Boulogne titled Abraham Sacrificing Isaac (1630–31). The work is an important piece in the museum’s Old Masters collection, but its poor condition has restricted its inclusion in temporary or touring exhibitions.
