NewsMuseums & Heritage
Never before seen Emily Carr works go from family fireplace to Canadian museum
British Columbia brothers donate paintings their grandmothers acquired to Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
NewsFeminism
Vancouver painter’s $100 Facebook portraits raise more than $150,000 for residency project
Proto-Riot Grrrl Jean Smith plans to launch space to support international artists
NewsCanada
Mural memorialises Vancouver’s lost historic Black neighbourhood
Hogan’s Alley was once a thriving hub of Black Canadian culture, before it was demolished like so many communities in the name of urban renewal
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Chinese Canadian Museum opens in Vancouver with pop-up show centred on food
The institution is looking for a permanent home in the city’s historic Chinatown
NewsIndigenous art
Haida artist Bill Reid honoured on Canadian $2 coin
The new “toonie” features an image of Reid’s striking Xhuwaji/Haida Grizzly Bear
NewsPalestine
A global pandemic brings new life to Palestinian artist's face masks
Gazan-born artist Mohammed Musallam finds new meaning in a past face mask project, which is based upon a traditional keffiyeh design
NewsMosul
Unesco's plan to ‘revive spirit’ of devastated Mosul gets under way
Initiative involves local communities in rebuilding their historic landmarks and neighbourhoods
NewsIran
Iran's leading artist Parviz Tanavoli makes nightingale medallions to help hospitals in his native country
The artist says Iran has been “devastated” by the crisis, which he adds has been exacerbated by US sanctions
NewsCanada
Vancouver street artists provide coronavirus advice to Canada’s most vulnerable communities
City council is collaborating with mural makers to paint storefronts that have closed due to Covid-19 in a neighbourhood already suffering from the opioid crisis
NewsConservation & Preservation
Restorers making headway in rehabilitation of Erbil Citadel
After setbacks related to ISIS's offensive, preservationists in northern Iraq report progress
NewsObituaries
Canadian Modernist painter Gordon Smith has died, aged 100
The Vancouver-based artist, one of the last of a generation that shaped the city’s mid-century cultural scene, was known for his monumental abstract canvases inspired by nature
NewsContemporary art
Rodney Graham’s Spinning Chandelier creates a ‘class-warfare’ debate in Vancouver
Installation in gentrified area is criticised as artists are priced out of the city's housing market
NewsIraq
As protests rage in Iraq, experts say culture is key to long-term reconstruction
Iraqi culture ministry announces new national museum in Baghdad as Mosul restoration plan is extended to historic churches
NewsPublic art
Street artists create memorial mural in Argentina for victim of New York terror attack
The architect Hernán Ferruchi was visiting the city with friends when he was hit by a truck while cycling on 31 October 2017
NewsObituaries
Vancouver street photographer Fred Herzog has died, age 88
The German-born Canadian captured a view of the city that has since been lost, but he did not receive major recognition until late in life
NewsMuseums
Art Gallery of Ontario acquires a Caillebotte after long legal struggle
A government grant for works of importance helps to block departure of the painting from the country
NewsPublic art
Vancouver mural memorialises First Nations’ aide to stranded Indian immigrants
The work was unveiled as the name of a Conservative politician behind the Komagata Maru incident was removed from the federal building on which it is painted
NewsArt market
Contested export of a Caillebotte painting raises questions about Canadian cultural law
A Canadian court recently overturned a ruling on the "national importance" of the French Impressionist's work, sold at Heffel Auction House in 2016
NewsArt market
Vancouver's art market sees influx of Chinese cash
As British Columbia clamps down on foreign real estate investment, Chinese collectors are investing in contemporary Canadian art with "no expense spared”
NewsChicago
Veterans and artists draw creative profit out of war
A project at the inaugural National Veterans Art Museum Triennial in Chicago aims to create artistic equity out of conflict
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Vancouver Art Gallery staff strike continues
Union boss calls museum's recent offer "an insult"
NewsMuseums & Heritage
After a decade of delays, Vancouver Art Gallery gets $40m boost for new building
The local philanthropic Chan family has reinvigorated the long-awaited expansion with an “unprecedented” gift
NewsPublic art
How a chain-link mosque at the Vancouver Biennale became a community hub
Saudi artist Ajlan Gharem's installation stands as an example of cultural exchange as diplomatic tensions break out between Canada and Saudi Arabia
NewsArtists
Art installation in Canada helps rebuild burnt-out library in Iraq
A project at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto challenges the public to help restore a Baghdad art college’s collection
NewsExhibitions
Kerry James Marshall on painting, politics and P Diddy’s record-breaking purchase of his work
The artist’s retrospective opens at the Rennie Collection in Vancouver, the largest private owner of his work
NewsExhibitions
Douglas Coupland’s work in plastic is fantastic
The writer and artist unveils an ecological work inspired by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and a 3D-printed national portrait of Canada
NewsExhibitions
Parviz Tanavoli's Lions of Iran exhibition gets green light after Hassan Rouhani’s victory
Almost 1,000 guests attended the opening night to support the show, organised by Iran's leading artist
NewsAcquisitions
Art Gallery of Ontario goes from zero to number two with Diane Arbus acquisition
The Toronto museum becomes the second largest holder of the photographer’s work in the world with the purchase of 522 prints
NewsPolitics
Iran's presidential election casts shadow over show organised by country's leading artist
Artist Parviz Tanavoli hopes Lions of Iran exhibition will still go ahead in Tehran—and travel abroad
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National Gallery of Canada receives major gift of contemporary art from collector Bob Rennie
The collection of 197 works is largely by Vancouver-based artists like Ian Wallace, Rodney Graham, Damien Moppet, Brian Jungen and Geoffrey Farmer, but also includes an important piece by Doris Salcedo
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One man’s epic quest to recover a stolen painting by ‘Iraq’s Picasso’
The 1968 battle scene was withdrawn last month from Christie’s Dubai sale, but its fate remains in question
NewsPolitics
Mexican-Canadian artist caught up in political maelstrom over Trump Tower commission
Miriam Aroeste says she was surprised to have her art mixed up with the US President’s politics
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Baghdad pop-up show could rise from the ruins
Artists hope to restage exhibition first seen in bombed-out shopping centre