A bomb, a nun, and a pair of shiny black boots hang together as a powerful trio of paintings that greet viewers at the exhibition of this year’s finalists for the 19th annual RBC Painting Competition.
Featuring winning books from this year’s Awards, the exhibition celebrates the impressive work of book designers and encourages visitors to slow down and appreciate the beauty that can be found inside and...
When The Globe and Mail decided to move from its headquarters on Front Street to a new building on King Street in Toronto, a team was faced with the daunting task of deaccessioning more than 750,000...
As one of Canada’s most acclaimed contemporary artists, Alex Janvier’s prolific artistic output was on full display recently at the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) in the largest and most comprehensive...
Though known to many as a post-impressionist painter, Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) was in fact an accomplished sculptor, ceramist, printmaker and decorator.
Throughout the summer, fans of Pablo Picasso are in for a major treat at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG). The WAG’s Picasso experience includes two exhibitions: Picasso: Man and Beast. The Vollard Suite of...
The doors to the National Gallery’s newly transformed Canadian and Indigenous Galleries are about to open upon a magnificent display of art. With almost 800 works dating from 5,000 years ago to 1967, Canadian...
Sometimes the most compelling thing about a work of art is the artist behind it. Are they messy or neat when they work? Spacious studio or dining room table? Do they draw inspiration from rural surroundings,...
