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Rebecca Belmore, The Named and the Unnamed 2002. Video projection, screen, light bulbs

Rebecca Belmore: In Violation

Rebecca Belmore’s "The Named and the Unnamed" is a commemoration and a protest over the disappearance of more than 65 women in Vancouver.

Jean-Siméon Chardin, The Governess , 1739. Oil on canvas

Chardin and Social Commentary in 18th-century France

In the late 1730s, Chardin conceived two genre paintings as a pair that depict day-to-day domestic interactions on different social levels.

Michael Snow, Cover to Cover (detail of pages), 1975

Michael Snow and Experimentation in Book Form

Michael Snow's 1975 photo bookwork "Cover to Cover" cleverly exploits the conventions of the book, be it the exhibition catalogue, the notebook or the family album.

Kwame Brathwaite, Untitled (Naturally '68 Photo Shoot in the Apollo Theater Featuring Grandassa Models and Founding AJASS Members Kletus Smith, Frank Abu, Bob Gumbs, Elombe Brath and Ernest Baxter) , c. 1968, printed 2016. Ink jet print

Kwame Brathwaite: Celebrating Racial Identity and Pride

A photograph of Grandassa models and members of AJASS taken by Kwame Brathwaite at New York’s Apollo Theater in 1968 represents the achievement of the “Black Is Beautiful” movement.

Sarah Ann Johnson, Dark Cloud, 2010. Chromogenic print, photo retouching dyes, acrylic ink, gouache and india ink

The Art of Clouds

In art, clouds can determine the mood, colour a scene or convey a message, often being an integral and important part of telling the story.

Kazuo Nakamura, August, Morning Reflections, 1961. Oil on canvas

Kazuo Nakamura and Patterns in Landscape

Kazuo Nakamura transposes landscapes into atmospheric scenes composed of geometric lines and patterns.

Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn, Portrait of Rembrandt, c.1640–49. Oil on canvas

The Emergence of a Fraud: A Portrait of Rembrandt

Investigating the first painting the National Gallery of Canada bought as a Rembrandt brings new conclusions.

Detail, Boris Spremo, Ferguson Jenkins Baseball, 1962, gelatin silver print

Sports Photography and the Press: The Globe and Mail Photo Archive

Sports photography not only captures the moment of achievement or defeat, it can also reflect social and cultural representations and perceptions of different sports and athletes.

Turofsky, The Old and the Young Make Up New Line for Montreal Canadiens. From left, 38-year-old Rocket Richard; his brother Henri, 23, and Rookie Cec Hoekstra. 24, 1960, gelatin silver print

The Montreal Canadiens: Images of a Team

The Montreal Canadiens have become one of the most successful ice hockey teams of all times, their long and rich history captured in news images for the illustrated press.