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Representing Women: Colleen Wolstenholme’s "Triad"

In the hands of Colleen Wolstenholme, sculpture, the art of the object, becomes a powerful means of countering the objectification of women and deflecting the distorting lens of the patriarchal view that has...

Portrait of an Explorer Artist: George Back

A portrait of George Back depicts the naval officer as an artist who undertook four exploratory journeys to the Arctic, two with John Franklin, and recorded the vistas of the dramatic northern landscape.

The Frivolity of the Directoire Period: James Tissot's "Partie Carrée"

James Tissot's genre painting of a picnic captures in meticulous detail the atmosphere of the historic period after the French Reign of Terror.

Kelly Mark sets the Notion of Time against Shared and Isolated Experience

Conceptual artist Kelly Mark compiled a montage of TV footage to create a marathon narrative shared among four viewing rooms. The work is a commentary on the currency of time and the potential for both...

Yousuf Karsh: Finding the Common Humanity behind Famous Faces

Yousuf Karsh's photographs are a veritable ‘Who's Who' of the 20th century, images that span the full spectrum of fame – from intellectual pioneers and politicians to activists, artists and actors.

"The brief hope offered by nature": Four birds

Four representations of birds reflect the sensitivities of different artists in depicting these impressive and inspirational creatures of the sky.

The Power of Love: Laurence Hyde

The story behind Laurence Hyde’s wood engraving "Love" speaks to heart and mind, as both were fired by the artist’s new and, as time would reveal, true love.

Our New, Unreliable Winter: Mabel May

Influenced by the compositional forms and colours of Lawren Harris and the Group of Seven, Mabel May's painting of a snow-covered mountain landscape is a lyrical depiction bathed in atmospheric light.

Sky Glabush Paints the Story

In his painting, Sky Glabush uses narrative as a means to explore the relationship between spirituality and art.

A Pastor's Pastures: the Hatfield Rectory Album

The Hatfield Rectory album of photographs is an intimate record of the family of Reverend Faithfull and their life at the parsonage at Hatfield in England.
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