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Bold statements in colour: the cityscapes of Lawren Harris

Lawren Harris’s urban scenes played a key role in his exploration of the role of art in the transformations of Canadian society.

Guiding the Gallery: Elders, Community Members and Indigenous Experts

Welcoming ceremonies are an important way to recognize that many historic art objects are considered as having a spirit or as ancestors.

Candid but kind: the photographic world of Lisette Model

Best known for her candid but empathetic shots revealing the peculiarities of average people, Lisette Model is recognized as one of the most innovative photographers of her era.

BGL’s problem-solving: works at Museum London

For the Parisian arts event Nuit Blanche 2011, the Québec-based art trio BGL built a giant bonfire, some 18 metres long, inside of a gymnasium.

The Rise and Fall of a Family Dynasty

A chronicle of two families from Quebec City, the Sewell Family Album is an early “scrap album” that captures their life and memories through photographs.

Joe Fafard’s Running Horses: Roaming Free

Joe Fafard’s dynamic and immersive sculpture "Running Horses" speaks to the power and energy of horses and acknowledges their significance to Canada’s prairie landscapes as well as their special relationship...

Sculpting Sound: Janet Cardiff’s Forty-Part Motet

In her sound installations Janet Cardiff redefines our experience of space and enables us to step inside the music.

The Portraits of Paul Cézanne: a Peasant’s Image in Context

The innovative French painter Paul Cézanne produced some 160 portraits within a body of work that comprised nearly 1,000 paintings.

The Radical and the Experimental in the Art of David Milne

"David Milne: Modern Painting", on view at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, U.K., traces Milne’s various influences, exploring the process by which he established himself as a radical and experimental...

Long Live Painting: A Friendship on View

On August 13,1925, Henri Matisse sent a postcard to Pierre Bonnard that read “Vive la peinture!.” Simple yet effective, the gesture gave rise to a friendship that lasted more than forty years.