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Toronto Artist Takes Prize in Dubai: Tehran-born, Toronto-based artist Abbas Akhavan was announced as one of five winners of the 2014 Abraaj Group Art Prize in Dubai. The prize is awarded annually to five artists from the Middle East and North...
News broke this morning of "the single largest gift" they’ve ever received being bestowed upon the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. A collection by American photographer Annie Leibovitz is being donated to the AGNS as part of a permanent exhibition, a first-time...
A fundraising event to be held for an esteemed Canadian cultural institution, Wednesday evening, presents a refreshing departure from your typical charity auction. Hosted by the Daniel Faria Gallery, Art Metropole will present their...
UPDATE: Gordon Ferguson has now been reinstated to his position at Alberta College of Art + Design, following the petition described below. Read more on the recent update here. The Canadian art world is putting the Alberta College of Art + Design on...
There are only a few great critics holding forth in today’s waning critical climate who maintain an element of danger in their invocations. These voices of authority and interrogation bend and veer away from our understood rails of art appreciation into...
A new documentary on Herb and Dorothy Vogel, the legendary New York collectors who managed to accrue a world-class trove of minimalist art on a government employee’s salary, premiered last week at the Whitney Museum, a month after an...
In an effort to start the new year with a note of promise, ARTINFO Canada presents a roundup of those Canadians, 30 years or younger, who we consider to be showing great industry and promise in the art world. Far from definitive, and in no...
At the beginning of the month, a striking press release by the professional body that represents Canadian artists, Canadian Arists' Representation (CARFAC), informed the public that Inuit artists would “miss out of profits made on their work”...
TORONTO — The last vestiges of Ydessa Hendeles’s storefront sign were scraped from its King Street West exterior two days ago, as the foundation brought its quarter-century stay at its downtown location to a close. “The foundation itself continues, but...
For many galleries, moving into a ground-floor space is a rite of passage. For a museum whose primary function is to serve the public, such a move is all the more significant. Late this summer, the staff of MOCA Cleveland will leave its retrofitted location...
