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At the Venice Biennale, artist Kapwani Kiwanga covers Canada pavilion in millions of Venetian beads
Kapwani Kiwanga Artist for Venice Biennale Canada Pavilion Trinket Commissioned by the National Gallery of Canada and supported by the Canada Council for the Arts Kapwani Kiwanga Transfer II (Metal, breath, beads) and Transfer IV (Metal, wood, breath, beads), 2024 bronze, blown glass, glass beads; bronze, palladium leaf, wood, blown glass, glass beads 160×120×32cm;164×100×70cm Installation view, Kapwani Kiwanga: Trinket, 2024, Canada Pavilion, 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
art and architecture
With a giant sculpture made of single-use plastic, artist Benjamin Von Wong wants to send a hopeful message
Artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong poses in front of his plastic waste installation on New York City’s High Line park, in New York, U.S., April 12, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Hofstetter
opinion
Nature as nurture: How taking photos of iconic Canadiana helped me heal as I experienced loss
Christopher Wahl
world
Banksy tree mural that sprouted in London is fenced off after apparent vandalism
Boarding is put up next to the Banksy artwork on the side of a residential building in Hornsey Road, north London, Wednesday March 27, 2024 which has been covered in perspex sheeting for protection. An environmentally themed mural in London by street artist Banksy has been encased in plastic and surrounded by fencing after an apparent act of vandalism. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
obituary
Cultural administrator David Silcox was a champion of Canadian art
David Silcox, who discovered long lost journals of Canadian artist Emily Carr, is photographed at his home in Toronto, Ontario Wednesday, September 4, 2013. (Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail)
world
New Banksy mural sprouts up beside cropped tree in London
People look at a new Banksy painting on a wall in London, Monday, March 18, 2024. A new Banksy mural drew crowds to a London street on Monday, even before the elusive graffiti artist confirmed that the work was his. The artwork in the Finsbury Park neighborhood covers the wall of a four-story building and shows a small figure holding a pressure hose beside a real tree. Green paint has been sprayed across the wall, replicating the absent leaves of the tree, which has been severely cropped. Banksy claimed the work by posting before and after photos of the location on his official Instagram account.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
world
Twenty-two artifacts looted after the Battle of Okinawa returned to Japan
A hand drawn map of Okinawa dating back to the 19th century, one of 22 historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and recovered after a family from Massachusetts discovered them as they were going through their late father's personal items is displayed. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, said Friday, March 15, 2024, that they have helped orchestrate the return of the artifacts to the Government of Japan, Okinawa Prefecture. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)
visual arts
Humour and horror collide at the National Gallery’s Nick Sikkuark retrospective
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arts
Fantasy, reality, nostalgia: Artist Shuvinai Ashoona among Governor General’s Awards winners
Inuit artist Shuvinai Ashoona of Kinngait, Nvt., shown in this image provided by the Marion Scott Gallery of Vancouver, who comes from a long line of printmakers and sculptors, will receive one of this year's Governor-General's Awards in the visual arts. Ashoona is one of six recipients of the award, considered Canada's highest visual arts honour. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Marion Scott Gallery *MANDATORY CREDIT*
travel
Discovering Japan’s creative side in Kyoto
Gallery Nichinichi
world
Paris Olympics unveils art deco-style posters inspired by the city’s flamboyant past
French artist Hugo Gattoni, left, and head of design for Paris 2024, Joachim Roncin pose next to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic posters in Ivry-sur-Seine outside Paris, Tuesday Feb. 20, 2024. Vibrant colors and striking landmarks illuminate posters for the Paris Olympic Games in an Art Deco style inspired by the city's flamboyant past. The posters have been unveiled at the Musée d'Orsay. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
canada
Meet Ruby Chopstix, Manitoba's first drag artist-in-residence
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world
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to make bid to stop extradition to U.S. in London court
FILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange greets supporters on May 19, 2017, outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been in self imposed exile since 2012. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed frustration at the United States’ continuing efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange, saying: “There is nothing to be served by his ongoing incarceration.” Albanese made his comments Friday, May 5, 2023, in an Australian Broadcasting Corp. interview. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
arts
Monuments Men weren’t all men – and female members are finally moving into the spotlight
Information about Rose Valland is displayed as part of the permanent Monuments Men and Women exhibition at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Christiana Botic)
opinion
A plausible fix for a disastrous reno
Marcus Gee
politics
McGill removes painting attributed to Morrisseau, launches investigation into possible art fraud
A fake painting by Norval Morrisseau hanging at the Visible Storage Gallery in the McLennan Library at Mcgill University in Montreal on Friday, January 26th, 2024.
art & architecture
Bertram Brooker retrospective to feature 150 artworks by controversial painter
Cabbage-and-Pepper_PRINT copy.jpg. BERTRAMBOOKER-0215 Bertram Brooker: When We Awake Bertram Brooker (1888–1955), Cabbage and Pepper, 1937, oil on canvas, 40.6 x 50.8 cm, purchased 1973, Collection of Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PE, CAG 73.5 Handout
arts
A new exhibition aims to bring Yoko Ono’s art out of John Lennon’s shadow
A member of staff hangs a note on a work entitled Wish Trees for London, first realisation Wish Tree 1996, exhibition realisation 2024, at the Yoko Ono : Music of the Mind exhibition at the Tate Modern, the works of art are copyright Yoko Ono, In London, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. The Exhibition which has many pieces that are interactive and the public and participate in, runs from Feb.15, to Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
art & architecture
ROM unveils $130-million plan to turn controversial Crystal into a more open, welcoming space