Kiendl’s departure comes a few months after the gallery pulled the plug on an ambitious but costly building project it had already spent C$60m on

The Palestine Museum US’s director hopes the institution will challenge “dominant narratives and showcase the rich cultural heritage of Palestine”

Dorgham Quraiqi, was working with the UK charity Hope and Play, when the remains of his house were bombed

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well as evidence of a cult of personality around a particularly charismatic ruler

Also honoured in the visual and media arts category this year are the AI artist Sandra Rodriguez, the furniture-maker Peter Pierobon and the film-maker Bruce LaBruce

The UN body has brought several religious and other buildings in the Iraqi city back to life as part of an $115m programme

Viral footage of a worker apparently using a hammer and chisel to chip at the stones of the pyramid has prompted debate across Egypt's heritage sector

The gallery recently cancelled a project designed by the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron after its budget ballooned by 50%

The gifted works, collectively valued at C$10m ($7m), come from Vancouver collectors Brigitte and Henning Freybe and include pieces by Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, Julie Mehretu and more

The museum released a non-fungible token of a work by the Gazan artist Mohammed Alhaj to kick off the new initiative

Known for his bold, bright-hued paintings, prints and murals, Average was a pillar of Vancouver’s creative community

Fresh off a pop-up show in Ireland, the director of the Connecticut-based Palestine Museum US hopes the former Israeli Embassy could become a permanent European outpost

The institution ended its partnership with the Swiss firm, begun nearly a decade ago, as it reassesses its plans

The protests are part of a broader campaign pressuring Canadian arts organisations to cut ties with the Azrieli Foundation

The Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency, based in the refurbished former home and studio of Carole Itter and Al Neil, is now moored near Vancouver’s Maritime Museum

The museum’s renamed Centre for Global Asias seeks to “recognise the many Asias that exist, within the geography of Asia itself and in the global diaspora”

The Lunar Codex has partnered with the estate of Canadian Ojibway artist Norval Morrisseau to collect contemporary and traditional music that will be sent into space in 2025

The Montréal-based artist, known for his intricate sculptural beadwork, received the C$100,000 Sobey Art Award for 2024

The artist’s videos and installations reinterpret acts of resistance staged in the streets and on social media

The artist has been researching flatbreads and tandoors, the community ovens where they are often baked, in countries around the world since 2020

The country’s biggest art fair, with more than 100 exhibitors, is both a centre of commercial activity and a sprawling diorama of a national aesthetic

In its fourth iteration, Forever is Now continues its tradition of installing contemporary works next to ancient sites

The museum already owns a subsequent, oil-on-canvas work depicting the same subject; both versions of “War Canoes, Alert Bay” will now be displayed together

Michiko Matsumoto’s film “Viva Niki”, which recently premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival, also attests to the artist’s enduring popularity in Japan

The permanent sculptures by Chief 7IDANsuu James Hart and Wendat Nation artist Ludovic Boney were unveiled in Québec City’s Cap Diamant on Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

The annual prize, which honours an artist based in British Columbia, comes with C$100,000 cash

Prosecutors described David Voss as the leader of a forgery ring that created thousands of fake works by Norval Morrisseau

The Zumurrud Khatun Mosque and Mausoleum have undergone a heavy-handed restoration—and there is a risk of further damage to come

The museum’s director claimed the sharp increase was due to a precipitous rise in construction costs in recent years, though a prominent collector called this explanation “preposterous”

A prolific painter helped open doors for contemporary artists at a time when Indigenous art was often confined to ethnographic museums