Vancouver-based Cowichan/Syilx artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun creates new work in memory of dead Indigenous children

Locals cite concerns about property values, obstructed views of nature and the ethnicity of the artist, but Vancouver Biennial organisers say the work will act as a warning beacon for ocean conservation

After popping up in Vancouver, an installation of figures made from trash travels to Toronto and Quebec City

The work has become a community shrine and gathering space for mourners after the remains of children as young as three years old were discovered last week using ground-penetrating radar

Responsible for green spaces that still provide respite to city dwellers around the world, the designer saw her profession as a kind of healing art

A newsletter issued by the cultural facility, founded by sisters Emily and Annemarie Jacir, says its office was ransacked and equipment was stolen

Bombings have halted classes in the city’s only accredited arts academy, but its founder keeps hope alive

The new education centre on Granville Island with arts, music, film and dance studios, will serve 24,000 student annually

The public art work by the local artist Brady Cranfield has been installed in the Vancouver Art Gallery's newly pedestrianised south plaza

The images of sleeping people were too creepy for many residents, in a city where property values are a major concern

A joint retrospective organised by the West Vancouver Art Museum and Art Gallery of Alberta beautifully expresses the designer’s passion for nature and understanding of community needs

A writer’s complaints about downtown tagging were met with accusations of classism—and a new mural

Slogans for the 21st Century are on view in the city's new Arbutus Greenway

The winning design is meant to be both a centrepiece of Halifax’s burgeoning waterfront arts district and an earnest symbol of reconciliation, the project leads say

British Columbia brothers donate paintings their grandmothers acquired to Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Proto-Riot Grrrl Jean Smith plans to launch space to support international artists

Hogan’s Alley was once a thriving hub of Black Canadian culture, before it was demolished like so many communities in the name of urban renewal

The institution is looking for a permanent home in the city’s historic Chinatown

The new “toonie” features an image of Reid’s striking Xhuwaji/Haida Grizzly Bear

Gazan-born artist Mohammed Musallam finds new meaning in a past face mask project, which is based upon a traditional keffiyeh design

Initiative involves local communities in rebuilding their historic landmarks and neighbourhoods

The artist says Iran has been “devastated” by the crisis, which he adds has been exacerbated by US sanctions

City council is collaborating with mural makers to paint storefronts that have closed due to Covid-19 in a neighbourhood already suffering from the opioid crisis

After setbacks related to ISIS's offensive, preservationists in northern Iraq report progress

The Vancouver-based artist, one of the last of a generation that shaped the city’s mid-century cultural scene, was known for his monumental abstract canvases inspired by nature

Installation in gentrified area is criticised as artists are priced out of the city's housing market

Iraqi culture ministry announces new national museum in Baghdad as Mosul restoration plan is extended to historic churches

The architect Hernán Ferruchi was visiting the city with friends when he was hit by a truck while cycling on 31 October 2017

The German-born Canadian captured a view of the city that has since been lost, but he did not receive major recognition until late in life

A government grant for works of importance helps to block departure of the painting from the country