Canada
Canadian government commits to enacting artist’s resale rights law
The recently passed federal budget includes a pledge to provide artists royalties when their work is resold on the secondary market
Final fraud suspect in vast Norval Morrisseau forgery operation found guilty
Jeff Cowan had been accused of sourcing forgeries and fabricating false provenance documents
Heffel’s autumn sales, including auction of art from collection of Canada’s oldest company, tally $22.1m
Across the day’s four sales in Toronto, the auction house set new secondary-market records for 16 artists’ work
Art Gallery of Ontario gets gift of more than 450 works
The lion’s share of the donated pieces, from the late collectors Carol and Morton Rapp, are prints and photographs
Toronto’s Gardiner Museum, devoted to ceramics, reopens after $11m renovation
The museum now boasts a gallery dedicated to Indigenous ceramics, expanded education facilities and enough space to display around 40% of its collection
Tania Willard wins Canada’s top contemporary art prize
The British Columbia-based artist, who is a member of the Secwépemc First Nation, described the experience of taking home the C$100,000 Sobey Art Award as “a waking dream”
Vatican Museums will return rare Indigenous kayak to Canada
The Vatican is working with the Canadian Catholic Church to return Indigenous artefacts
Art Toronto gets sales boost from baseball World Series
Canada’s biggest art fair appeared to benefit from the Toronto Blue Jays’ first crack at baseball’s top trophy since 1993
Art Toronto reflects Canadian art scene’s emphasis on Indigenous representation
Canada’s largest art fair spotlights a growing market for work by Indigenous artists while challenging stereotypes and expectations
Canadian art museum reveals architect and vision for campus overhaul
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, world’s most important collection of works by the Group of Seven, has picked Hariri Pontarini Architects to expand and modernise its facilities
Art Toronto gives Latin American artists pride of place with new curated section
Amid trade war between US and Canada, Toronto’s largest art fair strengthens ties with Latin America’s art scene
Storied media arts centre launches emergency fundraising appeal to avoid closure
Vivo Media Arts Centre has been a cornerstone of the new media community in Vancouver, throughout Canada and internationally since 1973
New documentary gives E.J. Hughes, painter of lyrical Canadian landscapes, his due
“The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes” is premiering in Vancouver as interest in Hughes’s life and work grows among Canadian collectors and institutions
Possible medieval artefacts, discovered at Canadian thrift store, will form basis of university archaeology class
Students at a Vancouver university will analyse the designs and materials with a view to identifying where and when the items originate from
Sculptor Brian Jungen wins top Canadian art prize
The $C100,000 Audain Prize for the Visual Arts recognises the achievements of artists from Canada’s westernmost province, British Columbia
Vancouver Art Gallery selects architects for second attempt at new building
After abandoning a costly design by Swiss starchitects, the museum has picked Vancouver-based Formline Architecture and Urbanism and Toronto-based KPMB Architects to take on the project
New Sky Hopinka documentary puts viewers in position of powwow participants
The artist and film-maker’s new feature, “Powwow People”, highlights the very contemporary ways in which Indigenous traditions persist
Kahlil Joseph’s sprawling audio-visual compendium BLKNWS returns as a feature-length film
Inspired by the “Encyclopedia Africana” conceived by W.E.B. Du Bois, the filmic collage of African and diasporic culture is on the film festival circuit
Claws for celebration: Canada’s first cat museum launching with Montreal pop-up exhibition
After the museum’s fur-st show, founder Aqeela Nahani hopes to open a purr-manent space in 2026
Magnum Photos agency’s first exhibition, lost for a half-century, to make its North American debut
Materials from the 1955-56 exhibition, including 83 photographs, were rediscovered in Austria in 2006
Relocation of popular public sculpture called off after Vancouver residents claim it would block their views
The dispute over the future location of “Trans Am Rapture” has prompted duelling petitions, with the municipal government calling off the reinstallation to find a new site
New Canadian art museum seeks to connect disparate disciplines and a university campus
Simon Fraser University near Vancouver will open its new Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum in September
Amid a wave of global crises, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov’s Ship of Tolerance sets sail again—with added potency
The 20-year-old collaborative installation, which recently dropped anchor in Ontario, will travel to Uzbekistan next
As North America’s oldest company faces bankruptcy, the sale of its collection raises fears among Indigenous communities
Little is known about the vast collection of art and artefacts the Hudson’s Bay Company amassed from its founding in 1670, but experts believe it includes many important pieces of Canada’s First Nations and colonial heritage
Key player in Norval Morrisseau forgery ring pleads guilty
James White, a prominent member in the vast network, pleaded guilty to forgery and trafficking
Vancouver Art Gallery to lay off around 30 employees
The layoffs come amid a $23.4m deficit in the last fiscal year and represent around 20% of unionised employees
Missing Tom Thomson painting at centre of $8m lawsuit returned to owner
The small landscape painting was consigned to a Toronto auction house a decade ago, but had not been seen since 2021
Art Gallery of Ontario acquires more than 200 Peter Hujar photographs
The acquisition comes as the museum’s photography department prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary
National Gallery of Canada receives gift of 61 works valued at $16.8m
The donation, from the Vancouver-based collector and businessman Bob Rennie, is the largest in the gallery's history
Finalists for Canada’s top contemporary art prize, the Sobey Art Award, revealed
The prize, now in its 22nd year, will be the subject of a group show in Ottawa this autumn, and the winner will be revealed in November





























