Canada
Legal challenge to preserve Toronto's Ontario Place rejected as mega-spa project moves forward
In addition, it was discovered that the provincial government agreed to pay almost C$1m to make its controversial case for moving the Ontario Science Centre, which closed permanently Friday due to structural decay
The Indigenous artist brightly patching up a Toronto expressway
Nico Williams has created a series of colourful interventions along an elevated highway that cuts through the city centre
After meeting with Pope Francis, Canada’s Justin Trudeau reiterates call for return of Indigenous artefacts from Vatican Museums
Last spring Pope Francis said “this is going on, with Canada”, but since there has been little movement on repatriation
Finalists for Canada’s top art prize, the Sobey Art Award, revealed
From an initial field of 30 nominees, a shortlist of just six artists is now competing for the prize
Wreck of the ship Ernest Shackleton died on found off the coast of Canada
The famed explorer died aboard the Quest in 1922; the ship sank in the Labrador Sea 40 years later
Alleged ringleader of Canada’s ‘biggest art fraud’ pleads guilty
David Voss reportedly led a forgery operation that created more than 1,500 fake Norval Morrisseau works over 23 years
‘Electric’ mood at Heffel’s spring sales in Toronto leads to new auction records for Mary Pratt and Takao Tanabe
Works by Jean Paul Riopelle, Emily Carr, Tom Thomson and other titans of Canadian art history contributed to the evening’s total take of C$22.6m
Pool of artists vying for Canada’s top art prize expands with addition of new regional category
Thirty artists are nominated for the Sobey Art Award this year, with the total purse for the award growing to C$465,000
Redevelopment of Modernist complex on Toronto waterfront alarms residents and preservationists
The provincial government passed legislation to push through a controversial, publicly funded development of Ontario Place
Eight artists and curators receive Canada’s Governor General’s Award
This year’s winners of the prestigious Canadian honour include the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona and Saskatchewan-based curator Michelle Jacques
Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum reveals details of $97m renovation project
The institution's “gift to the city, the province and beyond”, OpenROM will upgrade its public space, improve accessibility and add 6,000 sq. ft of galleries
Art Gallery of Ontario under pressure to explain Indigenous art curator’s ousting
Wanda Nanibush left the institution after a letter accusing her of “hate speech” was circulated by the group Israel Museums and Arts, Canada
Canadian museum removing name of former director and Nazi supporter Ferdinand Eckhardt from its entrance hall
The longtime Winnipeg Art Gallery director's Order of the Buffalo Hunt, one of Manitoba’s highest honours, has also been posthumously rescinded
A tangled mess: Canadian forgery scandal comes into full public view
An exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery grapples with how the museum ended up with ten fake works previously attributed to J.E.H. MacDonald, a member of the famous Group of Seven
Protesters calling for Gaza ceasefire stage die-in at Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The action, staged on International Human Rights Day, lasted 64 minutes in observance of the 64 days since the Israel-Hamas war began
Leaked report suggests Canada may abandon prime minister's crumbling home
The historic property in Ottawa needs more than $27m worth of repairs, but creating a brand new residence could cost more
Canadian Museum of History acquires artist’s memorial to victims of the country’s residential schools
Stanley C. Hunt’s memorial monument features carvings of 130 faces, representing Indigenous children whose remains were found in unmarked graves near a school site
Marisol, the once popular Pop artist, is back in the spotlight in major travelling show
A retrospective opening at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts gives overdue attention to the work of the Venezuelan American who graced fashion magazine covers in the 1960s before fading away from the limelight
Lakota artist Dana Claxton, whose work subverts assumptions about Indigenous identity, wins one of Canada’s top art prizes
The Audain Prize, given annually to an artist based in British Columbia, comes with a C$100,000 cash prize
An experimental ‘art heist’ film leaves paintings in the vault and strands unresolved
Director Isiah Media’s new film “He Thought He Died”, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, was shot in part inside the storage facilities of an Ontario museum
Canada imposes sanctions on director of Russia’s State Hermitage Museum
Canada is the first country other than Ukraine to sanction Mikhail Piotrovsky for his support of Russia’s invasion
Artist duo Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller open dedicated space for their work in rural Canada
The work and life partners converted a former furniture showroom into a venue for their complex, large-scale installations
Remnants of First Nation village, including 1,000-year-old fish trap, discovered in Canada
A dig on Vancouver Island has revealed archaeological remnants of a 250-person fishing community
After leader’s resignation, Canada’s Royal British Columbia Museum faces uncertain future
While plans for an off-site storage and research building move forward, questions remain about the museum’ aging facilities, its community engagement efforts and who will lead it next
Abenaki artist and film-maker Alanis Obomsawin’s remarkable career comes into focus at the Vancouver Art Gallery
A survey of the 90-year-old activist, artist and documentarian’s tells a parallel story about the shifting relationship between Canada and its First Nations peoples
Emily Carr painting, unseen for more than a half-century, acquired by Canada’s Audain Art Museum
The painting was one of four Carr works featured in the first Canadian presentation at the Venice Biennale, in 1952
Canadian police uncover 'biggest art fraud in world history'
Eight suspects are arrested and more than 1,000 works seized following investigation into forgeries of paintings by the Ojibwe artist Norval Morrisseau
Canada chooses Kapwani Kiwanga for its 2024 Venice Biennale pavilion
The Paris-based multi-disciplinary artist received the Frieze Artist Award in 2018 and the Prix Marcel Duchamp 2020
Michael Snow, avant-garde film-maker and sculptor, has died aged 94
The witty Canadian polymath caused a sensation with his 1967 underground film "Wavelength" and enjoyed public dispute over his city sculptures
Canada’s National Portrait Gallery has no collection or physical space—but it does have ambitious plans
More than a decade after a previous attempt fizzled out, a new institution is on the prowl for prime real estate in Ottawa