Canada
Record set in Canada for Nobel Prize-winning doctor and artist Frederick Banting
A painting of the University of Toronto lab where he co-discovered insulin goes for ten times its high estimate in Toronto
Nobel Prize-winning doctor’s painting of the lab where he discovered insulin goes on sale in Toronto
Dr Frederick Banting wanted to take up art full-time, but he was killed in a plane crash during the Second World War
Kapwani Kiwanga takes home the Sobey Art award
Canada’s top prize for artists under 40 was doubled this yearto C$100,000
MoCA Toronto set to open in new industrial home that hosts both art and artists
New works by Barbara Kruger, Tania Bruguera and Awol Erizku will be presented in Canadian museum's first year
Canada struggles with monuments tied to colonialism
Echoing a conflict in the US, the nation contends with calls to remove controversial memorials
Statues are part of history, but do a poor job of recording it
Monuments tell us more about those who set them up than those they represent, says Classics professor Matthew Sears
How a chain-link mosque at the Vancouver Biennale became a community hub
Saudi artist Ajlan Gharem's installation stands as an example of cultural exchange as diplomatic tensions break out between Canada and Saudi Arabia
Art installation in Canada helps rebuild burnt-out library in Iraq
A project at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto challenges the public to help restore a Baghdad art college’s collection
Banksy print snatched from Toronto show
The work Trolley Hunters went missing during the set up for the ‘unauthorised’ exhibition
Once bitten, twice shy: Canadian artist caught using comedians' photos without permission promises no more funny business
Despite controversy over public art project in Calgary, Derek Michael Besant has been commissioned to create a similar work in Ottawa
Tom Thomson sketch hidden in Canadian basement sells for C$480,000 at auction, more than double its high estimate
The work’s owner, a retired nurse, chose not to attend the sale in person due to nerves “in case it was worth something”
Stored in a basement, Canadian woman’s painting turns out to be Tom Thomson sketch
The work is due to be auctioned in Toronto with a high estimate of $135,000—and will fund a Mediterranean cruise for the owner and her friend
Canada’s 1950s Venice Biennale pavilion gets a facelift
The upgrade to the Modernist building and its surrounding landscape has resulted in a new visitor route planned for the Giardini
Anonymous donor steps in to pay hefty penalty for the National Gallery of Canada’s botched Chagall sale
The rushed deaccessioning—to fund the acquisition of another work from neighbouring Quebec—raised a storm of criticism
Douglas Coupland’s work in plastic is fantastic
The writer and artist unveils an ecological work inspired by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and a 3D-printed national portrait of Canada
Ottawa Art Gallery grows five times bigger in time for its 30th birthday
The free-entry museum of Canadian art was initially scheduled to be completed last year
Drawings week hits Paris
The 27th edition of Salon du Dessin at Palais Brongniart assembles 39 dealers from Europe and the US
The emperor strikes back: Montreal show revisits the splendour and romanticism of Napoleon’s court
More than a display of splendour, the exhibition examines how the court functioned as an institution of propaganda, shaping and promoting images of imperial power
Native American artists garner recognition—at last
US and Canadian institutions are rethinking their approach to contemporary indigenous art
Canada announces first presentation of Inuit art for 2019 Venice Biennale
Video collective Isuma will tell story of indigenous culture in Canadian pavilion
Canada’s first national Holocaust memorial opens in Ottawa
Daniel Libeskind-designed monument in concrete and metal has the shape of a distorted Star of David
Jean Paul Riopelle abstract canvas sells for a record-setting C$7.4m
Although comparisons have been drawn to Jackson Pollock but, the Montreal-born painter “felt no special affinities” to the Abstract Expressionist's work
Canada under pressure over potential Nazi loot
Montreal museum returns painting amid growing calls to fund provenance research and return disputed works
Maynards looks East as Canadian auction house targets new Asian collectors
Striking while the market is hot
Jeff Wall: Year-long exposures at Tate Modern
An overview of his career and a major new work
The ex-ceo of Phillips de Pury talks about her plans to create a group of art publications and to make an “Art Davos”
Louise MacBain: “a Bloomberg of the arts”
After MassMoca, Dia, Tate Modern—Shawinigan's new exhibition space
Offshoot of the National Gallery of Canada opens in rural Quebec
Canadian war art on tour
“Battle lines: Canadian artists in the field, 1917-19” is on show now at Canada House