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January 2012
Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business
Jack Chambers died of leukemia in 1978, leaving behind an incomplete painting he had worked on for over a decade. The mystery of his masterpiece, Lunch
Visual Art • by Sara Angel
January 2011
Memento Mirmy
Memento Mirmy
The boneyard aesthetic of Vancouver’s Mirmy Winn
Visual Art • by Marcello Di Cintio
November 2010
What Tom Thomson Saw
What Tom Thomson Saw
In the summer of 1914, the aspiring painter paddled to a tiny island on Georgian Bay and discovered the Canada of our imagination
Visual Art • by Ross King
July 2010
Big Game Hunter
Big Game Hunter
Battered by controversy, the director of the National Gallery of Canada goes art shopping in Holland
Visual Art • by Chris Jones
March 2010
Firestorm
Firestorm
The National Gallery’s acquisition of Voice of Fire created a massive controversy. Could it happen today?
Visual Art • by Greg Buium
January 2010
The Earthling
The Earthling
An illustrated series
Visual Art • by Tatsuro Kiuchi
December 2009
Schematic Diagrams for Proposed Objects
Schematic Diagrams for Proposed Objects
An illustrated series
Visual Art • by Marc Bell
October 2009
The Secret
The Secret
The Group of Seven’s infatuation with the occult mysticism of Madame Blavatsky
Visual Art • by Brett Grainger
June 2009
Man with a Movie Camera
Man with a Movie Camera
Canada’s Mark Lewis launches an ambitious (and expensive) project for the Venice Biennale
Visual Art • by Daniel Baird
December 2007
The Garden of Subjection
The Garden of Subjection
For Vancouver pioneer Jeff Wall, politics and beauty do mix
Visual Art • by John Bentley Mays
October 2005
Between the Cross and the Jewish Graveyard
Between the Cross and the Jewish Graveyard
After decades in a fiery cultural forge, Polish art emerged sharp and beautiful. But have the country’s ghosts returned to dull the edge?
Visual Art • by Daniel Baird
June 2005
Trauma Mama
Trauma Mama
Angry, eloquent, fragile, native artist Rebecca Belmore takes her new work to the Venice Biennale
Visual Art • by Daniel Baird
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