30/150: Brandy Saturley – Canadian Symbols
What could be more appropriate for Canada Day than the symbolic art of realist Brandy Saturley, whose works explore the…
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Vimy Ridge 100th Anniversary
This is the best image I’ve seen to mark the 100th Anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge today. Well…
Photoshop Controversy: Anne of Green Gables
The way Anne of Green Gables looks is such a part of Canadian culture that the photoshopping of a U.S….
Mounties on the Cover
One of Canada’s most famous exports, the Mountie, is the subject of a visually stunning exhibition highlighting books and magazine…
Tony Taylor: Seen as Animals
Toronto artist Tony Taylor’s paintings interpret politicians and celebrities as animals. This piece is his interpretation of the country’s first prime…
8/150: Charles Comfort – Canada at War
Some of the most popular Canadian paintings of the Second World War are the work of Charles Comfort, who served…
Gallery removes poster after ‘bestiality’ complaint
Does this poster say bestiality to you? It did to the man who complained, called police and caused the public…
Survoyeurism: Kate McQuillen
Kate McQuillen (Shoe Bomber, above and below) is on exhibit at an OCAD University exhibition at the Open Gallery in…
Graffiti Laws: 50 Shades of Grey
This series by Gene Mastrangeli was inspired by an anti-graffiti by-law put into effect in Toronto. He’s on exhibition at…
Moccasin art project honors missing women
These are moccasin vamps. More than 1,700 have been created around kitchen tables and at beading circles for Walking With…
