Art

• Italian art museum calls out visitors who sat on crystal chair and broke it

  An art exhibit at Palazzo Maffei in Italy – a chair woven together using Swarovski crystals and foil – was damaged when museum visitors pretended to sit on it for photos.

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  Jun 15, 2025
  
• Ontario says art museum investment is commitment to Canadian patriotism, identity

  The Ontario government says a planned $50 million investment in the McMichael Canadian Art Collection is an investment in patriotism and Canadian culture.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2025
  
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• Vancouver-based artist and activist Joe Average dies at age 67

  Joe Average, a Vancouver-based artist and activist whose works have been featured on murals, coins, banners and stamps, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 67.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2024
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• Heritage Weavers and Spinners Guild of Calgary creates milestone masterpiece

  The Heritage Weavers and Spinners Guild of Calgary has created a local masterpiece to mark its 40th anniversary: with materials exclusively sourced in and around Calgary.

  Features

  Dec 27, 2024
• Edmonton woman buys 5,000 oil paintings and hosts massive art sale

  Nicole Rice hosted a massive art sale this past weekend.

  Canada

  Dec 10, 2024
• Fredericton art exhibit shines light on Indigenous beadwork

  The Beaverbrook Art Gallery's latest exhibition includes at least 100 beadworks. Organizers say it's the most extensive exhibition of contemporary Indigenous beadwork.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2024
• Emily Carr painting bought for US$50 nets $290K at Toronto auction

  Heffel Fine Art Auction House says “Masset, Q.C.I.” sold for $290,000 at its fall sale Wednesday night, above a presale estimate of $100,000 to $200,000.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2024
• Calgary artist gets some closure years after art heist

  All the paintings at Saturday's exhibit still had evidence stickers on them from the police investigation.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2024
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• Famous Churchill portrait returns to Ottawa after international art caper

  A stolen portrait of Winston Churchill that was swapped with a dodgy forgery during the pandemic returns to its rightful place Friday.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2024
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• ‘The trout papi’: Toronto’s Drake makes fly-fishing magazine cover

  The publication, which just so happens to be named “The Drake,” unveiled the Toronto native as the face of its Fall 2024 issue on its Instagram page this week.

  Entertainment

  Oct 10, 2024