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Making & Meaning
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Conversation pieces on the making and meaning of contemporary art by independent Canadian researcher and art historian, Marie Leduc.
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Congratulations to Tania Willard, the 2025 winner of the Sobey Art Award! Willard, who is from British Columbia, was chosen from a short list of six artists each representing a region of Canada.
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Sobey Art Award – Artists
Congratulations to Tania Willard, Winner of the 2025 Sobey Art Award!
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November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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From van Gogh to Lázló Tóth - A portrait of the artist.
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The Brutalist
A Portrait of the Modern (and Contemporary) Artist
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October 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Artists Janet Cardiff and Georges Bures Miller have left the limelight of the big cities and set up an amazing exhibition of their interactive multi-media works deep in the middle of British Columbia. Definitely worth the journey!
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A Voice, A Song, A Dream
Cardiff Miller Art Warehouse
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October 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Antimatter [Media Art] is celebrating its 28th year. This year’s international selection of media art and experimental films can be viewed in-person at Deluge Gallery in Victoria or on-line.

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Antimatter Media Art
Annual festival of international media art and experimental cinema screenings, performances and installations in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Artmaking in the Rocky Mountains. The Banff Centre offers a number of residency opportunities for visual and performing artists from Canada and around the world. The deadline for applications is October 29.
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Leighton Artist Studios
Ten remarkable studio spaces for professional artists in all disciplines. *26/27 Residencies now open for application - Deadline October 29, 2025.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Five young Canadian artists have been named as the 2025 winners of the EQ Emerging Digital Artist Award. Congratulations!
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2025 Recipients – Emerging Digital Artists Award
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October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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A road trip in September brought me to Edmonton where I viewed five exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Alberta. open.substack.com/pub/makingan...
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Fires Burning
Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Alberta
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October 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Congratulations to Brian Jungen who has won the 2025 Audain Prize for the Visual Arts, a $100,000 award given to an outstanding artist from British Columbia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfyf...
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Audain Prize 2025 - Brian Jungen
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September 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Some short notes on art I found on my road trip of British Columbia and Alberta.
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The Weird and Wonderful
Contemporary Art on the Road
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September 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Contemporary art and robots.
Art Animated
Robots and Contemporary Art
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September 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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A visit to two commercial galleries in Vancouver. makingandmeaning.substack.com/p/summer-exh...
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Summer Exhibitions - Part III
Catriona Jeffries Gallery and Monte Clark Gallery
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August 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Sad News. Galleries West, another Canadian art publication has died. Galleries West has reported on contemporary art in Western Canada since 2002. It started as a hardcopy magazine and eventually moved on-line. The last digital issue was published today. www.gallerieswest.ca/from-the-edi...
From the Editor - August 19, 2025 issue
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August 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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More summer exhibitions. The Polygon Art Gallery in North Vancouver is dedicated to photo-based contemporary art.
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Summer Exhibitions – Part II
The Polygon Gallery
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August 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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There’s a new venue for contemporary art exhibitions in Vancouver. A purpose-built contemporary art museum, The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, will open its doors September 20.

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The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum
In fall 2025 Simon Fraser University will open a new, purpose-built art museum on Burnaby Mountain. The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum.
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August 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Looking forward to these.
theartnewspaper.bsky.social The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · Aug 6
Five new art books to look out for this autumn, including publications on US monuments and Vermeer close-ups – Our books editor picks out some of the highlights of the months ahead

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August 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Very sweet!
publicdomainrev.bsky.social The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · Aug 6
The first mass-produced book to deviate from a rectilinear format, at least in the United States, is thought to be this beautiful 1863 edition of Red Riding Hood, published by Boston-based publisher Louis Prang. Leaf through its person-shaped pages here: https://buff.ly/2xngjiv
August 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Call to Canadian photo-based artists – do you have an idea for a photobook? Artists are invited to submit proposals for a photobook to the Burtynsky Grant ($5,000) by September 22. Check out the website to see details and previous winners.
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The Burtynsky Grant - CONTACT Photography Festival, May 2025, Toronto
CONTACT is a Toronto based non-profit organization dedicated to exhibiting, analyzing and celebrating photography and lens-based media through an annual festival that takes place every May.
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August 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Toronto contemporary artist, Ed Burtynsky, has been photographing the horrible beauty of industry around the globe for forty years. Here is great podcast where he shares his views on our “human engagement” on this planet.
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August 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Two exhibitions in the Vancouver area that focus on drawing. makingandmeaning.substack.com/p/summer-exh...
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Summer Exhibitions
Richmond Art Gallery
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July 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Awards, awards, and more awards! Peter Doig and Marina Abramović have just won the largest global art prize, the Praemium Imperiale sponsored by the Japanese Emperor.
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Marina Abramović and Peter Doig win £77,000 Praemium Imperiale prizes
The annual award, created under the patronage of Japan’s Imperial Family, covers five categories including painting, sculpture and architecture
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July 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Like the bookmobiles that brought the library to the suburbs when I was a child, busloads of art are visiting the countryside in India. Bravo! bsky.app/profile/thea...
theartnewspaper.bsky.social The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · Jul 11
Ancient art on wheels: how Mumbai's leading museum is sending miniature exhibitions by bus into the Indian countryside

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July 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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How can a photograph be like a painting? Check out my latest post and the work of Jeff Wall.
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The Photographic Tableau
The Art of Jeff Wall
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July 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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William Kentridge is one of my favourite artists. Hauser & Wirth is hosting, William Kentridge: A Natural History of the Studio in New York. For those of us who can’t (or won’t) travel to the United States, the gallery has provided an excellent virtual tour.
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William Kentridge - A Natural History of the Studio - Hauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by Partner and President Marc Payot
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July 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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What a wonderful resource! bsky.app/profile/russ...
July 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Where artmaking begins…The National Gallery of Canada is seeking nominations for the 2025 Lacey Prize. This prize recognizes a Canadian artist-run or grassroot community art organization for its engagement with artists and the local community. What a great idea!
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Lacey Prize
Nominations now open! Established in 2019, the Lacey Prize recognizes the activities and impact of small organizations and artist-run spaces in Canada.
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July 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM