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National Gallery Appoints Katerina Atanassova Curator of Canadian Art

The National Gallery of Canada has appointed a new curator of Canadian art, Katerina Atanassova. Atanassova fills the vacancy left by respected long-time curator Charles Hill, who is retiring from the...

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Exposure Photo Fest to Go Alberta-Wide in 2015

The Exposure Photography Festival is expanding across Alberta for its next edition in February 2015. For the past 10 years, the festival has been focused exclusively on Calgary, Banff and Canmore....

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Artist & Curator Win $40K in Hnatyshyn Prizes

  This week, the Hnatyshyn Foundation announced the winners of $40,000 in visual arts awards. Toronto artist Kent Monkman has won the $25,000 prize for outstanding achievement by a Canadian mid-career...

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3 Emerging Canadian Artists Win Pachter Prizes

Three emerging Canadian artists have won Charles Pachter Prizes. Brooklyn-based photographer Sara Cwynar, Montreal-based installation artist Mathieu Grenier, and Vancouver-based multidisciplinary...

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Tiziana La Melia Wins RBC Canadian Painting Competition

Tiziana La Melia of Vancouver has been chosen as the national winner of the 16th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition. The prize win was based on the strength of her painting entitled Hanging on...

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Adria Miller Joins Canadian Art Foundation

Adria Miller, an experienced and skilled development professional of strategic individual giving campaigns, has recently been appointed director of development at the Canadian Art Foundation, the...

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The House That Art Education Built

Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, may be small compared to a lot of other universities in Canada—and its art department is even smaller. Overall, the school has just 2,500...

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Byron Chan and OCADU = More Video on canadianart.ca

Canadian Art magazine and the Canadian Art Foundation are pleased to announce that Byron Chan has been selected as our inaugural video intern—a position made possible through a partnership with OCAD...

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Architect Wins New $100K Canadian Prize

A new Canadian architecture prize—with a purse that is one of the largest in the world at $100,000—named its first winner on Saturday at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. The inaugural Moriyama RAIC...

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Vancouver Art Gallery Announces New Institute of Asian Art

Last week, the Vancouver Art Gallery announced the creation of the Institute of Asian Art, a centre dedicated to the visual arts of Asia, with an emphasis on work from China, India, Japan and Korea....

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Alberta Artist Wins $10K Ceramic Art Prize

  Red Deer ceramics and social practice artist Robin Lambert won the popular vote to triumph at the 4th annual RBC Emerging Artist People’s Choice Award last week. He took home a $10,000 prize. The...

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New Contemporary Art Curator Appointed at MBAM

The Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal—the best-attended art museum in Canada at more than 1 million visitors in 2013—has announced the appointment of Marie-Eve Beaupré as curator of contemporary Quebec...

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More Artists Than Auto Workers in Canada, Study Says

New studies by Hill Strategies indicate that there are 136,600 artists in Canada who spent more time at their art than at any other occupation—making it a labour force larger than that engaged in...

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Art Toronto Director Steps Down

  Linel Rebenchuk, founder of Art Toronto, announced Saturday that he will be stepping down from his position as vice president and executive director of Canada’s largest modern and contemporary art...

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Canadian Artist Shortlisted for $100K Int’l Prize

Canadian artist Jon Rafman is one of 20 artists internationally to have been shortlisted for the next Future Generation Art Prize. The main prize winner, to be announced December 6 in Kyiv, Ukraine,...

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Aimia | AGO Photo Prize Reveals 2014 Winner

American artist Lisa Oppenheim has won a public vote to receive the 2014 Aimia | AGO Photography Prize. The prize, which consists of a $50,000 award as well as a six-week Canadian residency, was...

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Dominique Blain Wins Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas

Montreal artist Dominique Blain received the Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas at a ceremony yesterday at Quebec’s parliament buildings. The award is part of the Prix du Québec, a series of prizes recognizing...

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AGYU Leads Winners at 2014 OAAG Awards

  The Ontario Association of Art Galleries announced the winners of its 37th annual awards this evening at at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. Twenty-three awards and two honourable mentions recognized...

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Gallery 44 Appoints Noa Bronstein Director

Gallery 44, a Toronto artist-run centre devoted to photography, has announced the appointment of Noa Bronstein as director. Bronstein succeeds Lise Beaudry, who is leaving the gallery after seven...

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New Staff Appointed at Montreal’s Arprim

Arprim, a Montreal artist-run centre devoted to printmaking and related artmaking practices, has welcomed some new staff this fall. Emmanuelle Choquette, formerly administrative coordinator, was named...

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