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October 23, 2020
Kent Monkman Matters
Why mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) is more resonant than ever
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October 21, 2020
Join Us In Celebrating Canadian Art & Artists at Art Toronto 2020
Canada’s largest and most celebrated art fair goes digital and cross-country for the first time in 21 years. We are honoured to be hosting two talks.
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October 16, 2020
Art For Social Change
Striving for equality and social justice, these artists have dedicated their work to forging meaningful change.
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October 9, 2020
Falling into Canadian Fall
Harvesting, migration, colours, and celebration: enjoy the season through these 12 works.
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October 7, 2020
Bringing Canadian Art into the Classroom
No matter what subject you teach, let Canadian art be an entrance to learning with our new, open-access resources available in English and French.
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September 25, 2020
New Books on Five Trailblazing Artists
Five additions to ACI’s Canadian Online Art Book Project spotlight some of the country’s foremost visionaries.
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September 18, 2020
On William Kurelek: Painter and Prophet
While popularizing Prairie life, he expounded humanity’s limitations.
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September 11, 2020
Famous Canadian Art Educators and Their Students
A Look at Who Taught Who.
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September 4, 2020
Make It Work: 13 Canadian Artists on Labour
Art that brings the meaning of industry, employment, toil, and effort into focus.
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August 28, 2020
Helen McNicoll’s Radical Light
An insightful commentary on the famed Canadian Impressionist.
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August 21, 2020
Summer Highlights Part II
Back by popular demand: 10 more Canadian works celebrating the season.
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August 14, 2020
Saskatchewan’s Famed Emma Lake Artists
Summer Workshops that Changed Canada.
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August 7, 2020
Robert Houle: Rebel and Iconoclast
A look at Houle’s transformative role in First Nations art.
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July 31, 2020
Canadian Summer Scenes Part I
Iconic depictions of the best of the season.
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July 24, 2020
Go West: Celebrating the Work of Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald
Why He Was Much More Than the Group of Seven’s Only Prairies-Based member.
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July 17, 2020
Get Outside: Canadian Public Art Encounters
Some of our favourite public art installations from across the country.
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July 10, 2020
Re-Joyce! Wieland!
Joyce Wieland: Remembering Canada's first living woman artist to have a solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada.
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July 3, 2020
Looking at Me: 10 Canadian Self-Portraits
Studies of the self that offer insight into this country and its creators.
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June 26, 2020
Annie Pootoogook’s Northern Revolution
ACI’s newly released Annie Pootoogook: Life & Work reveals how one artist transformed the world’s understanding of Inuit art.
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June 20, 2020
Our Fathers, Our Art: Great Canadian Works
Ten artworks we love that celebrate all aspects of the paternal.
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June 12, 2020
Seeing the Future with General Idea
What the art of AA Bronson, Felix Partz, and Jorge Zontal can teach us about tomorrow.
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June 5, 2020
Black Art Matters: 10 Canadian Artists to Know
This week we are sharing the work of Canadian artists who are a critical part of this country’s visual culture.
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May 29, 2020
Tranquil Beauty: 10 Canadian Still Lifes
Enjoy this week’s selection of works illustrating the extraordinary range of still lifes in Canadian art.
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May 22, 2020
Why We Love Greg Curnoe’s Art — Especially now
This formidable multidisciplinary artist changed our country with his technicolour anti-establishment output, his nationalist politics, and his passionate belief in regionalism.
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May 15, 2020
Ten Canadian Art Escapes
Take a trip to these destinations presented by some of our most celebrated artists.
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May 8, 2020
Our Mothers, Our Art: Canadian Works We Love
Ten artists and ten art historians celebrate all aspects of the maternal.
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May 1, 2020
Watch 5 Favourite Canadian Art Talks
Five great Canadian art historians on five remarkable artists.
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April 24, 2020
The Magic of Mary Pratt: New ACI Book
ACI’s latest book, Mary Pratt: Life & Work by Ray Cronin, reveals the story of this iconic Newfoundland artist.
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April 16, 2020
The Joy of Canadian Art: 10 Works You Want to Know
Our round-up of some of the country’s most engaging works held in public galleries across the nation and abroad.
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April 9, 2020
The Comfort of Colville: Inspiration in an uncertain time from an iconic Canadian artist
How the beloved East Coast artist Alex Colville forged order through chaos in his paintings of everyday life.
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April 2, 2020
Stay Home with Kent Monkman
Now available-online (free) and in print-the book about the groundbreaking art event at The Met.
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March 18, 2020
ACI March Newsletter
Discover new Canadian art history articles, videos, and features, available online at the Art Canada Institute!
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March 18, 2020
The Comfort of Canadian Art During Social Distancing
ACI is committed to bringing the world stories about Canadian art and artists at a time when they are needed more than ever.
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March 9, 2020
ACI announces the publication of Revision and Resistance
This new art book chronicles internationally acclaimed cree artist Kent Monkman's groundbreaking commission mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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February 11, 2020
ACI February Newsletter
Discover new Canadian art history articles, videos, and features, available online at the Art Canada Institute!
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January 14, 2020
ACI January Newsletter
Discover new Canadian art history articles, videos, and features, available online at the Art Canada Institute!
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