The gifted works, collectively valued at C$10m ($7m), come from Vancouver collectors Brigitte and Henning Freybe and include pieces by Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, Julie Mehretu and more

The museum released a non-fungible token of a work by the Gazan artist Mohammed Alhaj to kick off the new initiative

Known for his bold, bright-hued paintings, prints and murals, Average was a pillar of Vancouver’s creative community

Fresh off a pop-up show in Ireland, the director of the Connecticut-based Palestine Museum US hopes the former Israeli Embassy could become a permanent European outpost

The institution ended its partnership with the Swiss firm, begun nearly a decade ago, as it reassesses its plans

The protests are part of a broader campaign pressuring Canadian arts organisations to cut ties with the Azrieli Foundation

The Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency, based in the refurbished former home and studio of Carole Itter and Al Neil, is now moored near Vancouver’s Maritime Museum

The museum’s renamed Centre for Global Asias seeks to “recognise the many Asias that exist, within the geography of Asia itself and in the global diaspora”

The Lunar Codex has partnered with the estate of Canadian Ojibway artist Norval Morrisseau to collect contemporary and traditional music that will be sent into space in 2025

The Montréal-based artist, known for his intricate sculptural beadwork, received the C$100,000 Sobey Art Award for 2024

The artist’s videos and installations reinterpret acts of resistance staged in the streets and on social media

The artist has been researching flatbreads and tandoors, the community ovens where they are often baked, in countries around the world since 2020

The country’s biggest art fair, with more than 100 exhibitors, is both a centre of commercial activity and a sprawling diorama of a national aesthetic

In its fourth iteration, Forever is Now continues its tradition of installing contemporary works next to ancient sites

The museum already owns a subsequent, oil-on-canvas work depicting the same subject; both versions of “War Canoes, Alert Bay” will now be displayed together

Michiko Matsumoto’s film “Viva Niki”, which recently premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival, also attests to the artist’s enduring popularity in Japan

The permanent sculptures by Chief 7IDANsuu James Hart and Wendat Nation artist Ludovic Boney were unveiled in Québec City’s Cap Diamant on Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

The annual prize, which honours an artist based in British Columbia, comes with C$100,000 cash

Prosecutors described David Voss as the leader of a forgery ring that created thousands of fake works by Norval Morrisseau

The Zumurrud Khatun Mosque and Mausoleum have undergone a heavy-handed restoration—and there is a risk of further damage to come

The museum’s director claimed the sharp increase was due to a precipitous rise in construction costs in recent years, though a prominent collector called this explanation “preposterous”

A prolific painter helped open doors for contemporary artists at a time when Indigenous art was often confined to ethnographic museums

The artists—and pop star Avril Lavigne—were among 83 new appointees to the Order of Canada

Nico Williams has created a series of colourful interventions along an elevated highway that cuts through the city centre

Last spring Pope Francis said “this is going on, with Canada”, but since there has been little movement on repatriation

The famed explorer died aboard the Quest in 1922; the ship sank in the Labrador Sea 40 years later

Susanna Blunt alleges the dealer Benjamin Lumb promised to compensate her for a stolen piece and knocked over several works in a “domino effect”

A restoration campaign for St Anne’s Anglican Church in Toronto is already underway, but its historic art is lost forever

The Contact Photography Festival’s main sponsor, Scotiabank, has a large stake in Elbit Systems, which makes armoured vehicles, drones and other weapons

Deal puts 12th-century monastery, Ottoman-era houses and Roman ruins at risk