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

A year after its unveiling was postponed indefinitely, concerns about Ottawa’s Memorial to the Victims of Communism remain

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

Abbas Akhavan will represent Canada, while Merike Estna flies the flag for Estonia

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

The 1912 painting is believed to have been gifted by the artist to friends who later moved to the Hamptons, where a discerning dealer nabbed it decades later for a bargain

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 biennial’s third edition, organised by co-curators Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López under the theme “Precarious Joys”, spans artist-run spaces, major museums and the airport

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

Philip B. Lind left the Toronto museum a trove of works by Stan Douglas, Jeff Wall, Ai Weiwei, William Kentridge, Laurie Simmons and others

The fate of the landmarked Ontario Science Centre also hangs in the balance of the redevelopment dispute over Ontario Place

Wanda Nanibush and the artist Curtis Santiago are the recipients of this year’s Hnatyshyn Foundation Mid-Career Awards

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

In addition, it was discovered that the provincial government agreed to pay almost C$1m to make its controversial case for moving the Ontario Science Centre, which closed permanently Friday due to structural decay

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

From an initial field of 30 nominees, a shortlist of just six artists is now competing for the prize

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

David Voss reportedly led a forgery operation that created more than 1,500 fake Norval Morrisseau works over 23 years

Works by Jean Paul Riopelle, Emily Carr, Tom Thomson and other titans of Canadian art history contributed to the evening’s total take of C$22.6m

Thirty artists are nominated for the Sobey Art Award this year, with the total purse for the award growing to C$465,000

The provincial government passed legislation to push through a controversial, publicly funded development of Ontario Place

This year’s winners of the prestigious Canadian honour include the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona and Saskatchewan-based curator Michelle Jacques

The institution's “gift to the city, the province and beyond”, OpenROM will upgrade its public space, improve accessibility and add 6,000 sq. ft of galleries

Wanda Nanibush left the institution after a letter accusing her of “hate speech” was circulated by the group Israel Museums and Arts, Canada

The longtime Winnipeg Art Gallery director's Order of the Buffalo Hunt, one of Manitoba’s highest honours, has also been posthumously rescinded

An exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery grapples with how the museum ended up with ten fake works previously attributed to J.E.H. MacDonald, a member of the famous Group of Seven

The action, staged on International Human Rights Day, lasted 64 minutes in observance of the 64 days since the Israel-Hamas war began