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Black scholars, activists and artists respond to the present "moment"—Christina Battle, Dionne Brand, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Chantal Gibson, El Jones, Anique Jordan, Robyn Maynard, Charmaine Nelson ...
I ARRIVED in Montreal to bad news from the museum. Not only would I not be allowed onto the roof to see the skylight, but I also wouldn’t have access to the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion, where ...
Resurgence of the People picks up where Welcoming the Newcomers leaves off. Situated in contemporary times, Resurgence of the People is a snapshot of what Indigenous folks are witnessing and ...
The Massey Report, published in 1951, still shapes Canada's arts policy today. Its emphasis on “the projection of Canada abroad” and the necessity of “cultural export” as means of building power is ...
Maya Wilson-Sanchez: Many of the archives we visited for this project have an interest in caring for the material past of those in the social network of the (mostly) white men we researched.Their ...
In the wake of Bill C-81, “an act to ensure a barrier free Canada,” and the Canada Council’s accessibility and equity research initiatives, the attention to deaf, disability and mad arts is growing.
Megan Jenkins: How are you conceptualizing the labour-specific aspect here? Catherine de Montreuil: In many ways, we are a group of people who have come together with a common purpose: to improve ...
Deirdre Lee is a poet, performer and maker of art, food, medicines and magic. Her work is intertwined with her complicated and sometimes confusing reality as a racialized, neurodivergent woman, and ...
When TikTok’s “For You” page shuffles in a video with A Tribe Called Red blasting in the background, it feels like TikTok’s algorithm, too, is exceptionally aware of its own audiences.Serendipitous ...
The Toronto Biennial of Art has finally come ashore, after years of being proposed, mooted and fought over by rival factions in the city. It has tethered itself along the shoreline, from east of ...
Black Power and the Art Community. In Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power, Susan Cahan writes about how art museums have historically exhibited a pattern when it comes to ...
Richard William Hill continues his explorations of 1980s and 1990s Indigenous art to outline 10 works that changed how we "imagine our place in the world." Note to the reader: I am using this monthly ...