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Canada

See animals made from trees, fruit peels and seeds by this Hamilton artist

When he was a child, animals and vegetation started to merge in Cesar Correa Cordoba’s mind. “I was imagining all…

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Entertainment

Kanien’kehá:ka artist and activist is 1st Indigenous winner of Montreal arts prize

Katsi’tsakwas (Ellen Gabriel), a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) artist, filmmaker and activist, is the first Indigenous artist to win a prestigious Montreal arts…

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Nova Scotia

Recaptured Dorchester prisoner a notorious Halifax escape artist with violent history

An inmate who escaped from Dorchester Penitentiary on Saturday night, and was quickly recaptured, is serving a total sentence of nearly 42 years…

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Entertainment

Israeli artist and curators decline to show work at Venice Biennale, call for ceasefire

The artist and curators representing Israel at this year’s Venice Biennale announced Tuesday they won’t open the Israeli pavilion exhibition…

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Canada

London, Ont., man’s 1960s letters from Nova Scotia artist Maud Lewis up for auction

John Kinnear was motivated by a heartfelt desire to help when he sat down in his London, Ont., home to write…

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Canada

From generation to generation: Ottawa artist shares porcupine quillwork heritage

Christine Toulouse remembers holding a warm cup of tea as her mother and grandmother first taught her how to pluck a…

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Entertainment

U.S. artist Thomas Little makes ink from guns, paints North Carolina

In February, the artist and ink-maker Thomas Little loaded up his van and travelled around North Carolina to paint 20…

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Entertainment

Indigenous Circle: Meet Sask. artist responsible for massive buffalo trail sculpture

Tucked away in a small valley west of Regina, Rich Loffler works to combine nature and art is his latest…

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Canada

Years after her death, a trailblazing transgender P.E.I. artist will be part of prestigious Venice show

Erica Rutherford — a groundbreaking transgender painter, filmmaker and writer — is the first Prince Edward Island artist to ever be selected…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. artist group launches research project to highlight historic Black communities

A new research project that will shed light on historic Black communities around the province has been launched by the…

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