The two-part auction, coinciding with the centenary of Riopelle's birth, took in $17.2m in total

The 2023 Sobey Art Award went to the Calgary-based artist, who is known for her wide-ranging, multidisciplinary approach that incorporates and reimagines Inuk traditions

Three million of the coins, affectionately known as “toonies”, will go into circulation to mark the artist’s centennial

The winner of the C$100,000 Sobey Art Award for 2023 will be announced in November

NGC's new director, formerly chief curator of Musée d’art de Joliette in Quebec, enters the organisation at a turbulent time in its management

The Canadian auction house also saw strong results from works by members of the Group of Seven and a soaring Warhol print

The complex machine, developed in collaboration with Factum Arte, processes thousands of drawings from the Cape Dorset collection

The pioneering abstract painter’s legacy will be front and centre in Montréal, Ottawa, Paris and elsewhere

Construction of the 40,000 sq. ft space, dubbed the Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery, is expected to begin in early 2024, with an opening scheduled in 2027

From an exhibition celebrating Canadian women artists to a major centennial retrospective of Jean Paul Riopelle, the museum has ambitious plans for 2023

The witty Canadian polymath caused a sensation with his 1967 underground film "Wavelength" and enjoyed public dispute over his city sculptures

More than a decade after a previous attempt fizzled out, a new institution is on the prowl for prime real estate in Ottawa

“Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows” chronicles the late, multi-hyphenate artist’s life and many creative careers

Healthy bidding at Canadian auction house Heffel also achieved strong results for painter Lawren Harris

In an internal memo to staff, the museum's interim director wrote that the sudden changes were made "to better align the gallery’s leadership team with the organisation’s new strategic plan"

The Winnipeg-born artist’s work spans many media and often incorporates humour all the while addressing issues of identity, repatriation and cultural consumption

The artist’s enormous abstract compositions are the focus of a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario

The Hnatyshyn Foundation will confer awards to ten displaced Ukrainian artists and ten Canadian artists of Ukrainian descent

The massive sculpture, five years in the making, depicts a tragic circus elephant recreated out of trashed leather furniture

Works by the finalists vying for the country’s top contemporary art prize will go on view at the National Gallery in Ottawa in October

In Philadelphia, Sasha Suda will succeed Timothy Rub, whose 13-year tenure included both major achievements and significant turmoil

The auctions also saw major results for Alex Colville and Emily Carr, and a new auction record for Rita Letendre

A major retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada aims to make the trio's “complex practice a bit more accessible”

The 50,000 sq. ft showplace, dubbed AGO Global Contemporary, is set to launch in 2026-27

The 24ft wide canvas is one of the treasures in ‘I Am Here’, a thematic exhibition of artists’ collections, lists and depictions of everyday scenes

Whereas the inaugural biennial focused on the city’s lakefront shoreline, this pandemic-delayed sophomore edition is organised along Toronto’s creeks and ravines

The new department, which pursue greater inclusivity and representation of Indigenous perspectives and art, will be led by Michelle LaVallee and Steven Loft

High demand for Canadiana, from a historic ceramic dessert set to Group of Seven paintings, drove Heffel’s major autumn sale in Toronto

The much-honoured artist created bold public works in Toronto and had a major retrospective at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2017

The prize, Canada’s largest for contemporary art, represents a C$100,000 windfall for the winner