The initiative is part of a broader reconciliation effort by the government

Survey at Gardiner Museum ranges from artist’s broken Han Dynasty urn to zodiac signs

The local philanthropic Chan family has reinvigorated the long-awaited expansion with an “unprecedented” gift

A painting of the University of Toronto lab where he co-discovered insulin goes for ten times its high estimate in Toronto

Dr Frederick Banting wanted to take up art full-time, but he was killed in a plane crash during the Second World War

Canada’s top prize for artists under 40 was doubled this yearto C$100,000

New works by Barbara Kruger, Tania Bruguera and Awol Erizku will be presented in Canadian museum's first year

Echoing a conflict in the US, the nation contends with calls to remove controversial memorials

Monuments tell us more about those who set them up than those they represent, says Classics professor Matthew Sears

Saudi artist Ajlan Gharem's installation stands as an example of cultural exchange as diplomatic tensions break out between Canada and Saudi Arabia

A project at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto challenges the public to help restore a Baghdad art college’s collection

The work Trolley Hunters went missing during the set up for the ‘unauthorised’ exhibition

Despite controversy over public art project in Calgary, Derek Michael Besant has been commissioned to create a similar work in Ottawa

The work’s owner, a retired nurse, chose not to attend the sale in person due to nerves “in case it was worth something”

The work is due to be auctioned in Toronto with a high estimate of $135,000—and will fund a Mediterranean cruise for the owner and her friend

The upgrade to the Modernist building and its surrounding landscape has resulted in a new visitor route planned for the Giardini

The rushed deaccessioning—to fund the acquisition of another work from neighbouring Quebec—raised a storm of criticism

The writer and artist unveils an ecological work inspired by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and a 3D-printed national portrait of Canada

The free-entry museum of Canadian art was initially scheduled to be completed last year

The 27th edition of Salon du Dessin at Palais Brongniart assembles 39 dealers from Europe and the US

More than a display of splendour, the exhibition examines how the court functioned as an institution of propaganda, shaping and promoting images of imperial power

US and Canadian institutions are rethinking their approach to contemporary indigenous art

Video collective Isuma will tell story of indigenous culture in Canadian pavilion

Daniel Libeskind-designed monument in concrete and metal has the shape of a distorted Star of David

Although comparisons have been drawn to Jackson Pollock but, the Montreal-born painter “felt no special affinities” to the Abstract Expressionist's work

The collection of 197 works is largely by Vancouver-based artists like Ian Wallace, Rodney Graham, Damien Moppet, Brian Jungen and Geoffrey Farmer, but also includes an important piece by Doris Salcedo