Emily Carr
Paintings by Alex Colville and Emily Carr top the bill at Heffel’s big spring auctions in Toronto
The Canadian auction house also saw strong results from works by members of the Group of Seven and a soaring Warhol print
Emily Carr painting, unseen for more than a half-century, acquired by Canada’s Audain Art Museum
The painting was one of four Carr works featured in the first Canadian presentation at the Venice Biennale, in 1952
Climate activists pour maple syrup on Emily Carr painting at the Vancouver Art Gallery
Two activists from the group Stop Fracking Around also glued their hands to the gallery wall to protest the construction of a major gas pipeline in northern British Columbia
Works by Emily Carr and Paul Kane are the big tickets at marquee Canadian auction
High demand for Canadiana, from a historic ceramic dessert set to Group of Seven paintings, drove Heffel’s major autumn sale in Toronto
Klee Wyck, a historic home used by Emily Carr in West Vancouver, to be demolished
The property, bequeathed to the district by a physician friend of the artist for use as an arts centre, has been neglected for decades
Works by women artists reach new heights in Canadian auction
Two canvases by Carr blew past their estimate to become among the highest auction prices paid for her work, while a painting by 92-year-old Rita Letendre set a record for the artist
Randomness rules New York's $42m American art sales
Small works won out at Sotheby's and Christie's as top lots went for their low estimates or were withdrawn