In the Canadian winter of 2002, passers-by walking through Vancouver’s Downtown East Side could see Rebecca Belmore, from the Indigenous Anishinaabe Nation, nailing her long red dress to a telephone ...
For “Home on Native Land,” a beautifully presented show of provocative new work by Indigenous and Aboriginal artists at Toronto’s Bell Lightbox cultural center, curator Steven Loft channeled his ...
A debut biennial for Indigenous artists will coincide with the opening of the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s new $65 million Inuit Art Center in 2020. The inaugural biennial will include work by Indigenous ...
An inspiring photo assignment led National Geographic photographer Adam Ferguson from Montreal to Northern Québec, Canada, and into the creative heart of a welcoming community of Cree people, to ...
Last month, in a historic and overdue move, the first Indigenous leader was appointed to head a Canadian public art institution. John G. Hampton, who is Chickasaw, was appointed executive director and ...
What is Indigenous art today? Many viable answers await at this year’s edition of Art Toronto (until 26 October), where more than half of the 121 participating exhibitors feature works by Indigenous ...
Aboriginal art is far more than just visually stunning patterns — it is one of the oldest continuous forms of cultural expression in the world. Rooted in storytelling, ritual, and identity, Aboriginal ...