Making a statement
Artist Barbara Kruger brings her pop-art propaganda to Toronto
By David Balzer, CBC News
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- Canada's spring auctions feature collectors' art
- An exciting batch of rare Canadian artworks — recently unearthed from several noted collections — will be among the pieces for sale during Canada's spring auction season.
- AGO reaches tentative deal with union
- Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario will be fully open to visitors on the long weekend after a tentative agreement was reached with workers, averting a strike.
- School board's $10M art hoard to see daylight
- A treasury of paintings, drawings, artifacts and historical documents from the Toronto school board's private collection will be making its way into classrooms.
- In Depth: World's biggest art thefts
- Major works of art are stolen as bargaining tools between crime syndicates.
- Picasso, Matisse paintings stolen in Paris
- Paris police are on the hunt for five major works by Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani and several contemporaries after they were stolen overnight in what the mayor called an "attack on Paris's universal cultural heritage."
- Japanese photographer charged over nude photos
- A celebrated Japanese photographer renowned for his nude imagery has been indicted on charges of public indecency and disrespect of a religious site in Tokyo.
- Aboriginal director's portrait wins art prize
- A large-scale portrait of Aboriginal writer and filmmaker Warwick Thornton is the people's choice pick for Australia's Archibald Prize for portraiture.
- Lansdowne green space plans unveiled
- A pedestrian bridge and a farmers' market were common themes in the five designs for the green space at Lansdowne Park unveiled Thursday.
- Renovated nature museum to open doors
- The Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa will unveil the fruits of an eight-year, multi-million-dollar renovation when it opens its doors to the public on Saturday.
- Ancient statues recovered in Greece
- Two ancient marble statues of male youths are on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens after police in Greece arrested two farmers who allegedly planned to sell them abroad.