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Stumbling along merrily from one event, moment, or decent glass of wine, each day.
Arts and culture cat and trying to raise money for a good causes.
Arts and culture cat and trying to raise money for a good causes.
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Informative, beautiful and deeply human: it’s time to cheer the underrated art of illustration | Oliver Jeffers
Informative, beautiful and deeply human: it’s time to cheer the underrated art of illustration | Oliver Jeffers
We do judge books by their covers. Illustrations spark young imaginations, solve problems, present information - and shape our world, says the children’s author on National Illustration Day
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Informative, beautiful and deeply human: it’s time to cheer the underrated art of illustration | Oliver Jeffers
Well priced and on the Isle of Rum!
Scottish castle 'frozen in time' up for sale for £750,000
Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum has been listed for sale for £750,000
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Well priced and on the Isle of Rum!
If you are visiting Montreal, this is a must-see.
Career retrospective shows why Kent Monkman will always matter | CBC Arts
The celebrated Cree artist — and his alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle — are the subject of History is Painted by the Victors, which runs at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art until March 2026
www.cbc.ca
October 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If you are visiting Montreal, this is a must-see.
We saw this exhibition at the Confederation Centre Gallery last September. It was a remarkable discovery by an equally talented artist.
Erica Rutherford might be the most visionary Canadian artist you've never heard of | CBC Arts
The first solo exhibition for a P.E.I. artist at the National Gallery of Canada surveys the work of a radical talent who defied easy categorization in art and life.
www.cbc.ca
September 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
We saw this exhibition at the Confederation Centre Gallery last September. It was a remarkable discovery by an equally talented artist.
Trump Targets LGBTQ+ History, Migrants, and More in Chilling Smithsonian Hit List hyperallergic.com/1036180/trum...
Trump Targets LGBTQ+ History, Migrants, and More in Chilling Smithsonian Hit List
The White House's 26-point bulleted memo includes Amy Sherald's painting of a transgender woman and an animation of Anthony Fauci.
hyperallergic.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Trump Targets LGBTQ+ History, Migrants, and More in Chilling Smithsonian Hit List hyperallergic.com/1036180/trum...
Decency, empathy, and philantropy prevail versus abhorent cuts, viilfication, and xenophobia. Kudos to the Slaight Family Foundation for being a leader of good.
Slaight Family Foundation to give 13 organizations $1-million each after ‘horrifying’ USAID cuts
Donations will help humanitarian groups respond to crises that they say worsened after President Trump slashed foreign aid
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Decency, empathy, and philantropy prevail versus abhorent cuts, viilfication, and xenophobia. Kudos to the Slaight Family Foundation for being a leader of good.
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The Art museum of Grisons in Chur, Switzerland.
Design by Barozzi Veiga Architects, built 2014-2016
Design by Barozzi Veiga Architects, built 2014-2016
July 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The Art museum of Grisons in Chur, Switzerland.
Design by Barozzi Veiga Architects, built 2014-2016
Design by Barozzi Veiga Architects, built 2014-2016
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance
An unflinching journey through Canada's 2SLGBTQI+ history, capturing the pivotal protests and passionate voices that ignited a movement of love and resistance.
www.nfb.ca/film/parade
Well worth watching, especially now.
An unflinching journey through Canada's 2SLGBTQI+ history, capturing the pivotal protests and passionate voices that ignited a movement of love and resistance.
www.nfb.ca/film/parade
Well worth watching, especially now.
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance is a bold and unflinching documentary that charts the rise of Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ rights movement through powerful first-person testimony and rarely …
www.nfb.ca
July 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance
An unflinching journey through Canada's 2SLGBTQI+ history, capturing the pivotal protests and passionate voices that ignited a movement of love and resistance.
www.nfb.ca/film/parade
Well worth watching, especially now.
An unflinching journey through Canada's 2SLGBTQI+ history, capturing the pivotal protests and passionate voices that ignited a movement of love and resistance.
www.nfb.ca/film/parade
Well worth watching, especially now.
A beautiful gift to the National Gallery.
Bob Rennie donates $22.8-million worth of contemporary art to National Gallery of Canada
The prominent Vancouver collector has given 61 works to the Ottawa gallery, including pieces from renowned artists such as Ai Weiwei
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A beautiful gift to the National Gallery.
Thank you, Prime Minister Carney.
Carney laments Pride 'backlash' and rolls out money to make 2SLGBTQ+ parades safer | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney raised a Pride flag on Parliament Hill Tuesday to kick off a month-long celebration of sexual and gender diversity while saying there's a brewing "backlash" to these sorts o...
www.cbc.ca
June 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Thank you, Prime Minister Carney.
Here is the real power behind the orange menace's throne.
Like Elon Musk, Russ Vought wants to break Washington. Unlike the billionaire, the budget guru might just succeed.
The two-time director of the Office of Management and Budget actually knows how to use the government to dismantle it.
www.politico.com
June 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Here is the real power behind the orange menace's throne.
May 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Long overdue and great news!
New legislation would boost pay for New Brunswick artists | CBC News
The proposed Status of the Artist Act would recognize the arts as a profession, which in practical terms would mean a requirement for written contracts and the payment of industry-standard fees by art...
www.cbc.ca
May 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Long overdue and great news!
Read his ramble on empire building for Canada and Greenland. Nothing has or will change. Lunacy.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a new interview, was circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution.
www.ctvnews.ca
May 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Read his ramble on empire building for Canada and Greenland. Nothing has or will change. Lunacy.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the US
Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States
The association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is warning its members against non-essential travel to the United States.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the US
‘It’s a golden ticket’: U.S. doctors explain the urge to come to Canada - National | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1111357...
Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada
Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News
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April 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
‘It’s a golden ticket’: U.S. doctors explain the urge to come to Canada - National | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1111357...
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Camille Jacob Pissarro - The Boulevard Montmartre at Night 1897 (National Gallery)
January 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Camille Jacob Pissarro - The Boulevard Montmartre at Night 1897 (National Gallery)
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Wassily Kandinsky - Yellow Red Blue - 1925 (Musée National d'Art Moderne)
March 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Wassily Kandinsky - Yellow Red Blue - 1925 (Musée National d'Art Moderne)
The silence is deafening.
'Trump is doing things a hundred times worse than they imagined, yet American artists remain silent'
COLUMN. While cultural figures had proudly attacked Donald Trump during his first term, they no longer speak out today, partly for fear of angering those who watch and listen to their work, writes Le ...
www.lemonde.fr
April 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The silence is deafening.
