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VideoArt Fraud & The Group of Seven

Jon S. Dellandrea, author and Chair Emeritus of the Art Canada Institute Board of Directors, discusses his new book, The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case.

VideoShary Boyle and Rajni Perera on Art and Change-Making

Boyle and Perera reflect on their experiences of navigating cultural distinctions within their collaborative relationships with institutions and other artists.

VideoArt Talk: The Book on Kent Monkman

Monkman addresses how the ACI’s publication Revision and Resistance is the only book to offer the behind-the-scenes story of mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People), two genre-defying paintings that have changed the conversation about art history.

VideoThe Launch of the Art Canada Institute

Founder and Executive Director Sara Angel talks to CBC News about the launch of the Art Canada Institute on November 28, 2013. Her vision was simple: make Canadian art history accessible to twenty-first century audiences by creating a multi-vocal, bilingual, comprehensive web resource on the country’s visual culture.

VideoMaud Lewis: A Folk Art Icon

When it comes to folk art in Canada, there’s before Maud Lewis (1901–1970)—and after. Celebrating the release of Maud Lewis: Life & Work by Ray Cronin, the panelists will discuss her legacy and pay tribute to the cheerful works that testify to her indomitable spirit.

VideoWalter S. Allward: Vimy & the Meaning of the Monument

Today many public monuments are controversial, but in the early twentieth century they were objects to behold—none more so than Canada’s Vimy Memorial in France, a destination for over 700,000 visitors each year. This talk will address the iconic structure, its construction, and the role of commemorative statues in art history.

VideoHelen McNicoll: Bringing Impressionism to Canada

This interview will reveal when and why Audain began buying art and how he became one of Canadian art’s most devoted patrons and instrumental in preserving and promoting our country’s cultural heritage.

VideoMichael Audain: Collecting Art in Canada

This interview will reveal when and why Audain began buying art and how he became one of Canadian art’s most devoted patrons and instrumental in preserving and promoting our country’s cultural heritage.

VideoRobert Houle: Rebel and Iconoclast

In this talk the Saulteaux artist and curator speaks about how, through his art, he has created a renewed vision of the world that includes the restoration of cultural memory, challenges to the government on political issues affecting Indigenous peoples, and the decolonization of the museum and the self.

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