- Inuvialuit examine Smithsonian artifacts
- A group of about 10 Inuvialuit people has returned from Washington, D.C., after examining 19th-century Northwest Territories artifacts at the Smithsonian Institute.
- Rare artworks spark buzz for Canadian auction
- A collection of museum-worthy artworks has drawn both buzz and record numbers of visitors to Heffel's this fall, as the auction house prepares for its annual fall sale of Canadian fine art.
- Halifax filmmaker turns lens on child poverty
- Halifax filmmaker Nance Ackerman is screening her most recent documentary, Four Feet Up, across Canada on Tuesday to mark the 20th anniversary of Canada's promise to end child poverty.
- Second YSL auction fetches $13.6M
- Auctioneers are crediting art aficionados, treasure seekers, trophy hunters and fans of Yves Saint Laurent for boosting the proceeds of an auction of the late French designer's personal items to approximately $13.6 million Cdn in sales -- more than double the pre-sale estimate.
- Pope builds friendships with artists
- Pope Benedict XVI met in Rome with more than 250 artists from around the world to foster dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the arts.
- Tom Thomson winter scene set for auction
- A striking, snow-covered forest scene by Tom Thomson bearing intriguing inscriptions on the back of the canvas is set for sale in Toronto on Tuesday as Canada's fall auction season gets underway.
- King Tut casts magic in Toronto
- King Tutankhamun has returned to Toronto. A new exhibit of artifacts related to the Egyptian boy king went on display Friday at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
- Montreal to see terracotta warriors
- China's terracotta warriors are coming to Montreal in 2011. The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal will receive a rare visit of 14 of the warriors — life-sized replicas of soldiers of the Qin dynasty — it announced on Thursday.
- Installation artist Jeanne-Claude dies
- Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation The Gates and other large "wrapping" projects with her husband, Christo, has died at 74.
- Early Canadian stamps auction nets $3.2M US
- A New York stamp collector auctioned parts of his collection in New York on Thursday, including a Canadian-issued stamp that is one of the world's rarest.
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