art

Heather O’Neill: Throughout history, art was created during pandemics—to amuse, to console, and to give voice to those who were previously unheard

Steve Lazarides takes us on an exclusive tour of “The Art of Banksy,” a $35-million exhibit consisting of 80 of the artist’s original works that debuts in Toronto this week.

The street artist Banksy is defined by simple subversions and a secret identity—and an unauthorized exhibit of his work, in its contradictions, becomes the truly artful work

Judge ’doesn’t doubt’ accounts of a forgery ring in Thunder Bay, Ont., but rules disputed painting attributed to the famed Anishinaabe artist is authentic

A trial revealed an alleged wellspring of hundreds of fake paintings purported to be the work of the famed Anishinaabe artist

How the federal museum’s scheme to sell one high-priced painting to pay for another fell apart

Yayoi Kusama’s Instagram-ready mirrored rooms have made her an art superstar. But don’t be too quick—or snobby—in dismissing the selfie-seekers

A young artist from Oregon gives the Old Masters treatment to 400 years of Quebec history

A Toronto resistance-art exhibit has raised a furor—and a renewed debate over what’s artistic appropriation and what’s in the public domain

One painting, nearly three minutes, 11.2 million dollars: Inside the sale of Canada’s most expensive artwork