UncategorizedOn navel-gazing, civil liberties, and Shimon PeresI hope readers will forgive a post that is definitely narcissistic and possibly an overreaction. Here it goes: Israeli President...
CultureBanking on Van Gogh to draw crowds to the National Gallery of CanadaMarc Mayer goes with a safe bet in mounting Van Gogh: Up Close
OttawaLooking back on the summer’s big art shows: Caravaggio, Pollock and their citiesAt first blush, the two big art shows in Canada this summer—the National Gallery’s Caravaggio and his Followers in Rome...
OttawaCaravaggio’s unsettling images at the National Gallery of CanadaIn the first room of the big summer show Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome , which opens on June 17 at the National Gallery of...
UncategorizedArt that engages, fantasizes, and tries to go deepSome recent Canadian acquisitions at the National Gallery of Canada defy global art brands
OttawaThe passing of a great voice for artObituaries for Shirley Thomson, the former director of the National Gallery of Canada, inevitably make much of her role in buying...
GeneralMitchel Raphael on The Girls20 summit and advice about an igloo at Harrington LakeBowling for Haiti
CultureVoice of Fire: Are we over this yet?Twenty years ago a painting by Barnett Newman ignited a firestorm in Canada
CultureRaphael crushes MichelangeloIn a show about 100 years in the artistic life of Rome, one master prevails over all others