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The mesmerizing story of how, over six decades, iconic Canadian artist Christopher Pratt captured the essence of Newfoundland and Labrador with unwavering precision.

Here are the winning works from Canada’s leading art contest for students. Come see them for yourself at our booth at the Art Toronto fair from October 30 to November 1.

Gerald McMaster’s landmark publication on Indigenous testimony in the aftermath of Canada’s residential schools.

Canadian art shows we’re looking forward to this fall.

Presenting the Art Canada Institute’s 2026–2027 online art book lineup.

The stylistic evolution of Canada’s great landscape painter and the subject of the retrospective exhibition Takao Tanabe 100: Inside Passage.

This Labour Day weekend, we take a look at art that puts work—and the people who do it—front and centre.

Movements with meaning.

Tracing an iconic journey through Canada’s artistic history.

The camera and the country over two centuries.

Canadian works that celebrate the power of the written word.

Brushstrokes, beaches, and sun.

A look at the Canadian artists and their stories behind the National Gallery of Canada exhibition.

A look at how the railway has shaped Canadian art and imagination.

With the World Cup in full swing, we’re taking a look at sports in Canadian visual culture.

Thirteen exhibitions not to miss

A nation in search of its flag.

An artist’s tribute to his son.

A look at the life and work of the celebrated Canadian artists.

ACI supports an emerging scholar shaping the future of Canadian art.

Captivated by tradition, New Brunswick artists grabbed national headlines and changed the course of Indigenous art in Canada.

Floral motifs and bouquets.

A look at the Montreal artist and her work.

Now on at the National Gallery of Canada.

A look at Canadian artist mothers and the daughters who take after them.

Since 1895, the famed international art fair has been showcasing the world’s finest talent. Here’s who is representing Canada this year.

Curator John Geoghegan pairs contemporary and historic works, connecting the past and present.

This Earth Day, we turn to nine Canadian artists inspired by the outdoors.

The artists, institutions, and community builders who put Regina on Canada’s cultural map.

Upcoming shows on Canadian art.

When words become images.

Why the records and works of Montreal’s famed photographer received a revered UNESCO designation.

Celebrate International Women’s Day by reading about these groundbreaking artists in the Art Canada Institute online library.

A look at the National Gallery of Canada exhibition Winter Count: Embracing the Cold, recording the profound visual impact of chill on Canadian culture.

Rediscovering a long-overlooked talent.

Ten Canadian works on intimacy.

Submissions are now open for the Canadian Art Inspiration Student Challenge

Tracing how artistic knowledge is transmitted through mentorship, lineage, and encounter.

From convicts to dignitaries, the pioneering visionary who photographed them all.

Artists whose works are commanding attention—in Canada and beyond.

Recollections of celebrated figures in Canadian art by their colleagues, peers, and friends.

A showcase of unforgettable Canadian works spotted by the ACI team over the past twelve months.

A look at who won this year’s most prestigious Canadian art prizes.

Once a fixture of nineteenth-century Montreal, William Raphael’s little-known story is an overlooked chapter in Canadian art history.

A new exhibition highlights the role of textiles in art making.

Next week, these works that helped shape the identity of Canada go on sale.

Molly Lamb Bobak was Canada’s first official woman war artist. Her paintings expanded our country’s memory of war, highlighting women’s service, community, and lived experience.

A Halloween look at fear turned into fine art.