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- Portrait of daughter playing dead earns art prize
- A painting of Michael Zavros's young daughter playing dead has earned the Australian realist artist the country's richest portraiture prize.
- Extinct bird immortalized in N.L.
- The Great Auk vanished from the earth in the mid-19th century, but on Fogo Island off Newfoundland's northeast coast is a haunting memorial to the extinct sea bird.
- Firefighter monument designs go on display
- Five designs for a monument dedicated to Canadian firefighters who died in the line of duty have been made public for the first time, with work from artists including Douglas Coupland, Ken Lum and Myfanwy Macleod.
- Dali painting from N.B. on the move
- A Salvador Dali painting that belongs to a Fredericton gallery is temporarily part of an exhibition of the artist's work at Atlanta's High Museum of Art.
- N.W.T. court carvings out of sight
- Unique Inuit carvings that depict some of the earliest court cases in Canada's North have been locked away for over a decade, for lack of a safe place to display them.
- Vancouverite nabs Canadian design prize
- Vancouver designer Omer Arbel has captured the $10,000 Ronald J. Thom Award for Early Design Achievement.
- Vancouver artist chosen for Venice Biennale
- Vancouver artist Steven Shearer has been chosen as Canada's representative at the 54th Venice Biennale art extravaganza, which runs from June to November 2011.
- Toronto artist turns into 'rock star'
- The artist behind about 20 stone balancing sculptures in a Toronto river is getting a rock star reception by locals who have turned out in droves to see his work.
- Brazil police find Portinari work, make arrest
- Brazilian police have arrested a man and recovered a valuable painting by Candido Portinari two weeks after it was stolen.
- McMichael head Thomas Smart steps down
- Thomas Smart, CEO and executive director of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, is leaving the beginning of October.