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Vincent Van Gogh is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated artists of all time. From the swirling blues of The Starry Night to the bespattered self-portraits (with both ears or without), his work is instantly recognizable. So it’s really no surprise that Vans decided to incorporate Van Gogh’s colourful work into a brand-new collection. Van Gogh […]

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When Stance started out in 2009, the sock company had one goal in mind: change the way people think about socks. The brand wanted to take an accessory that’s traditionally thought of as boring, and transform it into something exciting. With inspiration and collaboration from athletes, performers and cultural icons, Stance has achieved that, creating a […]

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In honour of the upcoming world premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian (on the Canadian Opera Company stage in October), the COC dedicated the theme of this year’s #Operanation to the gods of ancient Rome. The 14th annual Operanation transformed the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts into a coliseum of wonder. The atrium filled […]

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You’re invited to the first ever Canadian fashion festival. Oh, and did we mention it’s free? From Thursday, May 17th to Saturday, May 19th, Nathan Phillips Square will be transformed into URBANI_T, an event that’s showcasing the work of talented local designers. Presented by Groupe Sensation Mode, which also produced the Fashion & Design festival […]

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Old Town Central, which is one of the oldest—and most eclectic—neighbourhoods in Hong Kong, is best explored on foot. Stroll along Wyndham Street, Caine Road, Possession Street, Queen’s Road Central and Hollywood Road and check out the newly opened H Queen’s, a 24-floor tower that houses exhibitions and galleries. What’s the psychology behind colour red? […]

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With his new immersive installation, Irreverent Youth, Toronto-based creative Maxwell N. Burnstein is disrupting the hype of ironic Internet art, exploring meme culture and millennial subtexts through an analog practice. Rather than crafting collages with the copy and paste functions of a computer, Burnstein—the artist behind our May 2017 cover with supermodel Jourdan Dunn—uses an X-acto knife to […]

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Who runs the world? Blue Ivy Carter. She’s a rapper, a fashion mogul, an Internet meme — and apparently, an art connoisseur. On a casual Saturday night family outing with Mom and Dad, Blue Ivy, once again, stole the show. The Carter clan were out in Los Angeles to celebrate the Wearable Art Gala, hosted by […]

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Yayoi Kusama’s mirrored infinity room is the selfie backdrop of the season. In just three days, the Art Gallery of Ontario managed to sell 30,000 timed tickets to Canada’s eager art patrons — and there are thousands more who waited in virtual lines, disappointed they missed out. From March 3 through to May 27, you can expect […]

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Yes, it’s certainly the height of narcissism for anyone to think they look like a work of art but the new art-matching facial recognition feature on Google’s Arts & Culture app has been throwing out results that are decidedly more comical than flattering. The ‘Is Your Portrait in a Museum?’ feature invites users to snap […]

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Laurence Philomene, Petra Collins, Sara Cwynar–Meet the three Canadian photographers who use their art form to bust myths and provoke change. Petra Collins, the rule breaker Petra Collins has come a long way since her rebellious teen years at Toronto’s Rosedale Heights School of the Arts, where she was a ballet dancer until a knee […]

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At its annual summer gala fundraiser last Friday evening (June 16), the Vancouver Art Gallery had yet to hang most of the 38 paintings for its upcoming exhibition, Claude Monet’s Secret Garden. However, it didn’t seem to matter too much, with so many grand floral displays and well-dressed attendees to beguile the eye. The proverbial garden […]

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Girls just can’t catch a break. Especially fearless ones, made out of bronze. You’ll recall, of course, the instantly iconic statue that appeared in New York, standing defiantly, arms akimbo, squaring off against the equally iconic Charging Bull statue on Wall Street: She’s had a bit of a rough go. Which, considering what she represents, seems […]

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