Art & Design News

Bee Movie captures inaugural world prize at gaming and animation awards

Some of the biggest names in animation and gaming were handed trophies Friday night at the second annual Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts.

Organized crime likely behind Swiss art heist: expert

This week's spectacular theft of paintings worth $163 million US from a Swiss museum was likely carried out by organized criminal gangs, says an expert in art crime.

South Asian, Middle Eastern galleries reopen at ROM

Galleries devoted to South Asian and Middle Eastern art and artifacts reopen at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on Saturday.

Bono’s charity art auction nets $42M

A contemporary art auction spearheaded by U2 frontman Bono and British artist Damien Hirst drew a star-studded audience and raised more than $42 million for HIV and AIDS-related charities Thursday night.

U.S. attempts to seize Basquiat painting smuggled from Brazil

U.S. prosecutors have filed papers in an attempt to seize a 1982 painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat that turned up in a Manhattan warehouse.

British sculptor charged with manslaughter

British sculptor Maurice Agis has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter over an accident involving one of his works that killed two women.

2 Canadians, 3 Chinese compete for new $50,000 photography prize

Montreal's Raymonde April and Winnipeg's Sarah Anne Johnson have been named as finalists for the Grange Prize in photography, a new $50,000 award.

16th century nude portrait too racy for London’s Underground

A 16th century nude has proved too racy for London's Underground train system, with officials banning an ad featuring a painting of Venus for fear it could cause offense.

Vancouver artists in fight to save studio space

A group of 30 Vancouver artists is taking its fight to save affordable studios to City Hall on Tuesday.

Toronto architect wins $34,000 Prix de Rome

A former farm boy with an interest in urban planning has won the $34,000 Prix de Rome in Architecture for Emerging Practitioners, the Canada Council of the Arts announced Tuesday.

« Prev - Next »