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Each artist-run centre has a unique program, but most present contemporary art by Canadian and international artists, often in combination with critical writing and other public events such as lectures, performances, screenings, etc. The centres have tended to focus on emerging artists and artists working outside the commercial gallery system.
Known as Walker's Auctions, Walker's Fine Art & Estate Auctioneers Inc. is a Canadian auction house specializing in Inuit, Canadian, and European art. Founded in Ottawa in 1937, Walker's Auctions is active in the global art market as one of the leading resellers of Inuit Art. Their auctions are held in Ottawa, Toronto and previewed in Montreal.
At the time of its closing in 2008, it was the oldest bookstore in Canada. Highway Book Shop — near Cobalt, Ontario Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe — an independent Jewish bookstore in Toronto, Ontario
This is a list of contemporary art galleries, i.e., commercial galleries for-profit, privately-owned businesses dealing in artworks by contemporary artists born after 1945. Galleries on this list meet the following criteria: The gallery has played a major role in career of significant or well-known artists born after 1945
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Historically, the Catholic Church was the primary patron of art in early Canada, especially Quebec, and in later times, artists have combined British, French, and American artistic traditions, at times embracing European styles and at the same time, working to promote nationalism. Canadian art remains the combination of these various influences.
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Michael Robinson was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 27 March 1948. [2] Trained at Sheridan College's School of Design (Glass Major, 1969–1971), Robinson was an artist, glassblower, printmaker, and writer. [3]