In Frances Jones’s Impressionist painting In the Conservatory, a young woman reads in a glass windowed interior full of tropical plants.
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Expo 67 in Montreal was different from earlier fairs and exhibitions in that First Nations took charge of their own representation on the world stage.
Indians of Canada Pavilion, Expo 67, Montreal
The “Cheap Farm House” was attractive but also simple enough to be easily achievable without an architect.
“A Cheap Farm House,” c. 1864–onward
Seen as breaking with European artistic traditions the Group of Seven’s paintings of the Canadian landscape were equated with social, cultural, and political meanings and ideals.
Franklin Carmichael, Grace Lake
How do we picture a shifting urban landscape constantly on the verge of disappearing?
Stan Douglas, Every Building on 100 West ...
Notman's photograph of protruding ice provided a way for people to imagine the failure or success of a Canadian city’s ability to cope with the forces of nature.
William Notman, Ice Shove, Commissioner Street, Montreal
The Elevated Wetlands is one of the first and most enduringly effective pieces of eco art in Canada.
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