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Category: Culture – visual arts

Building a tower of giraffes

Giraffes apparently demand company. Once you have one, someone spots it and gets you another. And another.

My Canada, 150/150: Modern by design

Centennial celebrations launched a new atmosphere in Canada: open and interested, multicultural and confident.

My Canada, 143/150: Ontario Place’s wild ride

IMAX is a made-in-Canada invention that grew from experiments film-makers undertook at Montréal’s Expo 67.

My Canada, 139/150: Our special snowflakes

In Canada, “special snowflake” can mean those citizens honoured with an Order of Canada.

My Canada, 114/150: Northern imprints

May the gods forgive me, but in my first encounter with Inuit art, I remember the encounter more than the art.

My Canada, 113/150: Art from the ruins

I thought the Guild Inn was an old hotel perched on the Scarborough Bluffs. It was that — and much more.

My Canada, 112/150: Sculpting a riverfront

There’s a fascinating history behind Louis Odette’s urge to beautify through sculpture.

My Canada, 110/150: Our national treasures

No trip to Canada’s capital is complete without visiting one of the dozen national museums based in Ottawa.

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