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On Tuesday, London painter Hurvin Anderson spent the entire day in his studio trying hard not to think about potentially the biggest moment of his career—the auction that night of one of his paintings at Sotheby's, one of the tentpole art sales of the

february 13, 2013

After a decade’s representation, the Monte Clark Gallery is quietly shuttering its Toronto doors as it inaugurates an expanded exhibition space in Vancouver, this month, where it has held an anchor for more than twenty

february 13, 2013

The lawyer for a veteran Toronto dealer in the Norval Morrisseau art market is denying his client negligently or wrongfully sold a fake or forged painting attributed to the legendary Ojibwa artist to Kevin Hearn, keyboardist for Canadian pop band the Barenaked Ladies.

In a 20-page statement of defence

February 8, 2013

One of Delacroix’s most famous paintings, the revolutionary “Liberty Leading the People

A Modigliani painting of his lover topped works by Picasso and Renoir at a $214 million auction that showed

All that’s missing are the frankincense and a Gesualdo motet on the sound system. But visitors to Patti Smith: Camera Solo

february 5, 2013

sotheby’s canada is getting out of what it calls the “theatre” of auctions as a way to sell important canadian art after an often tumultuous run of more than 45 years.

sotheby’s will now focus on “private sales,” with the toronto-based operation functioning “

february 5, 2013

On the heels of a few major hires and departures across the Canadian art world