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Arts & Culture

Our latest stories on Canadian art, including literature, poetry, photography, painting, illustration, sculpture, galleries, museums, exhibitions, and artists of all media and backgrounds
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A black and white photo of a geometric metal teapot, which has a body shaped like a diamond.
Arts & Culture

The International Tempest Over the World’s Most Famous Teapot

January 19, 2021January 22, 2021 - by Rosalind M. Pepall

Inside the world of evaluating, and pursuing, rare art objects

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Illustration of three pairs of hockey players in full gear, embracing one another and smiling.
Sports

Will There Ever Be an Openly Queer NHL Player?

January 12, 2021January 18, 2021 - by Alex Manley

In hockey culture, male aggression is valorized while any weakness, real or perceived, is weaponized

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January/February 2021 / Visual Art

Looking Ahead to 2021

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

Four illustrators share their hopes for themselves and the world

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Arts & Culture / Justice / Politics

New Year’s Resolutions: Taking Action against Injustice

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Anti-Black racism persists across industries, and addressing it requires proactive, ongoing work

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Arts & Culture

The Writers Leading the Nonfiction Revolution

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 - by Myra Bloom

A new wave of experimental writing sees racialized authors forging their own literary tradition

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Photograph of a dog wearing large headphones and smiling.
Music

Do You Have a Musical Guilty Pleasure? Claim It

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 - by Chilly Gonzales

Why Chilly Gonzales believes Enya has the voice of an angel

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The cover of "Working in the Bathtub," which depicts the writer, Dany Laferrière, lying in a bathtub fully clothed.
Arts & Culture / Books

Stop Calling Racialized Writers “Raw”

December 10, 2020December 11, 2020 - by Adnan Khan

There’s a burden on writers of colour to tell stories of trauma. Authors like Dany Laferrière refuse to play along

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Arts & Culture / Books / January/February 2021

Canadian Authors Pick Their Favourite Books of 2020

December 7, 2020January 8, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

From a dystopia that vilifies sleep to a heartbreaking account of the end of a life, here are some of our leading contemporary writers’ favourite books of the year

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Rear view of a man wearing white shirt and holding an umbrella and a briefcase, standing waist-deep in the water on a rainy day
Arts & Culture

Hope Is Good. Disappointment Is Better

November 19, 2020November 20, 2020 - by Steven Heighton

What the best novels teach us about the virtues of disillusionment

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November/December 2020 / Visual Art

My Mum and Mister Rogers

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 - by Cinders McLeod

Fred Rogers believed everybody was somebody. A box of lost letters tells the story of how he helped my mother believe in herself too

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