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Two Black men stand in a harvested field under a cloudy sky. They are dressed in football uniforms printed with colourful African textiles. They are standing apart and facing away from each other, attached by a set of chains on their backs.

Sports bring people together in living rooms, in crowded bars, and in the streets. Mohamoud seeks to expose the monstrous underbelly of all that winning

A collage of Cher and Nicholas Cage kissing in the film Moonstruck superimposed on top of an outline of the Manhattan skyline and a full moon.

Film / July/August 2021

The Making of Moonstruck

June 28, 2021June 29, 2021 - by Ira Wells

The 1987 rom-com starring Cher and Nicolas Cage seemed doomed to fail. Director Norman Jewison turned it into a modern classic

An image of inside a Blockbuster Video store with two blue silhouette figures standing the the aisles looking for videos.

Arts & Culture

Life in the Stacks: A Love Letter to Browsing

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 - by Jason Guriel

Algorithms are integral to how we find and consume art. But old-fashioned browsing still has its benefits

A black-and-white comic book style illustration of two people facing one another, holding glasses of wine and awkwardly not speaking. The figure on the right wears a black beret and turtleneck.

Comics

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Life of an Artist

January 27, 2021June 8, 2021 - by Chris Hampton

Walter Scott’s newest Wendy comic offers an inside look at the creative class

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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The Walrus Talks at Home: Intelligence

October 14, 2020July 22, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

Minds, machines and the complexities of information

Arts & Culture

How Creativity Changes as We Age

September 16, 2020May 28, 2021 - by Emily Urquhart

As Turner lay dying, he asked to see sunlight. Renoir demanded a pencil. For many artists, the final chapter is the most creative

A man posing seated in front of a painting, which depicts a scene of various people on a beachfront

November 2019 / Photography

One Photographer’s Artistic Encounters with the Selfie Generation

November 14, 2019November 26, 2019 - by Aaron Peck

Four decades into Jeff Wall’s career, the artist is still pushing the limits of what a photograph can be

red and black paint streaks on a yellow backdrop

Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom

Learning Sex Ed Through Art

December 5, 2018January 9, 2020 - by Anubha Momin

How Nunavut’s Timiga, Ikumajuq became the most exceptional sex-ed program in Canada

Pae White's Lucky Charms (2014/2017) is installed between levels two and three of the Remai Modern.

Arts & Culture / March 2018

Will Anybody Visit Saskatoon’s New $85 Million Museum?

February 21, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Daniel Viola

Inside the prairie city’s gamble to build a world-class art gallery