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A black and white photo of a geometric metal teapot, which has a body shaped like a diamond.

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

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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

November/December 2020

William Ukoh Photographs a World of Leisure and Black Beauty

October 29, 2020January 30, 2022 - by Connor Garel

For the artist, rest and relaxation aren’t just aesthetics—they are where freedom is found

The Walrus Talks

The Walrus Talks at Home: Intelligence

October 14, 2020February 4, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Minds, machines and the complexities of information

September/October 2020

How One Artist Maps the Weather One Stitch at a Time

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 - by Abi Hayward

Bettina Matzkuhn uses embroidery to document the world as it changes around her

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

June 2020

How One Painter Captures the Wonder of Ordinary Spaces

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 - by Sophie Weiler

Margaux Williamson’s portraits of interiors pay homage to what’s right in front of us

Arts & Culture

The Decade in Arts & Culture

December 12, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From Leonard Cohen’s darker legacy to art’s obsession with dead young women, here are the culture conversations that helped define Canada

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November 2019

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

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Uncategorized

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

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