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5 artists who deserve a major public art installation in Halifax Imagine the city if talents like Ursula Johnson and Raven Davis had large-scale artwork all over the place. Imagine a Halifax where every public space had art as part of it. Close your eyes and picture a trip to the mall that included taking in a mural or two. A visit to a government building also meaning a visit to a mixed-media installation. When, this Wednesday, Halifax Regional Council voted unanimously to spend $125,000 to help foot the bill of the art installations at Queen’s Marque, it felt like the perfect time to ask: Why can’t Halifax be so full of public art that a walk down the street feels like strolling in an open-air museum? What if we made it so that, instead of waiting until the next Nocturne festival to get a fix of art injected into unexpected places, we made our city feel like a never-ending version of the event? ....
The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file . This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Handout A moose hunted in Newfoundland more than a decade ago. A moose skull living on the land in Nova Scotia. A porcupine quill basket in storage in a Vancouver museum. A 19th-century photograph at a Paris museum. An artist in Nova Scotia. A pandemic. More photographs – transferred via the internet. And the result: a large-scale photograph of an intricately painted moose skull resting on Mi’kmaq land in Eastern Canada, installed on the other side of Canada, on the exterior of a substation that powers half of downtown Vancouver. ....
The National Gallery of Canada mourns the loss of Donald R. Sobey, one of Canada's greatest cultural philanthropists artdaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from artdaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Canadian art philanthropist and businessman Donald Sobey dies at 86 theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.