Artworks & exhibitions in Canada

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The Gimli Viking – Canada’s largest Viking statue

Statues / 4 minutes of reading

This year, Íslendingadagurinn will be held for its 133rd edition and will be held in person for the first time since the pandemic broke out. Also commonly referred to as the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba, Íslendingadagurinn is usually held in Gimli, Manitoba (Canada) with plenty of indoor and outdoor events on offer for those attending. […]

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Photographer Jeff Wall & A sudden gust of wind

Photography / 4 minutes of reading

Jeff Wall is a Canadian Photographer that is known by many as one of the pioneers of conceptual photography. His photography skills and the corpus of theoretical texts make him an influential figure in postmodern art. Wall is well-known for staging photographs. Jeff Wall’s A Sudden Gust of Wind, 1993 Jeff Wall’s A Sudden Gust

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Andy Goldsworthy – Touching North, 1989, North Pole feat

Andy Goldsworthy’s four massive ice sculptures at the North Pole

Environmental Art, Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading

In 1989, Andy Goldsworthy created four massive snow rings at one the most remote place on Planet Earth, the North Pole. These ephemeral sculptures marked the position of the North Pole and were built around it. Through any of the four sculptures, the direction will always be south. An Inuit teaching snow-cutting & packing techniques

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Jaume Plensa’s stunning larger-than-life sculptures

Sculptures, Statues / 8 minutes of reading

Jaume Plensa is arguably one of the top sculptors today. He is primarily known for creating huge ethereal sculptures and has also worked with different contemporary art media types, including acoustic installations and video projections. Plensa is especially known for his large-scale, ethereal projects, which he installed in public spaces of major cities around the

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Yue Minjun’s sculptures & The infectious power of laughter

Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading

Yue Minjun was born in Daqing in Heilongjiang, China in 1962. Yue moved from place to place for most of his life because his family had to move from oilfield to oilfield to find work. Before working as an electrician, he graduated from Hebei Normal University in 1989, where he studied oil painting. What inspired

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