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FOUNDATION NEWS

• The Canadian Art Foundation International Speakers Series presents acclaimed artist Yael Bartana

  Talk to take place January 26 at the Art Gallery of Ontario

• Reel Artists Opening Night Screening and Celebration tickets on sale now!

  Canadian premiere of new Marina Abramović documentary to be fêted February 22 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox

• Season’s Greetings from the Canadian Art Foundation!

  All our best wishes for the new year to come

• The Canadian Art Foundation celebrates another year of stellar visual arts programming!

  Talks by Dan Cameron and Annie Cohen-Solal, free gallery programs among highlights of 2011

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• Employment Opportunity: Online Production Manager

  The Canadian Art Foundation is seeking an online production professional to join its team

• Give and save big with Canadian Art this holiday season

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• Catch this year’s RBC Canadian Painting Competition semifinalists in Toronto this month!

  Free exhibition at the Power Plant highlights our nation’s emerging painting stars

• Canadian Art wins Silver at the Advertising & Design Club of Canada awards!

  Award in Portrait Photography category recognizes Donald Weber's artist project in the Fall 2010 issue

• Artist-led tours introduce high-school students to the world of contemporary art!

  More than 300 GTA teens enjoy free downtown-Toronto gallery talks during this fall’s School Hop

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ONLINE

• Will Munro: Ecstatic Legacies

  In 2010, at the age of 35, Toronto artist/DJ/promoter/activist Will Munro succumbed to brain cancer. Here, David Balzer reviews the first big survey of Munro’s work, which makes apparent how talented, prolific and perceptive this creator was.

• Painting Canada: Artistry in the UK

  The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s recent Group of Seven show was one of the UK museum’s biggest hits ever, drawing 41,000 visitors. The attention was deserved, writes Sarah Milroy, as the exhibition offered new insights even to seasoned Canadian-art observers.

• David Altmejd: In the Belly of the Beast

  The Occupy movement has galvanized the way we think about haves and have-nots. But where do artists fit in? As Joseph R. Wolin observes in this review of David Altmejd’s show at the Brant Foundation, context can be as powerful as content in determining the split.

• A Stake in the Ground: When Language Wounds

  What happens to identity when our relationship to land and language is disrupted? This is a key question raised in “A Stake in the Ground,” an exhibition of works by 25 First Nations artists, curated by Nadia Myre, that’s currently at Montreal gallery Art Mûr.

• Canadianartschool.ca: Tips for a Successful Winter Term

  Our education and careers site has just posted more stories and tips to help students achieve a great winter term. Highlights include a profile of internationally renowned fashion designer Jeremy Laing, a Q&A on grad schools and more.

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