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Since its establishment in 1991, the Canadian Art Foundation has grown to deliver numerous educational programs in addition to the publication of Canadian Art magazine. This diversity now makes the Canadian Art Foundation the ultimate portal for the exposure of visual arts in Canada. All our efforts are dedicated to providing a destination for artists and art enthusiasts to connect and be inspired by art, in turn creating greater local, national and global visibility for the extraordinary artistic talent in Canada.
To learn more about a specific Canadian Art Foundation program, please click on the individual program links below.
With 130,000 readers per issue—the largest audience for a visual art magazine in Canada’s history—Canadian Art has secured a place in the historical record for the art, ideas and people that shape our nation’s cultural scene. Meanwhile, canadianart.ca, its evolving website, provides both comprehensive archives of the past and weekly updates on vital current shows.
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Our Gallery Hop events in Toronto and Vancouver offer members of the public easy access to the visual arts through a rich, engaging program of free gallery tours and talks led by art-world experts.
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Reel Artists, the Canadian Art Foundation Film Festival, is a celebration of art-related films presented annually in Toronto and Calgary. The festival shares award-winning—and often rare—documentaries about visual art and artists, creating an accessible point of entry for general audiences to consider key personalities and philosophies behind contemporary art.
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In collaboration with art institutions across Canada, the Canadian Art Foundation International Speakers Series presents leading international art-world figures who explore issues in art through insightful public presentations. Speakers have included such leading lights as John Richardson, Sarah Thornton, James Turrell, Ross King, El Anatsui, Stan Douglas, Hilary Spurling and William Kentridge.
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Through View, the Canadian Art Foundation hosts intimate, select-patron presentations featuring the nation’s top artists and curators. These talks often spotlight Canada’s representatives for an upcoming Venice Biennale. Past presenters include artist Mark Lewis and curator Barbara Fischer of the 2009 Canada Pavilion; artist David Altmejd and curator Louise Déry of the 2007 Canada Pavilion; and artist Rebecca Belmore and curators Scott Watson and Jann L.M. Bailey of the 2005 Canada Pavilion.
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The Canadian Art Foundation invites you to join our exciting Toronto-based patron group for young professionals. The New Contemporaries promotes and creates access to our vibrant visual art community through specially designed programs and events where members meet and mingle with art-world personalities.
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Tours specially organized for Canadian Art Foundation patrons take participants behind the scenes in top studios, collections and galleries worldwide. These lively, stimulating trips have included Documenta, the Venice Biennale, Frieze Art Fair and Gallery Weekend Berlin.
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The Anne Lind International Program provides an opportunity for dialogue among noted international artists, curators and critics and their Canadian counterparts. Participants have included artists Diana Thater, Martin Kersels and Katy Schimert, as well as curators Peter Eleey (PS1), Jessica Morgan (Tate Modern) and Jens Hoffman (CCA Wattis Institute), among other international luminaries.
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Established in 1999, the RBC® Canadian Painting Competition, with the support of the Canadian Art Foundation, is a tribute to Canada's artistic talent. With semifinalists selected from regions across the country, the artists' entries represent a significant contribution to Canada's cultural vibrancy. The competition encourages and nurtures creative potential and facilitates the entry of professional artists into the visual arts community.
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The semi-annual Canadian Art School Hop brings 800 high school students per year to Toronto studios and galleries on tours led by local artists. This program gives priority and vital program access to the most needy schools in the Toronto District School Board. The program provides free bus transportation, pays for artists/curators to lead discussions with students, and ensures that each student receives a current issue of Canadian Art and a sketchbook in which to record their artistic ideas.
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The Canadian Art Foundation Writing Prize is an annual juried prize designed to encourage new writers on contemporary art. The winner of this national competition is commissioned to write a feature story for Canadian Art and receives a cash prize, while two runners-up receive recognition in the magazine and a cash award.
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The Canadian Art Foundation Editorial Residency is a national prize awarded annually to an undergraduate, graduate or other post-secondary student with an interest in developing expertise in the realm of professional art-magazine publishing. The $7,000 prize includes a nine-week summer residency at Canadian Art.
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The winner will be published in our magazine and receive a $3,000 award
Toronto's most anticipated art party is slated for Thursday, September 20
Timothy Taylor's feature on Zacharias Kunuk and Douglas Weber's portfolio on Kunuk's hometown recognized
Full talks and tours schedule, Douglas Coupland conversation info, and magazine launch details posted for free day of activities
Applications due May 9 for $55,000 in prizes
Free art tours for high-school students to take place in April and May
New writers on contemporary art encouraged to apply by June 1
Dates already set for next year’s Toronto festival
Applications for this $7,000 student award are due April 6
Event to feature a conversation with Douglas Coupland, gallery tours, a magazine launch and more
Jon Rafman’s work enjoys a deservedly high profile at this year’s Contact Festival. As Saelan Twerdy observes in this review, Rafman’s stunning, and often funny, Google Street View scenes demonstrate how the Internet is making everything public, from information to intimacy.
The auction record for contemporary Canadian art was broken earlier this month in New York with Christie’s $3.6 million sale of a Jeff Wall photograph. This week, Canada’s top houses head into their spring sales hoping to break more records.
“Based on a True Story” in Oakville boasts the largest North American survey to date of Keren Cytter, the Tel Aviv–born artist known as one of today’s most intriguing video practitioners. Mariam Nader reviews, finding greatest hits and unexpected delights.
The history of indigenous people performing for colonial audiences inspires "Sovereign Acts,” a current Toronto group show. As Max Mosher writes, the show—featuring Lori Blondeau, Adrian Stimson and others—is both campy and contemplative.
Dil Hildebrand is one brave painter. In his new show “Back to the Drawing Board (Reprise),” he stares down the old adage that no one wants to look at a green painting, let alone buy one. There's not just one green painting here—there's a room of them.
