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Paper Sculptures at Seden’s Workshop
Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist Seden Lai specializes in using paper as a primary medium for her sculptural...
What a Standoff with a Black Bear Taught Me about Life in Northern Alberta
Working as a fire tower lookout meant regularly confronting wildlife The post What a Standoff with a Black Bear...
Weekly Quiz: Strategic Romance, Buying “Canadian,” and AI Pricing
How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released...
Et Tu, South Africa?
Christina Sharpe and Rinaldo Walcott lambast the country's culture minister for canceling a show about Palestinian...
John Wilson’s Relentlessly Humane Vision of Black Life
He portrayed the gamut of the Black experience, making visible a sense of deep isolation as well as pride, family,...
Five Art and Museum Events for MLK Day in NYC
Special collection tours at the Studio Museum in Harlem, Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a live reading of one of King's...
40 Years On, DC Artists Revisit Don Miller's MLK Mural
Since 1986, the 56-foot painting at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library has served as a visual portal into...
San Francisco's Tech Billionaires Don't Care About Your Art School
Behind the closure of the California College of the Arts is a widening wealth disparity that is now taking on...
What to See During San Francisco Art Week
Despite recent closures in San Francisco’s art world, there's been a mushrooming of alternative spaces, side...
Met Museum Workers Are Officially Unionized
The new union will represent staff across 50 departments of the Manhattan institution.
Greenland Is on the Brink. Canada Is Nowhere in Sight
As NATO allies mobilize to deter Trump, Ottawa remains conspicuously absent The post Greenland Is on the Brink....
Fun Friday – Sole Mates
Since we’re slammed by winter in a country surrounded by rising international tension, it’s time for a...