Articles in Visual Art

March 2010

Firestorm

by Greg Buium

The National Gallery’s acquisition of Voice of Fire created a massive controversy. Could it happen today?


January 2010

The Earthling

by Tatsuro Kiuchi

An illustrated series from the January/February 2010 issue of The Walrus

January-February 2010 Image Gallery

by The Walrus Contributors

Photographs and illustrations from the magazine


December 2009

December 2009 Image Gallery

by The Walrus Contributors

Photographs and illustrations from the magazine


October 2009

The Secret

by Brett Grainger

The Group of Seven’s infatuation with the occult mysticism of Madame Blavatsky


June 2009

Man with a Movie Camera

by Daniel Baird

Canada’s Mark Lewis launches an ambitious (and expensive) project for the Venice Biennale


December 2007

The Garden of Subjection

by John Bentley Mays

For Vancouver pioneer Jeff Wall, politics and beauty do mix


October 2005

Between the Cross and the Jewish Graveyard

by Daniel Baird

After decades in a fiery cultural forge, Polish art emerged sharp and beautiful. But have the country’s ghosts returned to dull the edge?


June 2005

Trauma Mama

by Daniel Baird

Angry, eloquent, fragile, native artist Rebecca Belmore takes her new work to the Venice Biennale

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Was Joe DiMaggio’s fifty-six-game hitting streak the greatest feat in all of sports or merely a product of its time?