All articles filed in Essays

In ‘Invaders’, Hannah Claus uses textiles to confront a history of broken promises by successive colonial entities.

KC Adams’ articulates Indigenous ways of knowing and seeing in her practice, her works acting as what Indigenous scholar Leanne Betasamosake Simpson terms as ‘decolonial spaces of resurgence’.

How Rebecca Belmore employs performances and aesthetics in an act of fugitive Indigenous resistance.

A look into the sociopolitical contexts of Goya’s work, and how much of it was influenced by his own, human experiences

Though museums, especially in the past, have the connotation of lacking allure or pleasure, taking a look at what the 21st century museum has to offer contradicts these dated assumptions. In a world where knowledge is power, museums have become increasingly meaningful and more vital than ever.

Classical Greece has always been held as a model of triumphalism in the eyes of Western modernity. However, in the case of the Parthenon, this may not necessarily be true.

Canadian cultural theorist Marshall McLuhan coined his famous phrase, “the medium is the message.” Indigenous artists have leveraged the medium of video and performance to deconstruct the stability of the nation-state.

There is a crisis of representation facing Canadian cultural institutions. How have Indigenous creators confronted exploitation in the art world?