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Ross Morrow’s Interactive Works In Silver
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Article by Ornamentvm
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n the following pages, Ornamentvm converses with Canadian silversmith Ross Morrow, whose work combines meticulous traditional techniques of metalsmithing with innovative and whimsical design....
New Artists At The Alberta College Of Art + Design
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or the second in our series of articles on the national schools of art and design across Canada, the editors of Ornamentvm asked a number of...
Has Postmodernism Changed Collecting?
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Article by Colleen Watson O’Reilly
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his past October at the 25th annual symposium of the CSDA Objects of Desire: Pursuits of the Collecting Eye, veterans and...
Joe Fafard, text by Terence Heath
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Review by John Fleming
Joe Fafard
Terrence Heath. Vancouver/Toronto/Berkeley:
Douglas & McIntyre and Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 2007.
ISBN: 978-155365-221-2 CN $55.00
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ublished in conjunction with the...
TSIMSHIAN TREASURES: Repatriation and Questions of Ownership
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Article by Donna McAlear
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he Dundas Collection of Northwest Coast American Indian Art was purported by Sotheby’s to be the last significant field collection of northwest coast...
Le Beau Dans La Vie Des Habitants De La Nouvelle-France
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Article by Jean-Pierre Hardy
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‘essentiel des écrits sur l’art en Nouvelle-France laisse à penser que le beau est l’apanage des plus fortunés seulement. De fait, la plupart...
PRIVATE PASSION PUBLIC PURPOSE: The John and Heather Harbinson Collection
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he Canadian Museum of Civilization recently acquired the John and Heather Harbinson Collection of Canadian historical furniture and related items. This was perhaps the most complete and best...
Harvest Ring
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Article by John HarbinsonO
ne of the more interesting aspects of collecting historical artifacts is contemplating their history and the people who may have been associated...
Flat Motifs: The Eclectic Designs of the Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre Vaudeville Sets
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Article by Chloë Catán
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hen the Ontario Heritage Trust1 took on the ambitious project of restoring the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres twenty years ago, they...