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domestic devotions
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Article by Gloria Hickey
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icola Hawkins and her husband Andy Perlis are both seasoned travellers logging months in Japan and especially India to document – on...
history and art
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Article by John Fleming and Marian Bradshaw
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n a world of commodification, history and art become commercial products subject to the extremes of the marketplace- a...
birds of a different feather
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Article by Susan MacFarlane Burke
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t is generally acknowledged that folk art’s visual appeal lies with the seemingly contradictory elements of naivety and sophistication that folk...
the presence of the past
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Article by Lucy and Evan Price
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he Auberge Saint-Antoine, situated in the Old Port of Quebec, first opened its doors in 1992. Initially a modest undertaking,...
a night at the auction
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Article by David Silcox
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rt auctions are the nexus of money and desire. Passionate collectors of varying means, and those who wish they had greater means,...
deco in the detail
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Article by Paul G. Russell
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he complex background of forces that lies behind what came to be called Art Deco retrospectively in 1966 is an amalgam...
style graphique, style de vie
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Article by Marc H. Choko
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a plupart des grandes villes canadiennes comptent quelques beaux exemples de bâtiments art déco. L’édifice Aldred, le Pavillon central de l’Université...
Stepping on a skyscraper
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Article by David A. Hanks
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oseph Claude Sinel (1889-1975) was among the earliest in the emerging profession of industrial design in North America, along with more...