When renowned Haida artist Robert Davidson was a kid, he used to root for the cowboys while watching old Westerns, cheering with his friends when the “bad guys” — the Indians — were killed. Then his ...

HOW TO make something from nothing. The artist Robert Davidson has been grappling with this question ever since he was a young wood carver growing up in what used to be known as the Queen Charlotte ...

Bill Reid's name is synonymous with West Coast Indigenous art — Haida art in particular — and a new gallery exhibition is paying homage to the influence of the esteemed sculptor and goldsmith who ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. ON A BRISK JULY morning, hundreds of miles from his art studio near Vancouver, Robert ...

Amid the usual flurry of pre-exhibition activity at the Vancouver Art Gallery” ” painters, preparators, curators, all working in quick concert to prepare Raven Travelling for its public opening this ...

One of the most anticipated art exhibitions of the summer opens Saturday at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The show, called Raven Travelling, featuresmore than200 years of Haida art. The collection of ...

Jewelry designer Leigh Breimhurst found some unexpected artistic inspiration when she and her boyfriend took a road trip and ended up in Washington state. “I was introduced to the local tribal art, ...

Charles Edenshaw, “Model Pole” (1885), wood (Museum of Vancouver Collection, photograph by Trevor Mills, courtesy Vancouver Art Gallery) With incredible precision through a diversity of materials, ...

Last December, I interviewed Haida artist Robert Davidson, whose artwork Raven Bringing Light to the World was adapted into a tattoo that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wears on his left arm.

Growing up in the Haida Gwaii town of Gaw Old Massett, Brodie Swanson has vivid childhood memories of time spent on the region’s rugged shoreline with his grandparents. Members of the Haida Nation, ...

The term "iconic" is arguably overused, but it most certainly applies to Charles Edenshaw. If anyone deserves the recognition that comes with a prominent show at a major Canadian art gallery, surely ...

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