From a home jammed with art, a trove of buried treasures
Ephry Merkur, the son of major Group of Seven collectors Max and Reta Mekur, in his house in Toronto. (Photography by Nathan Cyprys) Janet McNaught’s expectations weren’t high when she was invited to...
View ArticleUnknown Lawren Harris painting emerges in Australia
Algoma (Algoma Sketch 48), a painting by Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris, on display at Consignor Canadian Fine Art in advance of the Auction of Important Canadian Art. The painting was held in a...
View ArticleLawren Harris painting could set new record at auction
An image of Lawren Harris painting in 1920. The image is from the Edward P. Taylor Research Library & Archives, Special Collections, Photographs of Canadian Artists. (Edward P. Taylor Research...
View ArticleLawren Harris’s ‘Mountain Forms’ sells for more than $11.2 million
TORONTO – The Lawren Harris painting “Mountain Forms” smashed the Canadian art record Wednesday by selling for over $11.2 million, more than double the previous record set in 2002. Heffel Fine Art...
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View ArticleWhere are Canada’s starring artists?
Close up of writing on Ken Nicol cluster f–k 254,000: homage to the f–kin’ square I & II, 2015 ink on paper (diptych) 48″ x 48″ – each. (Ken Nicol/Olga Korper Gallery) The first meme posted to the...
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