The leaning towers of Melbourne
From a certain angle, Melbourne’s Marina Tower looks like a conventional building, straight and tall. Turn a corner and you...
John Thomson
Melbourne’s Alley Art
Tagging no; wall art yes. Melbourne Australia is world famous for its street art. Banksy, Keith Haring, Matt Adnate and Meek are but a...
Twelve year old self-taught artist creates sculptures from DIY materials
Callum Donovan Grujicich, a 12 years old, living in Whitby, Ontario (just east of Toronto) makes sculptures out of...
Icons of Style – More Than a Fashion Show
It’s billed as a fashion retrospective but the Getty Centre’s current exhibition Icons of Style: 100 years of Fashion...
Icon or Eyesore? Frank Gehry’s Living Laboratory
It’s a little hard to find given the trees and the high wall, but there it is, architect...
Quiet stories pack a powerful punch
Canadian artist Heather Cline is on a mission – to celebrate the country’s upcoming 150th birthday through a...
Vancouver paints the town red
And blue and green and every other colour imaginable. Forty-one murals on twenty-one buildings spread throughout a central...
Ship Shape: Reflections on 23 Days at Sea
Last November, we brought you the story of Nour Bishouty (Artists Find Inspiration on a Slow Boat to...
Artist scales the heights
Mountaineer David Pirrie has a different take on the Rocky Mountains than most of us. He sees their...
Blacksmith Stefanie Dueck makes an impact
Vancouver artist Stefanie Dueck would be the first to admit she’s bucking convention. While many sculptors prefer to...
Blue Chefchaouen stirs up passions and memories
Blue is a restful colour in any language. For Canadian artist Joyce Ozier, inspired by the blue-rinsed houses...
Art school graduate turns urban farmer
“It all started with wanting to find a viable solution to my wife’s food allergies,” says Tarren Wolfe,...
