With the collapse of the fur trade during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Inuit families throughout the Canadian Arctic had to abandon their nomadic traditions, more to towns, and learn ...

In his sun-drenched workshop in Ottawa, July Papatsie chips away at a carving of an inukshuk, the well-known stone formations used by Inuit as landmarks and guideposts. Around here, he’s known for ...

Amidst the bustle of a Toronto gallery preview of her new work, artist Shuvinai Ashoona takes a moment to recall how she started. It was about 30 years ago, at her younger sister’s house in Cape ...

still show evidence of a deep-rooted past. These indigenous Arctic people have inhabited the icy regions, spreading from Siberia eastward across Alaska and northern Canada to Greenland, for thousands ...

A sculpture by an unknown artist showing the legend of The Weasel and the Caribou sold for $69,000 on Tuesday evening at Waddington's auction of Inuit art. A Kivalliq soapstone sold for $69,000, ...

Among the wide range of Inuit art on display for the exhibition INUA, for curatorial lead Heather Igloliorte, one piece in particular stands out: a caribou hide bag with beadwork, made by her ...

The phrase "Inuit art" usually conjures up images such as soapstone sculptures of seals and bears, carved whale bone or antler, or perhaps the Baker Lake prints. SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from ...

A sculpture of an Inuit soccer player carved out of a 26-ton block of granite was unveiled at York University Tuesday, June 21 to mark National Aboriginal Day. The sculpture, titled Ahqahizu, shows ...

A new piece of permanent artwork, commissioned by the Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS), has been unveiled at the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s new Inuit art centre. The marble sculpture, by Inuit artist ...

A new museum for the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s leading collection of Inuit art opens on Saturday in a project shaped by Inuit. By Ian Austen Winnipeg sits far from the territory of the Inuit. But the ...

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