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Artist Kent Monkman and curator Daina Augaitis among winners of Canada’s Governor General’s Awards

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Also honoured in the visual and media arts category this year are the AI artist Sandra Rodriguez, the furniture-maker Peter Pierobon and the film-maker Bruce LaBruce

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British artist faces criminal investigation in Germany over social media posts

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The artist is facing prosecution over his 2022 social media posts, amidst a surge in cancellations of pro-Palestinian voices

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Russian artist imprisoned for three and a half years over alleged anti-war supermarket protest

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Anastasia Dyudyaeva is the second artist in less than a year to be jailed for allegedly disseminating anti-government messages in such a setting

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Long undervalued, Bangladeshi artists begin to rise at auction

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Modernist paintings by artists such as Zainul Abedin and Mohammad Kibria soared past their estimates at recent sales in New York

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Berry Campbell gallery’s gamble on forgotten post-war artists is paying off

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Works by the gallery’s artists that once sold for a thousand dollars can now fetch over a million

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Vancouver’s floating artist residency finds safe harbour in new location

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The Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency, based in the refurbished former home and studio of Carole Itter and Al Neil, is now moored near Vancouver’s Maritime Museum

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Often overlooked: The Barbican presents 100 artistic responses to India's turbulent times

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Work by more than 30 Indian artists, made between 1975 and 1998, explores a period of social and economic upheaval