Contemporary Inuit art usually is dated to 1948, when Toronto artist James Houston visited the eastern Arctic and returned to Montreal with a few samples of small carvings in stone and ivory.

To underscore how prevalent the issue of inauthentic Inuit art is, ... From 2006 to 2010, 649 complaints were made by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, the report said, ...

In the Inuit language, tusarnitut means “sounds that please the ear.” It’s a fitting title for a new exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts focused on the power of songs and music in ...

Arts and crafts "mean something to us and strengthen Inuit Greenlandic culture," Blidorf says, adding that she feels "complete" when wearing her jewelry. " The Indigenous Inuit were told to ...

Inuit music takes centre stage in a new exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.. Tusarnitut! Music Born of the Cold, which runs from Thursday to March 12, assembles an evocative array of ...

By Joanne Ditmer Denver Post Staff Writer. Mar. 24 - Nunavut is less than a year old as a territory ruled by the Native People, but it has an art heritage that goes back thousands of years.. On Canada ...

Greenlandic women are transforming the Arctic's art scene and releasing their Indigenous identity from its colonial past. They're pushing for visibility and representation through their craft.

Highlighting the family- and community-oriented nature of Inuit culture, also modeled by Kinngait Studios, Ashoona’s figurative drawings depict people hunting, making art, or simply communing.

The latest is called Inuit Sanaugangit/Art Across Time, a joint project with former assistant curator of Inuit art, Jocelyn Piirainen. It’s underway at Qaumajuq-WAG and runs through the end of 2023.

Imitations of Inuit art and artifacts, which are mass-produced for profit, are just one click away on Amazon. But the World Intellectual Property Organization has adopted a treaty to try address that.