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, ...

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 ...

When Inuit art first started to circulate in cities such as Montreal and Toronto, then overseas, the works drew heavily on the natural world as well as precontact myths and traditions.

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 ...

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 ...

The Inuit art piece Hunter with Harpoon (1953) by Akeeaktashuk (Isa Paddy Aqiaattusuk) displayed at an exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on July 8, 2005. (Marianne Helm/Canadian Press) ...

You've heard of Nuit Blanche — St. John's has iNuit blanche. As its name suggests, this outdoor, contemporary art party puts the spotlight on Inuit talent.

2006-06-18 04:00:00 PDT Cape Dorset, Nunavut-- It's a sunny spring day, and some of Canada's best artists are sending up smoke signals all over a tiny town at the southwestern end of Baffin Island ...

As a result, Inuit art is generally marked, exhibited and distributed apart from the contemporary Canadian art scene – a sphere that’s often focused on a few select themes, ...

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 ...