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Archive for June, 2008

New 2008 Print Collections from Kinngait, Panniqtuuq and Qamanittuaq

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Three 2008 print collections recently left the art studios from Nunavut and are available for purchase in the Inuit art galleries: the Kinngait 2008 Spring Print Release, the Panniqtuuq 2008 Annual Print Collection and the 2008 Qamanittuaq Print Portfolio.
Kinngait 2008 Spring Print Release
Since its first print collection released in 1956 at the Kinngait Studio, the [...]

Inuit Art at the McMichael Canadian Art-Collection d’Art Canadien

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection d’Art Canadien in Kleinburg (Ontario, Canada) is devoted to collection and exhibiting only Canadian art, including First Nations and Inuit art. The McMichael’s Inuit Art Collection is a major public resource that attracts researchers on Inuit art and culture, committed collectors and art galleries.
The Inuit art collection of the McMichael [...]

Tuktuit “Caribous” in Inuit Art and Society

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

In the Inuit society of past as of the present, tuktuit ” caribous ” (tuktu in the singular) occupy an important place. In the contemporary art, in sculpture as in pictorial art (painting, drawing, print), the caribou is one of the most represented games with the polar bear and the seal.
The caribou remains mostly represented [...]

Success of Inuit prints in the Parisian area

Monday, June 9th, 2008

The sale-exhibition of Inuit prints from the Canadian Arctic, organized within the framework of the International meetings of contemporary print in Val de Loing was inaugurated last May 31st in Souppes-sur- Loing, in Parisian area (France). Eighty-three prints, around thirty sculptures from Kinngait, Panniqtuuq, Puvirnituq and Ulukhaqtuuq, as well as photos and everyday objects are [...]