 | Sunday, May 22, 2022 | |  | Sunday, May 22, 2022 | | Hi, art lovers! | | | Even without last year’s fabulous wig budget, the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) is considered one of the greatest celebrations of Canadian culture, and the 2022 ceremony goes down on Saturday, May 28, at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Leading up to the big event, we’ll be running articles about this year’s laureates, and some of those stories are already available for your weekend reading. The full list of honourees? Fernand Dansereau, Rita Shelton Deverell, David Foster, Tomson Highway, Linda Rabin, Michelle Smith and Crystal Pite. | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | |  | Fiona Freemark | Some May Tulips for you care of Fiona Freemark. (Find more of her work at Dianna Witte Gallery in Toronto through May 28.) | | | | |  | @tinaguoart/Instagram | | Breaking the Ice by Tina Guo, a painting you’ll find at Toronto’s Beaver Hall Gallery right now. (Tina’s part of the group show Diapause.) | | | | |  | @dadushin/Instagram | | Tell me your AC’s broken without telling me your AC’s broken. Follow Dadu Shin for exquisite ballpoint pen drawings (sans my commentary on Toronto humidity). | | | | |  | Frida Kahlo: The Life of an Icon | | | | | Exhibits based on the art of Monet and Frida Kahlo are popping up all over, and at least 10 Canadian cities will host one of those van Gogh light shows before the year is through. But not every production is the same. Find out what’s playing where. | | | | |  | Anand Ram/CBC | | | | | He’s worked with just about every titan of pop, from Michael Jackson to Dolly Parton. But how much do you really know about GGPAA honouree David Foster? Take a closer look at six projects from his star-studded career. | | | | |  | CBC News | | | | | | | A co-founder of VisionTV and one of the first Black women to host a Canadian TV show, Rita Shelton Deverell is among this year’s GGPAA honourees. She spoke with Amanda Parris about her expansive career. | | |  | @annabintadiallo/Instagram | | The Winnipeg artist is repping the Prairies on this year’s Sobey Art Award longlist. (Here’s the full announcement from the other week.) | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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