 Hi, art lovers! | | |  | Because 2024 was the year of Moo Deng. (Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images) | | | | As the clock runs out on 2024, it’s time to reflect on everything we saw, heard and double-tapped in the last 12 months. This is the season of the list! And Friday on Commotion, the pop culture panel recapped the year’s biggest memes and moments, while over on CBC Arts, resident cinephile Peter Knegt shared his picks for the 10 best queer films of 2024. CBC Music is also experiencing a full-blown case of listmania. So far, they’ve named the greatest Canadian pop songs of 2024 — plus the top 100 across all genres — and these are their selections for the 15 best Canadian albums. Once you’re done with all those links, this site compiles (almost) every album-of-the-year list in existence, and for the literary set, CBC Books has ranked the best in Canadian fiction and non-fiction. | | | | | Because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Rachel Topham Photography/Elif Saydam/Franz Kaka and SFU Galleries | | Here’s a peek inside Hospitality, Elif Saydam’s exhibition (which closed yesterday) at Audain Gallery in Vancouver. | | | | |  | Art Gallery of Ontario | | | | | The Culture is a touring exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, and it’s touched down at the Art Gallery of Ontario for its only Canadian stop. | | | | |  | Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada | | | | | In Winnipeg, a museum show devoted to the Peanuts character explores a surprising chapter of local history. | | | | |  | Neon | | | | | | | Joshua Oppenheimer has made an apocalyptic musical starring Tilda Swinton, and he stopped by Here & Queer to discuss the movie’s audacious take on doomsday. | | |  | Mike Del Mundo | | Mike’s one of Canada’s top comic book artists, and he’s worked on Marvel series including X-Men and Spider-Man. To what does he owe his success? Having a “delusional mind state” helps, he says. Read more from our interview. | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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