 Hi, art lovers! | | |  | (Jasper Savage/Netflix) | | | | It’s “raunchy, messy and a breath of fresh Arctic air.” That’s Commotion’s take on North of North, a new sitcom about small-town life in Nunavut — a subject the show’s creative team knows plenty about. Creators Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril both hail from the territory, and they previously worked together on The Grizzlies with North of North’s star, Anna Lambe. Still, they’ve never been involved in a project quite like this; as Alethea told CBC News, bringing their TV show to Iqaluit was “like planning to shoot on the moon.” Q has more on the making of the series, plus CBC News has a look inside North of North’s hometown premiere in Iqualuit. (We have our own interview with the showrunners coming soon.) As for how to watch the show, you can find the first two episodes on CBC Gem. North of North will hit Netflix later this year. | | | | | Because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Artwork: Simon Hughes; Photo: Paul Litherland/Blouin Division | | Beautiful, terrifying … and all too real right now. Blouin Division in Montreal has extended Simon Hughes’s solo exhibition — The Fire, the Flood and All the Feelings — into February. According to the gallery, this piece (Evacuation #1-4) is meant to evoke “Western Canada or Southern California, regions that have been home to [Simon’s] family.” The works in the show reflect on “environmental chaos” and the “the sense of powerlessness” that’s felt in its wake. | | | | |  | Artwork: Meaghan Hyckie; Photo: Olga Korper Gallery | | Peak-15 by Meaghan Hyckie. The piece is appearing at Olga Korper Gallery in Toronto as part of the group show Where We Left Off. | | | | |  | Artwork: Gabi Dao; Photo: Blaine Campbell/Unit 17 | | Throwing it back to 2023, here’s an installation view of Gabi Dao’s What Breaks on the Horizon? at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge. For those living in southern Ontario (in 2025), here’s an event worth noting: Gabi’s part of an upcoming group show at the Art Gallery of Burlington — Time Isn’t Real. The exhibition opens this week. | | | | |  | Jasper Savage/Netflix | | | | | North of North co-creators Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril talk to Q’s Tom Power. | | | | |  | Elevation Pictures | | | | | Director Brady Corbet discusses the film with CBC Arts critic Radheyan Simonpillai. | | | | |  | Elevation Pictures | | | | | | | Director Halina Reijn on bringing “dark hidden fantasies” to the screen after the #MeToo era. | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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