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The Treaties

Ottawa negotiated in bad faith

Making a Scene

Experimental film is ready for its close-up

A More Sentimental Man

Michael Ondaatje’s late style

Patrick Leonard

Patrick Leonard is a Canadian curator and writer based in New York City.

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The Artisans of Big Cove

A mid-century Mi’kmaw cooperative April 2023
Recently, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton exhibited a striking collection of tapestries and prints from the Micmac Indian Craftsmen, a short-lived and mostly forgotten studio associated with Elsipogtog First Nation, then called Big Cove, in New Brunswick. Those who missed the show can learn about this “vibrant co-operative experiment” from the beautiful catalogue by the curators Emma Hassencahl-Perley and John…