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James Adams

Former StaffReporterToronto, Canada

James Adams is a former national arts correspondent for The Globe and Mail.

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July 1, 2016

Steve Martin has had a decades-long passion for art, building a much-admired and diverse collection that includes three paintings by none other than Canadian master Lawren Harris.

Steve Martin has had a decades-long passion for art, building a much-admired and diverse collection that includes three paintings by none other than Canadian master Lawren Harris.

Actor Steve Martin on bringing Lawren Harris to Americans and his AGO show

July 1, 2016

AGO’s new Lawren Harris exhibition celebrates, complicates artist’s legacy

June 30, 2016

Duncan Stewart, Tweedsmuir Air

Duncan Stewart, Tweedsmuir Air

Canada’s close-up: A long look at Martin Weinhold’s cross-country photo project

June 24, 2016

<p>Chantal Pontbriand is pictured in this photo from March, 2016.</p>

<p>Chantal Pontbriand is pictured in this photo from March, 2016.</p>

Chantal Pontbriand leaving as CEO of Toronto’s MOCA

June 24, 2016

Maier_Highland Park.jpeg Highland Park, IL (Children, Lemonade Stand), 1961-65 © Vivian Maier, Collection of Stephen Bulger Galler

Maier_Highland Park.jpeg Highland Park, IL (Children, Lemonade Stand), 1961-65 © Vivian Maier, Collection of Stephen Bulger Galler

Toronto exhibit highlights Vivian Maier's work, and a tricky legal dispute

June 10, 2016

The African figures above are just one of many treasures uncovered in Luminato’s Trove exhibit.

The African figures above are just one of many treasures uncovered in Luminato’s Trove exhibit.

Luminato’s Trove shines light on Toronto’s little-known treasures

June 8, 2016

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun’s Marie Antoinette and Her Children

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun’s Marie Antoinette and Her Children

Vigée Le Brun’s vivid portraits on display at National Gallery

June 3, 2016

At 70, Julian Barnes is a critically acclaimed novelist, short-story author, essayist and journalist – and, most recently, art curator.

At 70, Julian Barnes is a critically acclaimed novelist, short-story author, essayist and journalist – and, most recently, art curator.

In new novel, Julian Barnes tests the noise of time through art and biography

June 1, 2016

Night Sky (for Sandi), 2012 oil on canvas.

Night Sky (for Sandi), 2012 oil on canvas.

And then there were five: The 2016 Sobey Art Award

May 27, 2016

Lawren Harris’s Algoma goes up for bidding at a live sale Tuesday

May 23, 2016

Hurvin Anderson’s Peter’s: Sitter’s III (2009) is a Bacon-like dance of flatness with perspectivity and volume.

Hurvin Anderson’s Peter’s: Sitter’s III (2009) is a Bacon-like dance of flatness with perspectivity and volume.

Hurvin Anderson presents scenes from neither here nor there at AGO

May 20, 2016

Ryan McNamara

Ryan McNamara

Evading genre, artist Ryan McNamara goes beyond mere performance

May 17, 2016

Barry Pottle’s Awareness Series examines Eskimo Identification Tags, developed by the Government of Canada to distinguish Inuit for census purposes.

Barry Pottle’s Awareness Series examines Eskimo Identification Tags, developed by the Government of Canada to distinguish Inuit for census purposes.

Barry Pottle’s photography explores Inuit objectification by ID tags

May 15, 2016

The debut of Nelvana of the Northern Lights preceded that of Wonder Woman by about six months.

The debut of Nelvana of the Northern Lights preceded that of Wonder Woman by about six months.

Canada’s ‘Golden Age’ of comics on display at Alter Ego exhibit

May 11, 2016

Thomas Ruff’s photography experiments with an ever-expanding array of processes and potentials that are just as interesting as the images they produce. Ruff refers to his own work as ‘investigations.’

Thomas Ruff’s photography experiments with an ever-expanding array of processes and potentials that are just as interesting as the images they produce. Ruff refers to his own work as ‘investigations.’

Thomas Ruff exhibition takes photography beyond reality

May 10, 2016

Paintings such as Interior with Four Etchings are among those on display at the AGO’s Painting Tranquility: Masterworks exhibit.

Paintings such as Interior with Four Etchings are among those on display at the AGO’s Painting Tranquility: Masterworks exhibit.

Canadians get rare chance to see the severe beauty of Vilhelm Hammershoi

May 3, 2016

Suzy Lake’s, 507 Drexel Avenue, Frederick Schneider, 1890.

Suzy Lake’s, 507 Drexel Avenue, Frederick Schneider, 1890.

Toronto-based Suzy Lake wins Scotiabank Photography Award

April 29, 2016

<p>Police arrest protesters in Yorkville following a demonstration against the Vietnam War in 1968.</p>

<p>Police arrest protesters in Yorkville following a demonstration against the Vietnam War in 1968.</p>

Inside the Cutline photography exhibit, an homage to The Globe and Mail’s predigital days

April 29, 2016

James Barnor, Eva, London, 1960s. Gelatin silver print, 30 x 30".

James Barnor, Eva, London, 1960s. Gelatin silver print, 30 x 30".

The Contact Photography Festival exhibits the experts can’t wait to see

April 26, 2016

Pablo Piccaso’s Minotaur Caressing a Sleeping Woman

Pablo Piccaso’s Minotaur Caressing a Sleeping Woman

Pablo Picasso’s Vollard Suite exhibited in full at the National Gallery