History
149 Paintings You Really Should See in Europe — Russia, Poland, and the Czech Republic
By Julian Porter
This chapter from Julian Porter’s essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of Russia, Poland, and the Czech Republic. His passion for art began with the seven years ... Read more
A Like Vision
Edited by Ian A.C. Dejardin & Sarah Milroy
Winner, Canadian Museums Association’s Outstanding Achievement in Research Award and IPPY Awards Silver Medal (Fine Art)
A Toronto Star Holiday Gift Guide Selection
A Like Vision is a lavish celebration of the legacy of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, Canada’s canonical ... Read more
All Things Move
By Jeannie Marshall
A deeply personal search for meaning in Michelangelo’s frescoes—and an impassioned defence of the role of art in a fractured age.
What do we hope to get out of seeing a famous piece of art? Jeannie Marshall asked that question of herself when she started visiting the Sistine ... Read more
Anthony Flower
By Laurie Glenn Norris & Ann Catherine Lowe
A romantic view of 19th-century Canada — a domestic complement to the work of Bartlett, Constable, and Kane.
Anthony Flower (1792-1875) lived and worked in New Brunswick for most of his life. A farmer with a lifelong passion for art, he painted until his death at the age of ... Read more
Cassatt – McNicoll
Edited by Caroline Shields
This groundbreaking book brings together for the first time the work of two pioneering women Impressionist painters: the American Mary Cassatt and her Canadian contemporary Helen McNicoll. Renowned for their depictions of modern womanhood, their work had a profound impact on ... Read more
Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Galerie d'art Beaverbrook
Edited by Terry Graff
Les collections d'uvres d'art racontent des histoires qui reflètent les intérêts du collectionneur et de son époque. Chefs-d'uvre de la Galerie d'art Beaverbrook relate la vie rocambolesque de sir William Maxwell (Max) Aitken, aussi connu sous le nom de lord Beaverbrook, ... Read more
Deeds/Abstracts
By Greg Curnoe
Before his tragic death in 1992, Greg Curnoe had submitted to Brick Books a manuscript based on extraordinarily detailed research into the history of 38 Weston, his address in London, Ontario. The result is a journal/collage that traces the occupancy of that one small plot of ... Read more
Deeds/Abstracts
By Greg Curnoe
Before his tragic death in 1992, Greg Curnoe had submitted to Brick Books a manuscript based on extraordinarily detailed research into the history of 38 Weston, his address in London, Ontario. The result is a journal/collage that traces the occupancy of that one small plot of ... Read more
Halifax Harbour 1918 / Le port d'Halifax 1918
Edited by Anabelle Kienle Poňka
Two wartime artists, one bustling harbour, and a city ravaged by the Halifax Explosion. Two perspectives on Halifax one year after the Explosion.
A year after the city was devastated by the Halifax Explosion Harold Gilman (British, 1876–1919) and Arthur Lismer (Canadian, 1885–1969) ... Read more