Larry Towell is an internationally known photojournalist as well as a poet and a folk musician who grew up in rural Ontario.

Larry Towell is an internationally known photojournalist as well as a poet and a folk musician who grew up in rural Ontario.

If you are a fan of books about true crime, you might want to read:
Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa. 

Did you know that the Central Library has over 5000 information files on individual Canadian visual artists?  These files are housed on the third floor (Arts and History department) of the Central Library.

There is a wonderful new reference book - The Phaidon Atlas of  21st Century World Architecture -located on the 3rd floor of the Central Library that may hold the record for the largest (18" by 12") and heaviest volume in the entire London Public Library collection.<

On May 20, 2009 the internationally known Canadian architect Arthur Erickson passed away.

Erickson was known for his dramatic and distinctive designs, including the campus of Simon Fraser University in B.C., Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, the Canadian Chancery  in Washington, D.C. and countless other works.

Sotheby's Canada and Ritchies Toronto auction houses will be holding a sale of Important Canadian Art works on Monday May 25th, 2009 at Ritchies - 380 King Street East in Toronto.

Have a look at some of the treasures by Canadian painters for sale in the May 2009 catalogue.

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On Friday February 27, 2009, Herbert Joshua Ariss passed away in his 93rd year at his residence in London, Ontario.
Herb Ariss was a key figure in developing and influencing London artists in the late 1950s and 60s when the London art scene was at its height.

An interesting new show has recently opened at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto entitled:  "Housepaint, Phase 2: Shelter  -- the first exhibition on the subject of street art in a major Canadian Museum".

If you were fascinated by the documentary film "The Rape of Europa" shown recently at the Hyland Cinema, this book will be of interest to you.

"Rescuing da Vinci" by Robert M. Edsel who also co-produced  "The Rape of Europa" film tells the story of the Nazi looting and theft and Allied rescue of much of Europe's art and culture. The book consists largely of