If  you are a fan of comic book art, then this visually amazing title will appeal to you.

With the value of individual works of art increasing over the years, we can be certain that art crimes will increase as well.

Toronto poet Molly Peacock has written a fascinating account of the life of Mary Granville Delany (1700-1788) :
 The Paper Garden.

The Handmade Festival is a series of FREE workshops designed to share the art of craft with the local community.  All materials are provided and no particular skills are necessary.  For a listing of workshops and registration information, click here.

Small Eco Houses: Living Green in Style. If you are interested in "small" spaces and "green" living,  have a look at this international survey of  fresh ideas about residential architecture and interior design.

One of the movies I enjoyed last year was "Coco avant Chanel", a film interpretation of the life of the famous French fashion designer Coco Chanel.

Handmade in India, created by the National Institute of Design in India, is a compendium of the wide range of handmade crafts of this country, developed and refined over many generations.

As part of the initiative to:celebrate, engage and invest in the Arts all year long in London, Ontario --"heArt" --London Public Library is hosting award-winning art lecturer, Sonia Halpern, to talk about the  "Fine Art Scene in London Ontario and Toronto in the 1960s and 1970s --Greg Curnoe, Jack Chambers and their contemporaries". The lecture is

 50 Women Artists You Should Know is a richly detailed and comprehensive survey of 50 influential women artists that spans the Renaissance to the Post-Modern era.  From the early Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi to the Impressionists Mary 

The "Quilts of Gee's Bend" exhibition is coming to London, Ontario to the London Convention Centre from August 9-14, 2010. This 4th annual showing of the London International Quilt Festival (formerly held at the Ailsa Craig Community Centre) is a very special event.