Artist Ellen Gallagher's uses an attractive aesthetic language to explore diverse themes relating to her own complex background.

As talented musicians and vocalists, loving brothers and devoted sons, the Kalama Brothers produce music that both honours their Hawaiian heritage and represents their passion for contemporary musical genres.

In the 1960s Roy Lichtenstein made waves in the art scene with his unique take on abstract expressionism, inspired by cartoon strips and advertisements

The video and sculpture installations of Matthew Barney have provoked strong critical reaction, both positive and negative. Anne Cecil Surga looks at Barney’s creative intentions through some of his most famous works.

Deb Sokolow begs viewers to navigate through complex plots diagramed through text, images and false artifacts, to piece together meaning in elaborate art installations.

Vancouver’s ideal location offers food lovers easy access to locally sourced ingredients. With the goal of representing the culinary diversity of this international metropolis, we have compiled a list of the best cuisine in this Canadian city.

San Francisco is known for its purist approach to contemporary cooking, and is a champion of the ‘farm to table’ movement. We have compiled a list of ten great restaurants, ranging in price and type, that we feel best represent this culinary haven.

The visual vocabulary of Mexican artist Carlos Amorales works to instill unease, while questioning our collective understanding of horrific imagery. Federico Rosa explores the duality of this artist’s work, at once menacing and self- reflective.

Sarah Sze will represent the US at the 55th Venice Biennale. Sze stacks, suspends, and strings ordinary objects together to create her elaborate installations.

Existing at the intersection between poetry, sculpture, painting and craft the work of artist Rob Wynne arrests viewers in fanciful moments of contradiction and enigma. Jessica Ransom takes a look at some of Wynne’s most intriguing projects.

Sherman Alexie found a passion for literature when faced with a personal crisis evolving from a challenging youth spent on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington.

Frequently overshadowed by the New York art world, Los Angeles must constantly work to prove itself worthy of its status as one of the great international art centres.