The art that moves us.
Three Stooges – Gods of Comedy
Louis Feinberg, known professionally as "Larry Fine" of The Three Stooges, was born on this date...
REDx Talks Formal Announcement
We’re happy to be helping spread the word about this groundbreaking event, and will be publishing more information on this, and other projects from Calgary’s Iiniistsi Art Society, in the weeks to come.
Beakerhead Has Returned!
Beakerhead 2015 is now officially underway here in Calgary, with four full days of intersecting art and engineering. We’ve highlighted some of our top picks for the festival, so get out there and experience it!
William Butterfield – Christ Church, Fredericton NB
One more in our occasional views of the work of William Butterfield, a High Church Anglican...
The Unobtainables – #1 – 1959 Ferrari 250 GT
The Ferrari 250 GT is one of the most beautiful, and successful automobiles of all time, a...
Find the Monk!
There is a timelessness about Vancouver Island, at least timeless as in the sense of unchanging spiritual presence. The Salish Sea,and the First Nations mythology, the Raven and Bear, and then add the Buddhist monk strolling down the beach, eyes fixed on the earth.
Dick’s Cafe, Redvers Saskatchewan 1987
Redvers Saskatchewan, is the first town you pass through travelling west from Manitoba on the Red Coat Trail, once a thoroughfare of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and now modern Highway 13. A statue of a Mountie on a horse can be seen just west of the...
Fiat 8V Supersonic – Bonhams
The ex-Lou Fageol In same ownership for more than 4 decades 1953 FIAT 8V SUPERSONIC Coachwork by Ghia - Design by Giovanni Savonuzzi Chassis no. 106.000049 Engine no. 104.000.000085 1,996cc OHV Alloy V8 Engine 110bhp at 6,000rpm 4-Speed Manual Gearbox 4-Wheel...
Gotta Love that Nose Art!
Nose art is the art form found on many Allied Forces bombers and fighter planes, and WWII was the golden age. Squadron insignia was painted on aircraft in WWI in wild and varied ways but true nose art began in WWII with the pasting of images from "mens magazines" on...
How Machiavelli’s World Shaped Our Own
How Machiavelli's World Shaped Our Own June 21, 2015 | 12:59 GMT A statue of Italian statesman, philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli, circa 1500. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Analysis The world in which Florentine statesman Niccolo Machiavelli lived scarcely...