Aug. 24 marks the centenary of Alex Colville, OC, the great modern realist painter who died in 2013. Although his artwork portrayed a world of muted colours and stark scenes, the man himself, as I ...

At the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) from August 23, 2014 to January 4, 2015 and at The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa from April 24 to Sept. 7, 2015. In Canada, the country of his birth, Alex ...

In 2014, I attended the Art Gallery of Ontario’s exhibition of the works of Alex Colville. As I roamed the rooms of the gallery, a phrase began to echo like a mantra in my mind: the Colville stories; ...

This interview originally aired on March 30, 2019. Late Breaking, the latest collection of short stories by K.D. Miller, is based on the art of Alex Colville. The collection centres on characters ...

Under the skylit, vaulted ceiling in the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Print and Drawing Study Centre, Alex Colville is everywhere. Helpfully propped up for close viewing, or carefully arrayed flat on ...

HALIFAX - The chief curator of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia says Alex Colville's work spoke a universal language that reflected what it means to be human. Sarah Fillmore says Colville will be ...

At 68, K.D. Miller said she hopes to remind us that 'the elder heart can still break. It is as tender, brave and vulnerable as it ever was' You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

SACKVILLE, N.B. - New Brunswick's Mount Allison University says it will unveil a major donation of artwork next month by Alex Colville, the iconic Canadian artist who died in July. Colville studied ...

The former home of renowned Canadian artist Alex Colville has been opened up to the public. The modest white house, located on the campus of Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B., is now an ...

Canadian artist Alex Colville has died at age 92, according to a notice posted on his website. Celebrated painter Alex Colville, whose meticulously crafted scenes of everyday life established him as ...