When one thinks of Vincent Van Gogh oftentimes his artwork is brought to mind – but what about the man behind the paintbrush? Plagued by…
The acrylic and oil painting Psychology Books is an homage to mental health. Toronto artist Holly Farrell painted vintage psychology books that she has collected…
Elham Fatapour is a Toronto-based artist and a graduate of York University with an MFA in visual arts. Her recent work includes painting, performance, and mixed-media…
This infamous image was captured in 1989 by Jeff Widener during the Tiananmen Square Massacre. A horrific historical tragedy that left an uncountable number of…
The disturbing details beautifully rendered in the final painting of William Hogarth‘s eight-painting project A Rake’s Progress (1735) continues to draw attention to the scandalous…
This VICE documentary on the Aokigahara Forest, otherwise known as the Japanese “suicide forest,” follows Azusa Hayano, a geologist, who studies the plantation at the…
This historical image is a poster from the Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene (CNCMH), formed in 1918 when knowledge of mental illness was still…
The poem ‘Requiem’ by Anna Akhmatova documents the trauma and suffering of the Russian people under Joseph Stalin. The poem was conceived as she waited…
