Canadian Art Hot At Home

A busy auction night in Toronto highlighted what has become apparent in recent weeks: that the art boom occurring on both sides of the Atlantic is even stimulating interest in (and higher prices for) works that might previously have been considered of only regional interest. “The fall auction season for Canadian art [hasn’t] approached anything like the heat of international art auctions. [But this week’s] sales looked like yet more signs that collectors’ appetite for Canadian art, far from softening, is actually broadening.”