How a Canadian Twitter feed is kindling national art pride
by Sara Miller Llana
Feb 09, 2022
3 minutes
Twitter is full of ranting and raging. But amid the rancor, art will often suddenly appear in thousands of Canadian feeds: the image of a lighthouse in a waning winter sun; the depiction of pines reflected in a frozen pond; a pair of night owls in stonecut and stencil by Inuit artist Kananginak Pootoogook.
The daily posts from @CanadaPaintings never list more than the artist and a work’s title and date. Even the curator wishes
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