Guess it's time to update our story on Drake's art collection...

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Hi, art lovers!

Maybe it's these long summer days, maybe it's this old episode of Art 101, but I'm dreaming of escaping to far-off places. It led me to this website that'll let you create your dream artist residency. (It's like doing a house swap but with studio space.) And speaking of unusual artist residencies, heard of The Jaunt? Toronto's Andrew Watch was just selected for their program. (I found out through Instagram. You should totally follow him on Instagram.) They're sending him to Havana, and he'll make them a print based on the trip.

Guess it's time to update this story on Drake's art collection. (And if you're at all curious about that giant Beyoncé portrait of his, it was made by Montreal artist André Monet.)

That Frida Kahlo recording I mentioned last week? False alarm.

I read all about the influential Chinese-Jamaicans who made reggae a "global sensation" (in this comic). And because I was on a music history kick, I stumbled on this Bloomberg Businessweek feature: "The Legal Loophole That May Leave Some of Rock's Greatest Riffs Up for Grabs." If/when your mind boggles from all the copyright minutiae, there's a widget that lets you build your own pop song using all those potentially free-to-use snippets.

When it comes to decluttering, I really prefer The Annie Lennox Method to KonMari.

Edmonton's Indigenous Art Park — ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ — was honoured as one of the 50 best public art projects around the world. And if you can't make sense of the public art wherever you live, this (old, but fantastically weird) video can help. It's hosted by a six-year-old.

And because we promised you eye candy

It's finally summer. Have some ceramic ice cream. (Art by Anna Barlow.)

Get a sneak peek at some new Jen Mann paintings. (This is why I'm forever stalking her Instagram.)

You are getting very sleepy. You will look at these works by Jen Stark.

Have a look at Brian Jungen: Friendship Centre, which opened at the AGO this week.

You've got to see this

Super Queeroes! - This is big! To mark 50 years of the pivotal moment in Canada's queer rights movement that was June of 1969, we've built a special project celebrating 69 trailblazing LGBTQ artists. There are video tributes, guest essays — plus eye-popping original illustrations by Jonathan Busch (a.k.a. Canada's a Drag star Lourdes the Merry Virgin).

8 artist residencies to make you seriously regret your summer plans - Be jealous — very, very jealous — of the Canadian artists who've done them. Even if you'll never in a million years apply for a Canada Council grant, you'll want to see these places.

The real Canadian landscape? - Remind you of home? Jack Bishop paints "brandscapes," scenes that could be located anywhere a Tim Hortons drive-thru can be found. (We met him in Halifax, though.)

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Kari Kristensen (@theprintmakerandherdog) - You're looking at a linocut, by the way. And this video really takes you through every step of Kari's process. Says the artist: "It's about how I feel about the landscape, whether that is the way the shadow falls across the face of a mountain cliff, for example, or the way that the rain is falling through the sky or the way that the mountains are reflected in the water. The way it feels when you look at it — that's what I'm trying to capture."

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