Marilyn Jones | Emily Carr Chronicler

Beyond Canada: dOCUMENTA (13) and the Rise of Emily Carr’s International Reputation

Published: 5 January, 2026
Written by Marilyn Jones

Paintings by Emily Carr received international attention for the first time in one of the biggest and most influential art exhibitions in the world. In an unprecedented event for a Canadian painter, seven oil on canvas paintings by Carr from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection were included at dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany in 2012. During its 100-day run dOCUMENTA attracted more than 750,000 people who paid to see works by more than…

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Ethnology, Empire, and Emily Carr: The Story of Charles and William Newcombe

Published: 3 January, 2026
Written by Marilyn Jones

In the British Columbia Archives at Victoria are one hundred and twenty-three pictures by Emily Carr, in pen, pencil, charcoal, watercolour and oils. These formed part of the valuable collection of Indian art and natural history which belonged to the late William Arnold Newcombe, biologist, anthropologist and ethnologist of Victoria, who died suddenly in November 1960. His collection also embraced that of his father, Dr C. F. Newcombe, a noted expert on natural…

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From Record-Breaking Sale to Museum Treasure: Emily Carr’s Crazy Stair at the Audain

Published: 2 January, 2026
Written by Marilyn Jones

Heffel Fine Art Auction House celebrated the best in Canadian art with its much anticipated fall auction, held at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Toronto in 2012.. With 137 lots and hundreds of buyers – either present at the hotel, watching live online or bidding by phone – the evening achieved impressive total sales of $13,416,975 million (all prices are in Canadian dollars and include a 17 per cent buyer’s premium). Leading the…

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