Articles by Daniel Baird

Visual Art

Man with a Movie Camera

Canada’s Mark Lewis launches an ambitious (and expensive) project for the Venice Biennale

Walrus Reads

Book Review: Who We Are

A review of Rudyard Griffith’s Who We Are: A Citizens Manifesto

Book Review

Review: Once

Rebecca Rosenblum’s debut collection of stories in a Toronto setting

Book Review

Review: What Is America?

America’s genocidal history, as discussed in Ronald Wright’s new book

Book Review

Sahara Overland

Chris Scott tackles the trackless wilderness

Photography

Eye of the Storm

The quiet force of photographer Larry

Book Review

Review: An Imperfect Offering

James Orbinski’s life as a humanitarian doctor

Walrus Reads

Book Review: The Toss of a Lemon

Books

Spiritual Exercises

Religion remains a powerful force, according to Charles Taylor

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Book Review: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

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Book Review: The Warhol Economy

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Review — Uqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut

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Review — Safe Haven: The Possibility of Sanctuary in an Unsafe World

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Review — Safe Haven: The Possibility of Sanctuary in an Unsafe World

National Magazine Award Gold Medal

God’s Slow Death

Three atheists argue for reason in the face of faith. NMA Gold Medal: Illustration

Books

A Society of Seers

Can Thomas Homer-Dixon’s “prospective mind” help us thrive after global crises?

Art

A Storm Blowing from Paradise

Anselm Kiefer’s Heaven and Earth

Art

Air Jungen

How one Vancouver artist is breaking down cultural and consumer stereotypes

Visual Art

Between the Cross and the Jewish Graveyard

After decades in a fiery cultural forge, Polish art emerged sharp and beautiful. But have the country’s ghosts returned to dull the edge?

Visual Art

Trauma Mama

Angry, eloquent, fragile, native artist Rebecca Belmore takes her new work to the Venice Biennale