Chris Hampton

Chris Hampton is a producer with CBC Arts. His writing has appeared elsewhere in the New York Times, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, The Walrus and Canadian Art. Find him on Instagram: @chris.hampton

Latest from Chris Hampton

Nico Williams is the winner of the 2024 Sobey Art Award

The Montreal-based artist known for his sculptural beadwork received the $100,000 prize — one of the country’s top honours in art — at the National Gallery of Canada.

Artist Taqralik Partridge wants to transform viewers with wonder and awe

At the National Gallery of Canada, the Sobey finalist from Nunavik, Que., gives visitors the awesome feeling of being surrounded by thousands of caribou.

For Rhayne Vermette, filmmaking is like building a house with images

Representing the Prairies, the Sobey Art Award finalist is known for work that collages fiction, animation, documentary, re-enactment and experimental cinema.

Art helps Mathieu Léger 'make sense of a world that seems to make less sense every day'

The Sobey Art Award finalist from the Atlantic region uses many different methods and media to explore time, myth, identity and place.

Nico Williams' incredible sculptures are made from thousands of beads — and weeks of hand-cramping work

Representing Quebec, the Sobey Art Award finalist is known for his three-dimensional beadwork sculptures that replicate familiar objects like shopping bags and VHS cassettes.

Art helped ceramicist Judy Chartrand discover she actually has 'a very loud voice'

The Sobey Art Award finalist from the Pacific region is known for her sculptures and installations, often using humour to comment on issues like racism, colonialism and the relationships between Canada and First Nations.

June Clark's art has been in Canada's biggest galleries, but she only recently began calling herself an artist

Over a career spanning five decades, the Sobey Art Award finalist representing Ontario has become known for her work in photography, collage and installation, which explores the themes of identity, history and memory.

Kim Adams makes the 'last Canadian landscape sculpture'

Arrived (formerly known as Pig Mountain), an artwork that’s taken the renowned sculptor a decade to complete, will be on display at Art Toronto.

Abbas Akhavan will represent Canada at the Venice Biennale in 2026

The multidisciplinary artist known for site-responsive work will turn his attention to the national pavilion for the next edition of the world’s most prestigious contemporary art exhibition.
Q with Tom Power

To portray sex work accurately, Anora star Mikey Madison did her homework

With her performance in Sean Baker's Palme d'Or-winning film getting Oscar buzz, the lead actor joins Q’s Tom Power to discuss how she made the character Ani feel real.