Sculptor Anish Kapoor has condemned China's "barbaric" detention of artist Ai Weiwei and has called on galleries to close for a day in protest. Ai - an outspoken critic of China's human rights record - has not been heard from since he was arrested in Beijing at the start of April. Kapoor has dedicated his monumental Leviathan art installation in Paris, unveiled on Tuesday, to Ai. Artists must speak with "a communal voice", he told BBC Radio 4's Today.
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"If only I had won the Giller I would be irresistible.”
No. That’s where you’re wrong. You’ve got it backwards. You have to be irresistible in order to win the Giller.
2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Esi Egugyan www.https://www.esiedugyan.com/
The Globe and Mail wins the prize for obscurity.
This is when book promotion becomes an art -- in the hands of artists. Turning Mavis Gallant's play into a movie. 
Ambiguous, evocative and sometimes terrifyingly violent, Drive is worth the watch.
