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Edward Burtynsky at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Examining Edward Burtynsky’s work is an exercise in truth and consequence. Whether you find evidence of environmental disruption or are simply stunned by the scale and force of Burtynsky’s work, you will eventually land somewhere in the realm of the artist’s message: we were there.

Fringe benefits.

Creative director Frida Giannini was inspired by the late 1940s for Gucci’s spring/summer 2014 collection, and the Nouveau fringe shoulder bag carries with it both your daily necessities, and the quality and craftsmanship expected from the fashion house.

Spring blooms.

The list reads like a garden inventory: daisies, poppies, carrots, strawberries, ginger, peppermint, lavender. And yet, it’s simply a sample menu of ingredients you may find in the composition of a Dr. Hauschka product.

Lost and found.

John Carter Cash, son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, is the caretaker of a musical ancestry. While posthumously cataloguing his parents’ body of work, the award-winning producer discovered unreleased tracks.

Floridian fare.

Dining in Bal Harbour, Florida is much more than a revolving display of Wall Street South titans coming in for dinner. Gifted chefs—known and unknown—are doing noteworthy things here.

Market analysis.

Economist Nouriel Roubini is known for predicting the oil shock, the crash of the United States housing market, and the recession in 2008—somber forecasts that earned him the nickname “Dr. Doom”. His critical views have been widely cited, and he sat down with NUVO to discuss the Canadian economy and emerging markets.

Shinan Govani on the Oscar marathon.

Now that the 86th Academy Awards have been left in the bin of history, and all that’s left are the sore tushes engendered from over-sitting at the Dolby Theatre, and the delivery bills racked up for the bijoux lent to starlets, it’s time to take a moment to consider some of the lessons from this year’s Oscar night.

Starting Over: Stories by Elizabeth Spencer.

It is nearly inevitable, when discussing writer Elizabeth Spencer, to avoid remarking on her extensive career; the 92-year-old’s first novel came out in 1948, and she has published works in every decade since.

Shinan Govani on the Oscar marathon.

There’s no place like Oscar. When the orchestra swoops on Sunday night—the flutes and French horns acting as a paean for all those careers on the line, and all those dreams set to make or break—the evening’s proceedings will eventually settle in on a plucky young woman in a blue gingham dress.