Issue 101

For Canvas Issue 101, We Need To Talk, our front cover shows Khaldoun Hijazin’s Faithfully Yours (2021). In this issue, we look at how artists use different stories and narratives to express their ideas on a range of subjects affecting the lives of us all. Across history, humankind has evolved and adapted modes of communication from body gestures and visual cues to the spoken and the heard, as ways of spreading knowledge, teaching lessons and morals, sharing culture and history and exerting influence. We also explore how artists use idioms and phrases to convey messages and examine ideas of identity and a collective community.