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Group of Seven Shatters Records at Heffel’s Landmark All-Canadian Auction

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Heffel’s watershed all-Canadian auction achieves $22M and shatters records for major artistsGroup of Seven masterpieces from University Club of Toronto collection dominate saleMultiple auction records smashed, including Franklin Carmichael, Arthur Lismer, A.Y. Jackson and Daphne Odjig

TORONTO, May 22, 2025 /CNW/ – Heffel Fine Art Auction House is honoured to celebrate the success of its record-breaking Spring live auction, a watershed evening dedicated exclusively to Canadian masterworks. The all-Canadian sale, held in Heffel’s Toronto saleroom, brought together collectors from across the country and around the globe, united in their pursuit of Canada’s most legendary artists. It was an electric night for the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson, whose major paintings shattered records and contributed to the evening’s overall total of $22 million. As the leader in Canada’s market and ranked among the top auction houses in the world globally, Heffel is proud to champion the nation’s cultural icons on the international stage.

The auction was led by three historic Group of Seven canvases by Lawren Harris, Franklin Carmichael and Arthur Lismer, consigned from the storied University Club of Toronto. These exceptional paintings by Canada’s first national art movement—steeped in institutional history and national pride—anchored a night of landmark results and celebrated a vital chapter in Canada’s cultural history. (All prices are in Canadian dollars and include a buyer’s premium.)

“Tonight was a true celebration of Canada,” said Robert Heffel, Vice President of Heffel. “To see such exceptional works by our country’s iconic artists resonate so deeply with collectors is incredibly rewarding. It’s an honour for our team to help steward these national treasures into their next chapters.”

Highlights from the Heffel Spring 2025 Live Auction

A landmark canvas by Lawren Harris led the evening, drawing serious interest from collectors. Northern Lake, a 1926 masterpiece from the University Club of Toronto collection, realized $3,121,250. The historic painting of international acclaim, awarded a gold medal at the 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and exhibited at the Musée du Jeu de Paume in Paris, is a defining example of Harris’s celebrated vision and mastery (est. $2,000,000 – 3,000,000).Leaf Pattern, the dazzling 1922 canvas by Franklin Carmichael shattered both its presale estimate and the artist’s auction record and sold for $2,281,250 at the Heffel sale (est. $700,000 – 900,000). Also consigned from the University Club of Toronto, widely published and exhibited extensively throughout its lifetime, this stunning canvas truly captivated collectors.McGregor Bay Islands by Group of Seven artist Arthur Lismer achieved an exceptional price of $1,621,250, setting an auction record for the artist and marking Lismer’s entry first entry into the million-dollar club. Widely exhibited and long held at the University Club of Toronto, the stunning canvas stands as one of Lismer’s most important works and a quintessential example of the Group of Seven’s vision (est. $600,000$800,000).A.Y. Jackson’s phenomenal Night on the Skeena River set a deserving new auction record for the artist, soaring to $1,081,250 (est. $800,000$1,000,000). Painted during his pivotal Group of Seven years, the dramatic canvas is widely considered one of the finest canvases ever painted by the artist.Tom Thomson’s rare and coveted oil sketches continue to be among the most sought-after works in Canadian art. Three outstanding paintings each surpassed $1 million, showcasing his most iconic subjects and locations; Autumn, Algonquin Park sold for $1,201,250, Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park for $1,051,250 and Dawn on Round Lake (Kawawaymog Lake) for $1,021,250.Important works by Emily Carr realized strong prices in the Heffel auction, including her dynamic seascape canvas Shoreline, which sold for $901,250 (est. $750,000 – 850,000) and British Columbia Forest for $541,250 (est. $250,000 – 350,000), reaffirming the artist’s enduring global appeal. Heffel continues to champion Carr’s incredible legacy and unmatched place in Canadian art history. Carr’s masterworks, together with works by Lawren Harris and other Canadian greats, are on view in the global touring exhibition Northern Lights, currently on at Fondation Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland, before opening at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Buffalo, New York.Daphne Odjig’s beautiful Awakening of Spring set a new auction record for the artist and sold for $133,250. The powerful and distinctive canvas exemplifies Odjig’s ability to blend traditional themes with contemporary expression, solidifying her status as a pivotal figure in Canadian art (est. $50,000 – 70,000).

For more information on the works included in Heffel’s spring live auction, visit www.heffel.com.

Heffel is now welcoming consignments for the fall 2025 auction season. The deadline for fall consignments is August 2025.

About Heffel Fine Art Auction House
Since 1978, Heffel has connected passionate collectors across the world with outstanding works of art, with sales of more than $1 billion. Heffel is renowned for its expertise in effectively managing and handling the sale of works from estates, institutional collections, corporate collections and private collections, serving as trusted experts for navigating the complexities of art collections with precision and care. Notable results include the 2016 sale of Lawren Harris’ Mountain Forms for $11,210,000– the record for any Canadian artwork ever sold at auction – as well as Jean Paul Riopelle’s Vent du nord for $7,438,750 in 2017. With galleries and support facilities in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary, Heffel has the most experienced team of specialists in Canada and provides premium client service to both sellers and buyers internationally.

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See What 20 Years of Digital Signage Expertise Looks Like, Live at COMPUTEX 2026

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CAYIN Technology Brings Its Full Enterprise Signage Portfolio to Booth P1202b, Where Real Deployments Begin

TAIPEI, May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — What does enterprise-grade digital signage look like in practice, across retail floors, hospital lobbies, corporate campuses, and transit hubs? At COMPUTEX 2026, CAYIN Technology invites you to find out firsthand. Visit Booth P1202b, Hall 2, 1F, Nangang Exhibition Center, June 2-5, and experience content management platforms and industrial-grade hardware that have been deployed across more than 100 countries worldwide.

Digital Signage Is No Longer Optional. It Is a Business Driver

The most forward-thinking organizations are not just displaying content. They are using digital signage as an active tool for revenue growth, operational efficiency, and brand consistency. The results are measurable:

Retail & F&B: Capture attention at the point of decision with real-time promotions and dynamic menus. Reduce campaign turnaround from days to minutes, and cut recurring print costs entirely.

Corporate & Office: Replace outdated bulletin boards with live announcements, meeting room displays, and wayfinding that adapt to your organization in real time.

Hospitality: Create arrival moments that guests remember, with lobby displays, event schedules, and personalized welcome messages that set your property apart.Healthcare: Ease patient anxiety with clear queue displays, directional guidance, and timely health information. Fewer questions at reception. Smoother patient flow.Transportation & Public Spaces: Keep passengers informed with live schedules, platform changes, and emergency alerts, reducing confusion and improving service perception.
 Education: Connect students, faculty, and visitors to what matters, from campus news and event boards to lecture hall displays and emergency notifications.

Three Solutions, One Trusted Platform, Built for Your Business

CAYIN’s COMPUTEX 2026 lineup addresses the full spectrum of enterprise deployment needs, from high-demand industrial environments to sustainability-driven organizations:

Robustie Solution: Built Tough. Built to Last.
When downtime is not an option, Robustie Solution delivers. Combining industrial-grade CAYIN hardware with CMS-SE, our enterprise content management server, Robustie is engineered for continuous, high-reliability operation across large, multi-site deployments. Centralized management. Consistent performance. No compromises.
 Flexie Solution: Your Infrastructure. Your Control.
Organizations that demand full data sovereignty choose Flexie. Powered by CMS-WS, this self-hosted platform streams content directly from your own hardware to any connected device, browser-based, flexible, and built to meet the most stringent IT security and compliance requirements. Flexie puts you in complete control of your signage network.
 E-Paper Solution: Smarter Signage for a Greener Business.
As ESG commitments move from boardroom pledges to daily operational decisions, E-Paper Solution offers a tangible, measurable path forward. Leveraging e-paper display technology, this ultra-low-power signage platform dramatically reduces energy consumption without sacrificing readability. For organizations serious about reducing their environmental footprint, in retail, logistics, or smart buildings, E-Paper is the signage investment that delivers for your business and your sustainability targets simultaneously.

Your Next Signage Project Starts at Booth P1202b

No two deployments are the same. Whether you are planning your first digital signage rollout, scaling an existing network, or replacing a system that has not delivered, CAYIN’s sales team is at the booth, ready to listen, advise, and map out what integration could look like for your specific environment.

AV system integrators, distributors, resellers, and enterprise IT decision-makers: bring your project brief, your questions, and your challenges. Leave with a clear picture of how CAYIN digital signage fits into your business. Live demonstrations, expert consultations, and real answers, all at Booth P1202b.

Exhibition Details

Event: COMPUTEX 2026
Dates: June 2-5, 2026
Venue: Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 2, 1F, Taipei
Booth: P1202b

About CAYIN Technology: The Infrastructure Behind the Screen

Behind every screen that never goes dark, there is a platform built to be trusted. CAYIN Technology has been engineering that platform since 2004. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, CAYIN designs and manufactures professional digital signage hardware and software that enterprises in over 100 countries rely on, day in, day out, across retail, hospitality, corporate, healthcare, transportation, and education environments.

Twenty years. One hundred countries. Countless deployments. CAYIN’s track record is not a marketing claim. It is the reason global organizations keep choosing CAYIN as their long-term signage infrastructure partner.

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See What 20 Years of Digital Signage Expertise Looks Like, Live at COMPUTEX 2026

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CAYIN Technology Brings Its Full Enterprise Signage Portfolio to Booth P1202b, Where Real Deployments Begin

TAIPEI, May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — What does enterprise-grade digital signage look like in practice, across retail floors, hospital lobbies, corporate campuses, and transit hubs? At COMPUTEX 2026, CAYIN Technology invites you to find out firsthand. Visit Booth P1202b, Hall 2, 1F, Nangang Exhibition Center, June 2-5, and experience content management platforms and industrial-grade hardware that have been deployed across more than 100 countries worldwide.

Digital Signage Is No Longer Optional. It Is a Business Driver

The most forward-thinking organizations are not just displaying content. They are using digital signage as an active tool for revenue growth, operational efficiency, and brand consistency. The results are measurable:

Retail & F&B: Capture attention at the point of decision with real-time promotions and dynamic menus. Reduce campaign turnaround from days to minutes, and cut recurring print costs entirely.

Corporate & Office: Replace outdated bulletin boards with live announcements, meeting room displays, and wayfinding that adapt to your organization in real time.

Hospitality: Create arrival moments that guests remember, with lobby displays, event schedules, and personalized welcome messages that set your property apart.Healthcare: Ease patient anxiety with clear queue displays, directional guidance, and timely health information. Fewer questions at reception. Smoother patient flow.Transportation & Public Spaces: Keep passengers informed with live schedules, platform changes, and emergency alerts, reducing confusion and improving service perception.
 Education: Connect students, faculty, and visitors to what matters, from campus news and event boards to lecture hall displays and emergency notifications.

Three Solutions, One Trusted Platform, Built for Your Business

CAYIN’s COMPUTEX 2026 lineup addresses the full spectrum of enterprise deployment needs, from high-demand industrial environments to sustainability-driven organizations:

Robustie Solution: Built Tough. Built to Last.
When downtime is not an option, Robustie Solution delivers. Combining industrial-grade CAYIN hardware with CMS-SE, our enterprise content management server, Robustie is engineered for continuous, high-reliability operation across large, multi-site deployments. Centralized management. Consistent performance. No compromises.
 Flexie Solution: Your Infrastructure. Your Control.
Organizations that demand full data sovereignty choose Flexie. Powered by CMS-WS, this self-hosted platform streams content directly from your own hardware to any connected device, browser-based, flexible, and built to meet the most stringent IT security and compliance requirements. Flexie puts you in complete control of your signage network.
 E-Paper Solution: Smarter Signage for a Greener Business.
As ESG commitments move from boardroom pledges to daily operational decisions, E-Paper Solution offers a tangible, measurable path forward. Leveraging e-paper display technology, this ultra-low-power signage platform dramatically reduces energy consumption without sacrificing readability. For organizations serious about reducing their environmental footprint, in retail, logistics, or smart buildings, E-Paper is the signage investment that delivers for your business and your sustainability targets simultaneously.

Your Next Signage Project Starts at Booth P1202b

No two deployments are the same. Whether you are planning your first digital signage rollout, scaling an existing network, or replacing a system that has not delivered, CAYIN’s sales team is at the booth, ready to listen, advise, and map out what integration could look like for your specific environment.

AV system integrators, distributors, resellers, and enterprise IT decision-makers: bring your project brief, your questions, and your challenges. Leave with a clear picture of how CAYIN digital signage fits into your business. Live demonstrations, expert consultations, and real answers, all at Booth P1202b.

Exhibition Details

Event: COMPUTEX 2026
Dates: June 2-5, 2026
Venue: Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 2, 1F, Taipei
Booth: P1202b

About CAYIN Technology: The Infrastructure Behind the Screen

Behind every screen that never goes dark, there is a platform built to be trusted. CAYIN Technology has been engineering that platform since 2004. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, CAYIN designs and manufactures professional digital signage hardware and software that enterprises in over 100 countries rely on, day in, day out, across retail, hospitality, corporate, healthcare, transportation, and education environments.

Twenty years. One hundred countries. Countless deployments. CAYIN’s track record is not a marketing claim. It is the reason global organizations keep choosing CAYIN as their long-term signage infrastructure partner.

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Weixin Brand Protection Report Marks a Decade of Partnership, Trust, and Progress in IP Protection

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Defending 700+ global brands across 30+ industries & 20+ regions

Scalable, User‑driven and AI‑powered Enforcement
Transforms IP defense from Reactive Takedowns to Sustained Proactive Prevention.

LONDON, May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tencent today released its 2025 Weixin Brand Protection Report, marking a decade of progress in intellectual property (IP) protection on Weixin. The report shows how Weixin’s Brand Protection Platform (BPP), through close collaboration with brands, community participation, and AI-driven detection, has helped shift enforcement from reactive takedowns to sustained proactive prevention.

Key Highlights in 2025

Metric

Results

Livestream rooms proactively shut down

5.7× more

Enforcement value recovered

$430 million+

Brands on the BPP

700+ across 30+ industries & 20+ regions

New publishing partners on the BPP

14

Suspicious product listings blocked

232,000

Suspicious store applications removed

14,000

Infringing listings taken down

728,000+

Infringing stores penalized

9,000+

A Decade of Global Partnership, Trust, and Progress

For ten years, Weixin has supported brand integrity and advanced IP protection by embedding enforcement directly within its platform to rapidly detect and stop infringement, particularly in fast-growing areas like short-form video and livestream commerce.

“Weixin has built a truly collaborative IP‑protection ecosystem that unites authorities, brands, and users to deliver the next generation of enforcement,” said Danny Marti, Head of Global Public Policy at Tencent. “By leveraging AI, real‑time user reports, advanced analytics, and close partnership with brands and regulators, we’re creating a trusted environment that lets global brands confidently engage with consumers.”

Weixin’s approach connects online detection with offline enforcement, translating digital intelligence into real-world action against counterfeiters. In 2025, the BPP helped authorities pursue 37 cases involving more than 300 suspects and totaling over $430 million in value.

Since 2021 the BPP has grown by more than 50 %. Today it hosts more than 700 brands across 30+ industries and 20+ countries and regions. In the past year, the BPP welcomed 62 new members including several from newly added categories, most notably publishing, which saw the addition of 14 publishers since October 2025.

Additionally, the Weixin IP Protection Alliance was launched in 2025 to co‑develop tools, share intelligence, and deepen brand partnerships. This ecosystem approach, combining technology, users, and brand collaboration, positions Weixin as a model for protecting IP while enabling growth in global and digital markets.

“At PUMA, protecting intellectual property is an important component of maintaining brand integrity and supporting sustainable growth,” said Wei Zhang, Senior Counsel, Brand Protection at PUMA. “Tools such as the BPP contribute to enforcement efforts across digital channels and, in practice, support broader brand protection strategies spanning both online and offline environments.”

User Mobilization at Scale

A key driver of this system is the role users continue to play in helping identify suspected infringement. More than 95% of takedown notices and reports against suspicious personal accounts came from users. Over 99% of reports on suspicious group-chat activity were submitted by users, and more than 96% of infringing accounts were discovered by users.

AI Powers Proactive Prevention

In December 2025, Weixin introduced “Mini-WA,” an AI-powered assistant that delivers real-time support and actionable insights to help brands navigate the platform and improve IP governance. As digital ecosystems grow more complex, Mini-WA empowers brands with intuitive, consistent and proactive guidance, enhancing usability and early detection of potential risks.

With the rise of digital commerce and short‑form content, the BPP demonstrates a proven model for integrated IP protection and significant progress to empower brands, safeguard consumers, and foster trust online and offline.

To view the full Weixin Brand Protection Platform Report, please visit: https://static.www.tencent.com/attachments/reports/Tencent-BPP-Report-2025.pdf

For media inquiries, contact:

gc@tencent.com

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