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  • Thursday March 21, 2013
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    Exhibition
    Martin Creed: Work No. 202: Half the air in a given space
    Gallery B108

    1 February – 1 April 2013

    Work No. 202: Half the Air in a Given Space exemplifies Turner-prize winning artist Martin Creed’s career-long investigation into how we physically experience everyday life. Creed produces his works, which now number over 1000 projects, by himself, with performers, or, in this case, through the active participation of visitors. In this installation the artist gives form to the air that surrounds us by precisely measuring and capturing half of it inside nearly twenty thousand black balloons. Creating an environment that is both playful and claustrophobic, he drastically alters our perception of space. Here, as in the majority of his production, Creed uses the art museum, a site of meaningful contemplation, to turn our experience of the ordinary into a work of art.

    Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

    Access to the installation space is subject to certain conditions. Restrictions may apply.

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    Exhibition
    Don McCullin: A Retrospective
    Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

    01 Feb 2013 - 14 Apr 2013

    This exhibition of 120 black and white photographs by British photojournalist Don McCullin traces the artist’s journey from working class England to the world’s most notorious conflict zones, including Cyprus, the Congo, Biafra, Vietnam, Lebanon and Ireland. McCullin is part of the tradition of humanist photography and war art associated with names such as Goya, Dix and Capa. His more recent work – lyrical, brooding landscapes of Somerset wetlands and Indian elephant festivals – invites quiet reflection. Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

    Catalogue available at shopngc.ca

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    Exhibition
    Clash: Conflict and Its Consequences
    Contemporary Galleries

    01 Feb 2013 - 21 Apr 2013

    This exhibition draws upon works in the collection to present war and conflict as complex phenomena, ones that have far reaching consequences for both those directly engaged in it, and those at various points of remove. Central to this exhibition is photography’s relation to trauma and remembrance, at a personal, communal and national level, and issues of what constitutes history, for whom and why. Organized by the National Gallery of Canada

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  • 11:15 AM
    talk
    Talks
    Docent's Choice
    Duration : 10 minutes
    Gallery A102

    Featured artwork for this talk: White Horse Inn by Moonlight by Cornelius Krieghoff

    These 10-minute daily talks on one artwork from our collection are given in English by Gallery volunteers. Included with Gallery admission.

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  • 11:45 AM
    talk
    Talks
    Docent's Choice(in French)
    Duration : 10 minutes
    Gallery C208

    Featured artwork for this talk: Monsieur de Buissy by Joseph Siffred Duplessis

    These 10-minute daily talks on one artwork from our collection are given in English by Gallery volunteers. Included with Gallery admission.

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  • 12:15 PM
    talk
    Talks
    Docent's Choice
    Duration : 10 minutes
    Gallery A102

    Featured artwork for this talk: White Horse Inn by Moonlight by Cornelius Krieghoff

    These 10-minute daily talks on one artwork from our collection are given in English by Gallery volunteers. Included with Gallery admission.

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  • 12:45 PM
    talk
    Talks
    Docent's Choice(in French)
    Duration : 10 minutes
    Gallery C208

    Featured artwork for this talk: Monsieur de Buissy by Joseph Siffred Duplessis

    These 10-minute daily talks on one artwork from our collection are given in English by Gallery volunteers. Included with Gallery admission.

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  • 5:15 PM
    talk
    Talks
    Docent's Choice(in French)
    Duration : 10 minutes
    Gallery C201

    Featured artwork for this talk: L'Assomption de la Vierge by Neri di Bicci

    These 10-minute daily talks on one artwork from our collection are given in English by Gallery volunteers. Included with Gallery admission.

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  • 5:15 PM
    talk
    Talks
    Docent's Choice
    Duration : 10 minutes
    Gallery C205a

    Featured artwork for this talk: Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Pierre (the Elder) Patel

    These 10-minute daily talks on one artwork from our collection are given in English by Gallery volunteers. Included with Gallery admission.

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  • 6:00 PM
    event
    Exhibition
    Exhibition opening: Governor General’s Awards 2013
    Cafeteria

    Special Event

    Join us for the official opening of the exhibition dedicated to the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2013 laureates, celebrate the remarkable career achievements of Canadian artistsin visual arts,including architecture, photography, independent film and video, audio and new media.

    Artists in attendance.

    Free admission.

    The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Canada in collaboration with the Canada Council for the Arts and the Governor General of Canada.

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  • 6:00 PM
    film
    Films
    FILM SCREENING: McCullin (2012, 95 min.)
    Duration : 1h, 40 minutes
    Auditorium

    McCullin (2012, 95 min.)

    Thursdays 14, 21, and 28 March at 6 pm

    This fascinating documentary, directed by Jacqui and David Morris presents the life and work of acclaimed British photo journalist Don McCullin. This 2012 film was nominated for a British Academy Film Award.

    British Film Company presents in association with Frith Street Films and Rankin Film Productions / A UK-Canada co-production.

    In conjunction with the exhibition Don McCullin. A Retrospective. Free admission.

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  • 6:15 PM
    talk
    Talks
    Docent's Choice(in French)
    Duration : 10 minutes
    Gallery C201

    Featured artwork for this talk: L'Assomption de la Vierge by Neri di Bicci

    These 10-minute daily talks on one artwork from our collection are given in English by Gallery volunteers. Included with Gallery admission.

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  • 6:15 PM
    talk
    Talks
    Docent's Choice
    Duration : 10 minutes
    Gallery C212a

    Featured artwork for this talk: Caesar Crossing the Rubicon by Jean-Léon Gérôme

    These 10-minute daily talks on one artwork from our collection are given in English by Gallery volunteers. Included with Gallery admission.

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Current Exhibitions

Marie Watt. <em>Blanket Stories: Three Sisters,Cousin Rose, Four Pelts and Sky Woman </em>(previous installation detail), 2005. Photo: Courtesy of the artist. Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art 17 May 2013 - 02 Sep 2013 Peter Paul Rubens <em>Head of an Old Woman</em>, c.1615 Oil on oak. Purchased 1925, no. 3339 Masterpiece in Focus: Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens 03 May 2013 - 02 Sep 2013
The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2013 The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2013 22 Mar 2013 - 23 Jun 2013 Morley Ayearst, bookplate for Viola L. Allen, 1920 Canadian Bookplates from the National Gallery of Canada 08 May 2013 - 30 Aug 2013
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Coming Soon

Charles Horetzky <em>Salmon Cove, Nasse River, looking north</em>, 1873 Albumen print Library and Archives Canada / e011067227 Library and Archives Canada - Early Exploration Photographs in Canada 24 May 2013 - 29 Sep 2013 Ludovico Carracci, <em>The Virgin and Child</em> (detail), c. 1580-1595, red chalk heightened with white chalk on faded blue laid paper, 28.2 x 24.5 cm, Purchased 1975. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Photo © NGC The Noble Art of the Carracci and their School: A Selection of Drawings and Prints 31 May 2013 - 29 Sep 2013
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