National Gallery of Canada

Activities & Events

• Sunday February 19, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)

  Contemporary Gallery B109

  Drawn from our collection and loans from the Louise Bourgeois Trust, this installation pays homage to the remarkable career of Louise Bourgeois, one of the world’s most-celebrated contemporary artists. Included are works from her very first solo sculpture exhibition in New York in 1949, as well as the NGC’s recent acquisition Cell (The Last Climb) (2008), the last of the more than 20 large-scale cell sculptures she produced. Her monumental spider on the Gallery’s outdoor Plaza, Maman (1999, cast 2003) is one of the artist's most-recognized public art sculptures and has become an Ottawa landmark. Born in France, she spent most of her life in New York City.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Back to the Land

  Galleries B102 and B103

  3 February – 25 March 2012

  This photographic exhibition highlights recent acquisitions focusing on land and landscape. It includes the works of Canadian photographers Isabelle Hayeur, Ivan Binet, Geneviève Cadieux, Normand Rajotte, Bill Vazan and Shelley Niro.
  Organized by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Made in America 1900-1950 : Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  9 December 2011 – 1 April 2012

  Composed of just over 100 photographs, this exhibition celebrates the exceptional contribution that American photographers made to the history of art in the 20th century. The show includes stunning works by Edward Steichen, Clarence White, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, Lisette Model, Weegee and the members of New York’s Photo League.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

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  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 25 March 2012
   

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  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Special Exhibitions Galleries

  Catch the Canadian premiere of Christian Marclay's most ambitious video installation to date. The Clock evokes the wonder and illusionism of more than a century of cinema through a captivating 24-hour looped video that plays in real-time.

  No reservation and space is limited. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

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  open
• 10:00 AM
  information
  General Information

  Winterlude at the Gallery

  Duration : 7h

  Celebrate winter and culture at the National Gallery of Canada! Guided tours for adults, discussions about works in our collection, Artissimo workshops for families and film screenings. 17 - 20 February 2012.

  open
• 11:00 AM
  studio
  Workshops

  Artissimo

  Duration : 5h

  Hands on activities for families in the Great Hall.

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  open
• 11:15 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C201

  Featured artwork for this talk: Vulcan and Aeolus by Piero di Cosimo

  

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

  open
• 11:45 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Room C204

  Featured artwork for this talk: Le pape Urbain VIII (Maffeo Barberini) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

  

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

  open
• 1:15 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C206

  Featured artwork for this talk: As the Old Sing, So the Young Pipe by Jacob Joardens

  

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

  open
• 1:45 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Room C204

  Featured artwork for this talk: Le pape Urbain VIII (Maffeo Barberini) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

  

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

  open
• 2:00 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Made in America Talks

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  10-minute talk on a theme from the exhibition Made in America 1900-1950.

  open
• 2:30 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Made in America Talks (French only)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  10-minute talks in French on a theme from the exhibition Made in America.

  open
• 5:00 PM
  event
  Exhibition

  The Clock all-night screening

  Duration :

  Special Exhibition Galleries

  Special all-night screening on the nights of 9, 10, 16, 17, 18 and 19 February and 1, 8, 15 and 22 March. 

  Free admission between 5 pm and 10 am.

  Catch the Canadian premiere of Christian Marclay's most ambitious video installation to date. The Clock evokes the wonder and illusionism of more than a century of cinema through a captivating 24-hour looped video that plays in real-time.

  No reservation and space is limited. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

   

  Learn more

  open
• Monday February 20, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)

  Contemporary Gallery B109

  Drawn from our collection and loans from the Louise Bourgeois Trust, this installation pays homage to the remarkable career of Louise Bourgeois, one of the world’s most-celebrated contemporary artists. Included are works from her very first solo sculpture exhibition in New York in 1949, as well as the NGC’s recent acquisition Cell (The Last Climb) (2008), the last of the more than 20 large-scale cell sculptures she produced. Her monumental spider on the Gallery’s outdoor Plaza, Maman (1999, cast 2003) is one of the artist's most-recognized public art sculptures and has become an Ottawa landmark. Born in France, she spent most of her life in New York City.

  open
• information
  General Information

  Ontario Family Day - Gallery Open today

  The Gallery will be open on Monday, February 20th 2012 for Ontario Family Day. Regular admission fees will be in effect.

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Made in America 1900-1950 : Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  9 December 2011 – 1 April 2012

  Composed of just over 100 photographs, this exhibition celebrates the exceptional contribution that American photographers made to the history of art in the 20th century. The show includes stunning works by Edward Steichen, Clarence White, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, Lisette Model, Weegee and the members of New York’s Photo League.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 25 March 2012
   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Back to the Land

  Galleries B102 and B103

  3 February – 25 March 2012

  This photographic exhibition highlights recent acquisitions focusing on land and landscape. It includes the works of Canadian photographers Isabelle Hayeur, Ivan Binet, Geneviève Cadieux, Normand Rajotte, Bill Vazan and Shelley Niro.
  Organized by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.

  open
• 11:15 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Inuit Galleries

  Featured artwork for this talk: Nunali by Jackoposie Oopakak

  

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

  open
• 11:45 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Room C216

  Featured artwork for this talk: Jacaranda by Alexander Calder

  

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

  open
• 12:15 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C214

  Featured artwork for this talk: No. 29, 1950 by Jackson Pollock

  

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

  open
• 12:45 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Room C216

  Featured artwork for this talk: Jacaranda by Alexander Calder

  

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

  open
• Tuesday February 21, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)

  Contemporary Gallery B109

  Drawn from our collection and loans from the Louise Bourgeois Trust, this installation pays homage to the remarkable career of Louise Bourgeois, one of the world’s most-celebrated contemporary artists. Included are works from her very first solo sculpture exhibition in New York in 1949, as well as the NGC’s recent acquisition Cell (The Last Climb) (2008), the last of the more than 20 large-scale cell sculptures she produced. Her monumental spider on the Gallery’s outdoor Plaza, Maman (1999, cast 2003) is one of the artist's most-recognized public art sculptures and has become an Ottawa landmark. Born in France, she spent most of her life in New York City.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Back to the Land

  Galleries B102 and B103

  3 February – 25 March 2012

  This photographic exhibition highlights recent acquisitions focusing on land and landscape. It includes the works of Canadian photographers Isabelle Hayeur, Ivan Binet, Geneviève Cadieux, Normand Rajotte, Bill Vazan and Shelley Niro.
  Organized by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Made in America 1900-1950 : Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  9 December 2011 – 1 April 2012

  Composed of just over 100 photographs, this exhibition celebrates the exceptional contribution that American photographers made to the history of art in the 20th century. The show includes stunning works by Edward Steichen, Clarence White, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, Lisette Model, Weegee and the members of New York’s Photo League.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 25 March 2012
   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Special Exhibitions Galleries

  Catch the Canadian premiere of Christian Marclay's most ambitious video installation to date. The Clock evokes the wonder and illusionism of more than a century of cinema through a captivating 24-hour looped video that plays in real-time.

  No reservation and space is limited. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

  Learn more

  open
• 11:15 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery A105

  Featured artwork for this talk: A Venetian Bather by Paul Peel

  

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

  open
• 11:45 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C216

  Featured artwork for this talk: Jacaranda by Alex Calder

  

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

  open
• 12:15 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery A102

  Featured artwork for this talk: Sister Saint-Alphonse by Antoine Plamondon

  

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

  open
• 12:45 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C216

  Featured artwork for this talk: Jacaranda by Alex Calder

  

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

  open
• 1:30 PM
  adult-tour
  Tours

  Adult Art Tour: Made in America 1900-1950 (in French)

  (An english version of this tour is offered on Friday February 17 at 1:30 pm)

  February

  Made in America 1900-1950.  Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada

  This exhibition celebrates the exceptional contribution that American photographers made to the history of art in the 20th century. Made from 1900-1950, these photographs represent an extraordinary fertile period in photography’s evolution. *This theme is offered in the Special Exhibition spaces.  Cost: 7$ 

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• Wednesday February 22, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  Leiber & Sullivan

  NGC Library & Archives

  11 January – 27 April*
  This exhibition brings together familiar publications of the modernist era alongside those by a dealer, Steven Leiber, and an artist, Derek Sullivan, whose works are re-creations and re-presentations of late modernist documents. *Open during Reading Room hours

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)

  Contemporary Gallery B109

  Drawn from our collection and loans from the Louise Bourgeois Trust, this installation pays homage to the remarkable career of Louise Bourgeois, one of the world’s most-celebrated contemporary artists. Included are works from her very first solo sculpture exhibition in New York in 1949, as well as the NGC’s recent acquisition Cell (The Last Climb) (2008), the last of the more than 20 large-scale cell sculptures she produced. Her monumental spider on the Gallery’s outdoor Plaza, Maman (1999, cast 2003) is one of the artist's most-recognized public art sculptures and has become an Ottawa landmark. Born in France, she spent most of her life in New York City.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Back to the Land

  Galleries B102 and B103

  3 February – 25 March 2012

  This photographic exhibition highlights recent acquisitions focusing on land and landscape. It includes the works of Canadian photographers Isabelle Hayeur, Ivan Binet, Geneviève Cadieux, Normand Rajotte, Bill Vazan and Shelley Niro.
  Organized by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Made in America 1900-1950 : Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  9 December 2011 – 1 April 2012

  Composed of just over 100 photographs, this exhibition celebrates the exceptional contribution that American photographers made to the history of art in the 20th century. The show includes stunning works by Edward Steichen, Clarence White, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, Lisette Model, Weegee and the members of New York’s Photo League.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 25 March 2012
   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Special Exhibitions Galleries

  Catch the Canadian premiere of Christian Marclay's most ambitious video installation to date. The Clock evokes the wonder and illusionism of more than a century of cinema through a captivating 24-hour looped video that plays in real-time.

  No reservation and space is limited. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

  Learn more

  open
• 10:15 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Wednesday Morning Study Group

  Auditorium

  Click here to see today's topic
  The theme of this English-only series for 2011-2012 is Diversity in Art. It offers an opportunity to be part of a stimulating professional environment that showcases the diversity of artists and their practices, and the diversity of art and architecture. Lectures are given every other Wednesday at 10:15 am in the Auditorium. 

  Please contact the Volunteers’ Circle for details and fees.

  Learn more

  open
• 11:15 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C211

  Featured artwork for this talk: Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds by John Constable

  

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

  open
• 11:45 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Room C203

  Featured artwork for this talk: Vierge à l'Enfant avec ange by Francesco Salviati

  

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

  open
• 12:15 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C211

  Featured artwork for this talk: Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds by John Constable

  

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

  open
• 12:45 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Room C203

  Featured artwork for this talk: Vierge à l'Enfant avec ange by Francesco Salviati

  

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

  open
• Thursday February 23, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  Leiber & Sullivan

  NGC Library & Archives

  11 January – 27 April*
  This exhibition brings together familiar publications of the modernist era alongside those by a dealer, Steven Leiber, and an artist, Derek Sullivan, whose works are re-creations and re-presentations of late modernist documents. *Open during Reading Room hours

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)

  Contemporary Gallery B109

  Drawn from our collection and loans from the Louise Bourgeois Trust, this installation pays homage to the remarkable career of Louise Bourgeois, one of the world’s most-celebrated contemporary artists. Included are works from her very first solo sculpture exhibition in New York in 1949, as well as the NGC’s recent acquisition Cell (The Last Climb) (2008), the last of the more than 20 large-scale cell sculptures she produced. Her monumental spider on the Gallery’s outdoor Plaza, Maman (1999, cast 2003) is one of the artist's most-recognized public art sculptures and has become an Ottawa landmark. Born in France, she spent most of her life in New York City.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Made in America 1900-1950 : Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  9 December 2011 – 1 April 2012

  Composed of just over 100 photographs, this exhibition celebrates the exceptional contribution that American photographers made to the history of art in the 20th century. The show includes stunning works by Edward Steichen, Clarence White, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, Lisette Model, Weegee and the members of New York’s Photo League.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 25 March 2012
   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Back to the Land

  Galleries B102 and B103

  3 February – 25 March 2012

  This photographic exhibition highlights recent acquisitions focusing on land and landscape. It includes the works of Canadian photographers Isabelle Hayeur, Ivan Binet, Geneviève Cadieux, Normand Rajotte, Bill Vazan and Shelley Niro.
  Organized by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Special Exhibitions Galleries

  Catch the Canadian premiere of Christian Marclay's most ambitious video installation to date. The Clock evokes the wonder and illusionism of more than a century of cinema through a captivating 24-hour looped video that plays in real-time.

  No reservation and space is limited. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

  Learn more

  open
• 11:15 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C205

  Featured artwork for this talk: Two Water-mills by Meindert Hobbema

  

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

  open
• 11:45 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Room C208

  Featured artwork for this talk: Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) by George Romney

  

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

  open
• 12:15 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C205

  Featured artwork for this talk: Two Water-mills by Meindert Hobbema

  

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

  open
• 12:45 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Room C208

  Featured artwork for this talk: Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) by George Romney

  

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

  open
• 5:00 PM
  information
  General Information

  Free admission to the Permanent Collection every Thursday

  Duration : 3h

  Every Thursday evening from 5 pm - 8 pm enjoy free admission to the Gallery's Permanent Collection. 

  open
• 5:15 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Room C204

  Featured artwork for this talk: Le pape Urbain VIII (Maffeo Barberini) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

  

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

  open
• 5:15 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C208

  Featured artwork for this talk: Colonel Charles Churchill by Joshua Reynolds

  

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

  open
• 6:00 PM
  adult-tour
  Stimulating the Senses

  Descriptive tour: Silver - Society Reflected

  Duration : 1h, 30 minutes

  Discover art through sense other than sight. 

  Last Thursday of the month from 6 pm to 7:30 pm.

   

  Stimulating the Senses is an innovative and inclusive program designed to encourage visitors to discover art through senses other than sight. Experience art in new and exciting ways by touching sculptures in a tactile tour, hearing a description of a painting, or listening to contemporary audio-based artworks. Bilingual. Space is limited. Cost: $7 (Members $6).

  Registration required.
  open
• 6:00 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Made in America Talks

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  10-minute talk on a theme from the exhibition Made in America 1900-1950.

  open
• 6:15 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Room C204

  Featured artwork for this talk: Le pape Urbain VIII (Maffeo Barberini) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

  

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

  open
• 6:15 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C208

  Featured artwork for this talk: Colonel Charles Churchill by Joshua Reynolds

  

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

  open
• 6:30 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Made in America Talks (French only)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  10-minute talks in French on a theme from the exhibition Made in America.

  open
• Friday February 24, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  Leiber & Sullivan

  NGC Library & Archives

  11 January – 27 April*
  This exhibition brings together familiar publications of the modernist era alongside those by a dealer, Steven Leiber, and an artist, Derek Sullivan, whose works are re-creations and re-presentations of late modernist documents. *Open during Reading Room hours

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)

  Contemporary Gallery B109

  Drawn from our collection and loans from the Louise Bourgeois Trust, this installation pays homage to the remarkable career of Louise Bourgeois, one of the world’s most-celebrated contemporary artists. Included are works from her very first solo sculpture exhibition in New York in 1949, as well as the NGC’s recent acquisition Cell (The Last Climb) (2008), the last of the more than 20 large-scale cell sculptures she produced. Her monumental spider on the Gallery’s outdoor Plaza, Maman (1999, cast 2003) is one of the artist's most-recognized public art sculptures and has become an Ottawa landmark. Born in France, she spent most of her life in New York City.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Back to the Land

  Galleries B102 and B103

  3 February – 25 March 2012

  This photographic exhibition highlights recent acquisitions focusing on land and landscape. It includes the works of Canadian photographers Isabelle Hayeur, Ivan Binet, Geneviève Cadieux, Normand Rajotte, Bill Vazan and Shelley Niro.
  Organized by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Made in America 1900-1950 : Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  9 December 2011 – 1 April 2012

  Composed of just over 100 photographs, this exhibition celebrates the exceptional contribution that American photographers made to the history of art in the 20th century. The show includes stunning works by Edward Steichen, Clarence White, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, Lisette Model, Weegee and the members of New York’s Photo League.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 25 March 2012
   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Special Exhibitions Galleries

  Catch the Canadian premiere of Christian Marclay's most ambitious video installation to date. The Clock evokes the wonder and illusionism of more than a century of cinema through a captivating 24-hour looped video that plays in real-time.

  No reservation and space is limited. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

  Learn more

  open
• 11:00 AM
  information
  General Information

  PD Day (Des draveurs) Artissimo

  Duration : 5h

  Great Hall

  PD Day for the Des draveurs school board.

  Artissimo. Hands on activities for families in the Great Hall.

  Learn more

  open
• 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.

  open
• 11:45 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Room A102

  Featured artwork for this talk: Adèle Fortier by Antoine Plamondon

  

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

  open
• 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.

  open
• 12:45 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Room A102

  Featured artwork for this talk: Adèle Fortier by Antoine Plamondon

  

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

  open
• Saturday February 25, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)

  Contemporary Gallery B109

  Drawn from our collection and loans from the Louise Bourgeois Trust, this installation pays homage to the remarkable career of Louise Bourgeois, one of the world’s most-celebrated contemporary artists. Included are works from her very first solo sculpture exhibition in New York in 1949, as well as the NGC’s recent acquisition Cell (The Last Climb) (2008), the last of the more than 20 large-scale cell sculptures she produced. Her monumental spider on the Gallery’s outdoor Plaza, Maman (1999, cast 2003) is one of the artist's most-recognized public art sculptures and has become an Ottawa landmark. Born in France, she spent most of her life in New York City.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Back to the Land

  Galleries B102 and B103

  3 February – 25 March 2012

  This photographic exhibition highlights recent acquisitions focusing on land and landscape. It includes the works of Canadian photographers Isabelle Hayeur, Ivan Binet, Geneviève Cadieux, Normand Rajotte, Bill Vazan and Shelley Niro.
  Organized by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.

  open
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  Exhibition

  Made in America 1900-1950 : Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  9 December 2011 – 1 April 2012

  Composed of just over 100 photographs, this exhibition celebrates the exceptional contribution that American photographers made to the history of art in the 20th century. The show includes stunning works by Edward Steichen, Clarence White, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, Lisette Model, Weegee and the members of New York’s Photo League.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

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  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 25 March 2012
   

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  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Special Exhibitions Galleries

  Catch the Canadian premiere of Christian Marclay's most ambitious video installation to date. The Clock evokes the wonder and illusionism of more than a century of cinema through a captivating 24-hour looped video that plays in real-time.

  No reservation and space is limited. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

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• 11:00 AM
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  Workshops

  Artissimo

  Duration : 5h

  Hands on activities for families in the Great Hall.

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• 11:15 AM
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  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C208a

  Featured artwork for this talk: Sir Edward Massey by Peter Lely

  

  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
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  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery A109

  Featured artwork for this talk: Ludivine by Edwin Holgate

  

  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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• 1:15 PM
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  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C202

  Featured artwork for this talk: Mary Neville, Lady Dacre by Hans Eworth

  

  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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• 1:45 PM
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  Talks

  Docent's Choice(in French)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery A109

  Featured artwork for this talk: Ludivine by Edwin Holgate

  

  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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• 2:00 PM
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  Talks

  Made in America Talks

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  10-minute talk on a theme from the exhibition Made in America 1900-1950.

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• 2:00 PM
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  Films

  Series on American photographers

  Saturday afternoon film series on American Photographers 1900–1950. Free admission. In English unless otherwise indicated. In the Lecture Hall.

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• 2:30 PM
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  Talks

  Made in America Talks (French only)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  10-minute talks in French on a theme from the exhibition Made in America.

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