National Gallery of Canada

Activities & Events

• Sunday May 20, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  Flora and Fauna

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  11 May – 9 September 2012

  Drawn from the NGC collections, this exhibition looks at the ways in which nature has been an enduring subject for artists over the centuries. A source of curiosity, consolation and spiritual regeneration, nature’s complexity, its vulnerability and beauty have all been expressed in forms that are epic, analytical, and intimate. Each one of these approaches is represented in this installation of some 100 photographs, prints, drawings, paintings and installations of gardens, landscape and the small creatures that inhabit these spaces.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2012

  Gallery B109

  30 Mar 2012 - 17 Jun 2012

  The Governor General’s Awards celebrate the remarkable career achievements of Canadian artistsin visual arts, including architecture, photography, independent film and video, audio and new media. The 2012 laureates are Margaret Dragu, Geoffrey James, Ronald Martin, Jan Peacock, Royden Rabinowitch, Jana Sterbak, Diana Nemiroff (outstanding contribution) and Charles Lewton-Brain (Saidye-Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts).

  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.

  Learn more

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• event
  Exhibition

  Van Gogh and Dutch Landscapes of the Golden Age

  Gallery C202B

  18 May 2012 – 3 September 2012

  This installation showcases a major work of the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the celebrated drawing The Swamp by Vincent van Gogh produced during the artist’s Dutch period. It bridges Van Gogh’s profound appreciation of landscape with the Dutch tradition of landscape drawing and painting which emerged in the 17th century as a new and prevailing pictorial genre. Van Gogh’s early depiction of a landscape with a swamp drawn from nature in the province of North Brabant in 1881 is shown alongside representations of the Dutch landscape by artists such as Jan Lievens and Jan van Goyen working in the Netherlands during the 17th century, a period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Arnaud Maggs: Identification

  Galleries B102, B103, B104 and B108

  4 May - 16 September 2012

  This survey exhibition of Canadian artist Arnaud Maggs showcases his monumental photographic installations along with pieces documenting found historical ephemera, books, typography, classification systems and diagrams.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Contemporary Gallery B106

  Catch 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.

  In Gallery B106. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  Special 24-hour screenings
  On the nights of Thursday 12, 19, 26 April and 3 May.
  Free admission between 5 pm and 10 am.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 26 August 2012
   

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  General Information

  Free admission! International Museums Day

  Celebrate International Museums Day at the National Gallery of Canada with free admission all day Sunday May 20, 2012.

  open
• 11:15 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C215

  Featured artwork for this talk: Hope I by Gustav Klimt

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C206

  Featured artwork for this talk: Tête de vieille femme by Pierre Paul Rubens

  

  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 C216

  Featured artwork for this talk: The Small Table by Pablo Picasso

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C206

  Featured artwork for this talk: Tête de vieille femme by Pierre Paul Rubens

  

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

  open
• Monday May 21, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  Flora and Fauna

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  11 May – 9 September 2012

  Drawn from the NGC collections, this exhibition looks at the ways in which nature has been an enduring subject for artists over the centuries. A source of curiosity, consolation and spiritual regeneration, nature’s complexity, its vulnerability and beauty have all been expressed in forms that are epic, analytical, and intimate. Each one of these approaches is represented in this installation of some 100 photographs, prints, drawings, paintings and installations of gardens, landscape and the small creatures that inhabit these spaces.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Contemporary Gallery B106

  Catch 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.

  In Gallery B106. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  Special 24-hour screenings
  On the nights of Thursday 12, 19, 26 April and 3 May.
  Free admission between 5 pm and 10 am.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2012

  Gallery B109

  30 Mar 2012 - 17 Jun 2012

  The Governor General’s Awards celebrate the remarkable career achievements of Canadian artistsin visual arts, including architecture, photography, independent film and video, audio and new media. The 2012 laureates are Margaret Dragu, Geoffrey James, Ronald Martin, Jan Peacock, Royden Rabinowitch, Jana Sterbak, Diana Nemiroff (outstanding contribution) and Charles Lewton-Brain (Saidye-Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts).

  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.

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Arnaud Maggs: Identification

  Galleries B102, B103, B104 and B108

  4 May - 16 September 2012

  This survey exhibition of Canadian artist Arnaud Maggs showcases his monumental photographic installations along with pieces documenting found historical ephemera, books, typography, classification systems and diagrams.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 26 August 2012
   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Van Gogh and Dutch Landscapes of the Golden Age

  Gallery C202B

  18 May 2012 – 3 September 2012

  This installation showcases a major work of the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the celebrated drawing The Swamp by Vincent van Gogh produced during the artist’s Dutch period. It bridges Van Gogh’s profound appreciation of landscape with the Dutch tradition of landscape drawing and painting which emerged in the 17th century as a new and prevailing pictorial genre. Van Gogh’s early depiction of a landscape with a swamp drawn from nature in the province of North Brabant in 1881 is shown alongside representations of the Dutch landscape by artists such as Jan Lievens and Jan van Goyen working in the Netherlands during the 17th century, a period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  open
• 11:15 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C204

  Featured artwork for this talk: Abraham and the Three Angels by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C205

  Featured artwork for this talk: Portrait d'homme assis by Frans Hal

  

  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 C204

  Featured artwork for this talk: Lot and his Daughters by Orazio Gentileschi

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C205

  Featured artwork for this talk: Portrait d'homme assis by Frans Hal

  

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

  open
• Tuesday May 22, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2012

  Gallery B109

  30 Mar 2012 - 17 Jun 2012

  The Governor General’s Awards celebrate the remarkable career achievements of Canadian artistsin visual arts, including architecture, photography, independent film and video, audio and new media. The 2012 laureates are Margaret Dragu, Geoffrey James, Ronald Martin, Jan Peacock, Royden Rabinowitch, Jana Sterbak, Diana Nemiroff (outstanding contribution) and Charles Lewton-Brain (Saidye-Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts).

  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.

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Arnaud Maggs: Identification

  Galleries B102, B103, B104 and B108

  4 May - 16 September 2012

  This survey exhibition of Canadian artist Arnaud Maggs showcases his monumental photographic installations along with pieces documenting found historical ephemera, books, typography, classification systems and diagrams.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Contemporary Gallery B106

  Catch 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.

  In Gallery B106. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  Special 24-hour screenings
  On the nights of Thursday 12, 19, 26 April and 3 May.
  Free admission between 5 pm and 10 am.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Flora and Fauna

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  11 May – 9 September 2012

  Drawn from the NGC collections, this exhibition looks at the ways in which nature has been an enduring subject for artists over the centuries. A source of curiosity, consolation and spiritual regeneration, nature’s complexity, its vulnerability and beauty have all been expressed in forms that are epic, analytical, and intimate. Each one of these approaches is represented in this installation of some 100 photographs, prints, drawings, paintings and installations of gardens, landscape and the small creatures that inhabit these spaces.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 26 August 2012
   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Van Gogh and Dutch Landscapes of the Golden Age

  Gallery C202B

  18 May 2012 – 3 September 2012

  This installation showcases a major work of the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the celebrated drawing The Swamp by Vincent van Gogh produced during the artist’s Dutch period. It bridges Van Gogh’s profound appreciation of landscape with the Dutch tradition of landscape drawing and painting which emerged in the 17th century as a new and prevailing pictorial genre. Van Gogh’s early depiction of a landscape with a swamp drawn from nature in the province of North Brabant in 1881 is shown alongside representations of the Dutch landscape by artists such as Jan Lievens and Jan van Goyen working in the Netherlands during the 17th century, a period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  open
• 11:15 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C216

  Featured artwork for this talk: Nude on a Yellow Sofa by Henri Matisse

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery A109

  Featured artwork for this talk: Paysage à Hochelaga by Marc-Aurèle Fortin

  

  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 B208

  Featured artwork for this talk: Painting for the American Negro by James Rosenquist

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery A109

  Featured artwork for this talk: Paysage à Hochelaga by Marc-Aurèle Fortin

  

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

  open
• Wednesday May 23, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2012

  Gallery B109

  30 Mar 2012 - 17 Jun 2012

  The Governor General’s Awards celebrate the remarkable career achievements of Canadian artistsin visual arts, including architecture, photography, independent film and video, audio and new media. The 2012 laureates are Margaret Dragu, Geoffrey James, Ronald Martin, Jan Peacock, Royden Rabinowitch, Jana Sterbak, Diana Nemiroff (outstanding contribution) and Charles Lewton-Brain (Saidye-Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts).

  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.

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Flora and Fauna

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  11 May – 9 September 2012

  Drawn from the NGC collections, this exhibition looks at the ways in which nature has been an enduring subject for artists over the centuries. A source of curiosity, consolation and spiritual regeneration, nature’s complexity, its vulnerability and beauty have all been expressed in forms that are epic, analytical, and intimate. Each one of these approaches is represented in this installation of some 100 photographs, prints, drawings, paintings and installations of gardens, landscape and the small creatures that inhabit these spaces.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Arnaud Maggs: Identification

  Galleries B102, B103, B104 and B108

  4 May - 16 September 2012

  This survey exhibition of Canadian artist Arnaud Maggs showcases his monumental photographic installations along with pieces documenting found historical ephemera, books, typography, classification systems and diagrams.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Contemporary Gallery B106

  Catch 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.

  In Gallery B106. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  Special 24-hour screenings
  On the nights of Thursday 12, 19, 26 April and 3 May.
  Free admission between 5 pm and 10 am.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 26 August 2012
   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Van Gogh and Dutch Landscapes of the Golden Age

  Gallery C202B

  18 May 2012 – 3 September 2012

  This installation showcases a major work of the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the celebrated drawing The Swamp by Vincent van Gogh produced during the artist’s Dutch period. It bridges Van Gogh’s profound appreciation of landscape with the Dutch tradition of landscape drawing and painting which emerged in the 17th century as a new and prevailing pictorial genre. Van Gogh’s early depiction of a landscape with a swamp drawn from nature in the province of North Brabant in 1881 is shown alongside representations of the Dutch landscape by artists such as Jan Lievens and Jan van Goyen working in the Netherlands during the 17th century, a period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  open
• 11:15 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C202

  Featured artwork for this talk: Christian von Conersheim and his Wife Elisabeth von Brauweiler by Barthel (the Elder) Bruyn

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery A102

  Featured artwork for this talk: Théière à la sibylle by Laurent Amiot

  

  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 C202

  Featured artwork for this talk: Venus by Lucas (the Elder) Cranach

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery A102

  Featured artwork for this talk: Théière à la sibylle by Laurent Amiot

  

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

  open
• Thursday May 24, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  Van Gogh and Dutch Landscapes of the Golden Age

  Gallery C202B

  18 May 2012 – 3 September 2012

  This installation showcases a major work of the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the celebrated drawing The Swamp by Vincent van Gogh produced during the artist’s Dutch period. It bridges Van Gogh’s profound appreciation of landscape with the Dutch tradition of landscape drawing and painting which emerged in the 17th century as a new and prevailing pictorial genre. Van Gogh’s early depiction of a landscape with a swamp drawn from nature in the province of North Brabant in 1881 is shown alongside representations of the Dutch landscape by artists such as Jan Lievens and Jan van Goyen working in the Netherlands during the 17th century, a period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Flora and Fauna

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  11 May – 9 September 2012

  Drawn from the NGC collections, this exhibition looks at the ways in which nature has been an enduring subject for artists over the centuries. A source of curiosity, consolation and spiritual regeneration, nature’s complexity, its vulnerability and beauty have all been expressed in forms that are epic, analytical, and intimate. Each one of these approaches is represented in this installation of some 100 photographs, prints, drawings, paintings and installations of gardens, landscape and the small creatures that inhabit these spaces.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Contemporary Gallery B106

  Catch 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.

  In Gallery B106. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  Special 24-hour screenings
  On the nights of Thursday 12, 19, 26 April and 3 May.
  Free admission between 5 pm and 10 am.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2012

  Gallery B109

  30 Mar 2012 - 17 Jun 2012

  The Governor General’s Awards celebrate the remarkable career achievements of Canadian artistsin visual arts, including architecture, photography, independent film and video, audio and new media. The 2012 laureates are Margaret Dragu, Geoffrey James, Ronald Martin, Jan Peacock, Royden Rabinowitch, Jana Sterbak, Diana Nemiroff (outstanding contribution) and Charles Lewton-Brain (Saidye-Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts).

  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.

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 26 August 2012
   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Arnaud Maggs: Identification

  Galleries B102, B103, B104 and B108

  4 May - 16 September 2012

  This survey exhibition of Canadian artist Arnaud Maggs showcases his monumental photographic installations along with pieces documenting found historical ephemera, books, typography, classification systems and diagrams.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

   

  Learn more

  open
• 11:15 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C216a

  Featured artwork for this talk: Arenig by James Dickson Innes

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery A109

  Featured artwork for this talk: Sapin et ciel by Emily Carr

  

  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 C216a

  Featured artwork for this talk: South Wales, Evening by James Dickson Innes

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery A109

  Featured artwork for this talk: Sapin et ciel by Emily Carr

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C215

  Featured artwork for this talk: Paysage à Pont-Aven by Paul Sérusier

  

  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 C212

  Featured artwork for this talk: The Third-class Carriage by Honoré Daumier

  

  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
  event
  Exhibition

  VERNISSAGE for Van Gogh: Up Close

  Duration : 2h

  Great Hall

  Official opening of the exhibition with the director, curators, dignitaries and special guests. Open to everyone.

  Learn more

  open
• 6:15 PM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery Garden Court

  Featured artwork for this talk: Column by Ulysse Comtois

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C215

  Featured artwork for this talk: Paysage à Pont-Aven by Paul Sérusier

  

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

  open
• Friday May 25, 2012
• event
  Exhibition

  Van Gogh and Dutch Landscapes of the Golden Age

  Gallery C202B

  18 May 2012 – 3 September 2012

  This installation showcases a major work of the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the celebrated drawing The Swamp by Vincent van Gogh produced during the artist’s Dutch period. It bridges Van Gogh’s profound appreciation of landscape with the Dutch tradition of landscape drawing and painting which emerged in the 17th century as a new and prevailing pictorial genre. Van Gogh’s early depiction of a landscape with a swamp drawn from nature in the province of North Brabant in 1881 is shown alongside representations of the Dutch landscape by artists such as Jan Lievens and Jan van Goyen working in the Netherlands during the 17th century, a period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Van Gogh: Up Close

  Special Exhibitions Galleries

  25 May - 3 September 2012

  This will be the first major project devoted to the Dutch artist by a Canadian institution for over two decades. Presented in Canadian exclusivity in Ottawa, Van Gogh: Up Close will break new ground in exploring the artist’s representation of nature, in particular his innovative use of the close-up view. This exhibition will feature some 45 paintings including works that have rarely been shown publicly, as well as a selection of Japanese prints.
  galleryca/vangogh

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Presented by Sun Life.

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Flora and Fauna

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  11 May – 9 September 2012

  Drawn from the NGC collections, this exhibition looks at the ways in which nature has been an enduring subject for artists over the centuries. A source of curiosity, consolation and spiritual regeneration, nature’s complexity, its vulnerability and beauty have all been expressed in forms that are epic, analytical, and intimate. Each one of these approaches is represented in this installation of some 100 photographs, prints, drawings, paintings and installations of gardens, landscape and the small creatures that inhabit these spaces.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Contemporary Gallery B106

  Catch 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.

  In Gallery B106. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  Special 24-hour screenings
  On the nights of Thursday 12, 19, 26 April and 3 May.
  Free admission between 5 pm and 10 am.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 26 August 2012
   

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2012

  Gallery B109

  30 Mar 2012 - 17 Jun 2012

  The Governor General’s Awards celebrate the remarkable career achievements of Canadian artistsin visual arts, including architecture, photography, independent film and video, audio and new media. The 2012 laureates are Margaret Dragu, Geoffrey James, Ronald Martin, Jan Peacock, Royden Rabinowitch, Jana Sterbak, Diana Nemiroff (outstanding contribution) and Charles Lewton-Brain (Saidye-Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts).

  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.

  Learn more

  open
• event
  Exhibition

  Arnaud Maggs: Identification

  Galleries B102, B103, B104 and B108

  4 May - 16 September 2012

  This survey exhibition of Canadian artist Arnaud Maggs showcases his monumental photographic installations along with pieces documenting found historical ephemera, books, typography, classification systems and diagrams.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

   

  Learn more

  open
• 11:15 AM
  talk
  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C208

  Featured artwork for this talk: Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C205a

  Featured artwork for this talk: Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase en faience by Jan (le jeune) Brueghel

  

  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 C208

  Featured artwork for this talk: The Wreckers by George Morland

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C205a

  Featured artwork for this talk: Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase en faience by Jan (le jeune) Brueghel

  

  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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• Saturday May 26, 2012
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  Exhibition

  Van Gogh and Dutch Landscapes of the Golden Age

  Gallery C202B

  18 May 2012 – 3 September 2012

  This installation showcases a major work of the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the celebrated drawing The Swamp by Vincent van Gogh produced during the artist’s Dutch period. It bridges Van Gogh’s profound appreciation of landscape with the Dutch tradition of landscape drawing and painting which emerged in the 17th century as a new and prevailing pictorial genre. Van Gogh’s early depiction of a landscape with a swamp drawn from nature in the province of North Brabant in 1881 is shown alongside representations of the Dutch landscape by artists such as Jan Lievens and Jan van Goyen working in the Netherlands during the 17th century, a period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

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  Exhibition

  Flora and Fauna

  Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries

  11 May – 9 September 2012

  Drawn from the NGC collections, this exhibition looks at the ways in which nature has been an enduring subject for artists over the centuries. A source of curiosity, consolation and spiritual regeneration, nature’s complexity, its vulnerability and beauty have all been expressed in forms that are epic, analytical, and intimate. Each one of these approaches is represented in this installation of some 100 photographs, prints, drawings, paintings and installations of gardens, landscape and the small creatures that inhabit these spaces.

  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

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  Exhibition

  The Clock

  Contemporary Gallery B106

  Catch 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.

  In Gallery B106. Free admission with Gallery admission fee during regular hours.

  Special 24-hour screenings
  On the nights of Thursday 12, 19, 26 April and 3 May.
  Free admission between 5 pm and 10 am.

  gallery.ca/theclock/

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  Exhibition

  Installation: Janet Cardiff. Forty-Part Motet

  Rideau Chapel

  17 December 2011 - 26 August 2012
   

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  Exhibition

  The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2012

  Gallery B109

  30 Mar 2012 - 17 Jun 2012

  The Governor General’s Awards celebrate the remarkable career achievements of Canadian artistsin visual arts, including architecture, photography, independent film and video, audio and new media. The 2012 laureates are Margaret Dragu, Geoffrey James, Ronald Martin, Jan Peacock, Royden Rabinowitch, Jana Sterbak, Diana Nemiroff (outstanding contribution) and Charles Lewton-Brain (Saidye-Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts).

  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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  Exhibition

  Van Gogh: Up Close

  Special Exhibitions Galleries

  25 May - 3 September 2012

  This will be the first major project devoted to the Dutch artist by a Canadian institution for over two decades. Presented in Canadian exclusivity in Ottawa, Van Gogh: Up Close will break new ground in exploring the artist’s representation of nature, in particular his innovative use of the close-up view. This exhibition will feature some 45 paintings including works that have rarely been shown publicly, as well as a selection of Japanese prints.
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  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Presented by Sun Life.

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  Exhibition

  Arnaud Maggs: Identification

  Galleries B102, B103, B104 and B108

  4 May - 16 September 2012

  This survey exhibition of Canadian artist Arnaud Maggs showcases his monumental photographic installations along with pieces documenting found historical ephemera, books, typography, classification systems and diagrams.
  Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

   

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• 10:00 AM
  lecture
  Lectures

  Symposium: Van Gogh: Up Close

  Duration : 7h

  Auditorium

  Day-long discussions and lectures with an international group of Van Gogh scholars. Simultaneous interpretation available. In the Auditorium.

  Cost: Adults $35, Seniors $30, Members $20, Students $25. Registration and ticket required at 613-998-8888.

  For full details please consult the exhbition page.

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• 11:15 AM
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  Talks

  Docent's Choice

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery C216a

  Featured artwork for this talk: Self-portrait by Stanley Spencer

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery A110

  Featured artwork for this talk: Fenêtre froide by Pegi Nicol MacLeod

  

  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: Head of an Old Woman by Peter Paul Rubens

  

  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(french)

  Duration : 10 minutes

  Gallery A110

  Featured artwork for this talk: Fenêtre froide by Pegi Nicol MacLeod

  

  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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