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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

Sakahàn—meaning “to light [a...

Peter Paul Rubens. <em>Head of an Old Woman</em>, 1612. Oil on oak. Purchased 1925, no. 3339

Masterpiece in Focus: Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens

A small but concentrated exhibition that closely...

The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2013

The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2013

Since 2000, the Governor General’s Awards in...

Morley Ayearst, bookplate for Viola L. Allen, 1920

Canadian Bookplates from the National Gallery of Canada

Bookplates, or ex libris (from the Latin, meaning...

Rafael Goldchain. <em>Requiem for a Militant, Matagalpa, Nicaragua</em> (1986). Collection Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography

Clash: Conflict and Its Consequences

This exhibition draws upon works in the collection to...

Itee Pootoogook. <em>Construction Worker</em>(detail), 2009. Coloured pencil and graphite on wove paper, 52.5 x 74.5 cm; image: 42.5 x 64.5 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Reproduced with permission of Dorset Fine Arts. Photo © NGC.

New Voices from the New North

With the assistance of independent curator Heather...

Ashoona, Shuvinai & John Noestheden. <em>Earth and Sky</em>, (detail) February 2008. Pen and black ink, coloured pencil, graphite, collage, and adhered glass crystals on wove paper, 34.3 x 485 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Reproduced with permission of Dorset Fine Arts. Photo © NGC.

Shuvinai Ashoona and John Noestheden: Earth and Sky

The National Gallery of Canada will be presenting a...

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

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE...

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Michael Snow, The Viewing of Six New Works (2012), NGC

Michael Snow: Tracking the Movement of Perception
 He is a painter, sculptor, musician and filmmaker and, at 84 years old, Canadian artist Michael Snow is still surprising the art world. Sometimes he’s still surprising himself. Full article »

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Marja Helander. Kärsämäki, 2010. From the series Dark. Ink jet print on paper, mounted on aluminum, 53 × 79 cm. Collection of the artist. © Marja Helander

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Brian Jungen. Nicotine, 2007. Carved gallon gasoline jug, 45.75 × 33.25 × 11.5 cm. Private collection, London. © Brian Jungen Studio. Photo courtesy of the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York

Nicotine

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Venkat Raman Singh Shyam. Smoking Taj, 2009. Pen and acrylic on canvas, 99 × 69 cm. Must Art Gallery, New Delhi. Photo courtesy NGC

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Sakahàn - Artist Spotlight

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An interview with Bayrol Jimenez, whose work can be viewed in Sakàhan: International Indigenous Art, on view at the National Gallery of Canada until 2 September 2013. View now »

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