Winterlude Program
3 - 20 February 2012
The National Gallery of Canada is proud to partner again this year with the National Capital Commission and celebrate Winterlude.
Warm your spirit and your heart to breathtaking exhibitions, including the Canadian premiere of The Clock, returning popular installations, informal mini-talks about our famous collections and entertaining activities for families.
Stop for a hot chocolate and light snack, and stay for the festivities and discoveries. There is even a free cloakroom for your skates and snowsuit, and a heated parking garage.
Christian Marclay: The Clock
Free all night screenings
Nights of 9, 10, 17, 18 and 19 February -
Between 5 pm and 9 am the next day. Additional all night screenings in March.
Screenings during regular Gallery hours
From 10 February to 25 March 2012
- From 10 am to 5 pm, Thursday to 8 pm.
Closed Mondays 13 February, 27 February and 19 March.
Free with Gallery admission.
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. This remarkable production compiles thousands of film references to time and timepieces creating a compelling moving image illustration of the minutes of a passing day. The Clock won the Golden Lion prize for best artwork at the 2011 Venice Biennial.
Purchased 2011 with the generous support of Jay Smith and Laura Rapp, and Carol and Morton Rapp, Toronto. Jointly owned by the National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
For all screenings, there are no reservations and seating is first-come, first-served. The Special Exhibition Galleries are arranged with couches and room for standing to accommodate a limited number of visitors at a time.
Visitors leaving the Special Exhibition Galleries for any reason give up their seats to The Clock and will have to rejoin the gallery's admission line for re-entry. No food and beverages permitted. No photography or recording. Please turn off or mute cell phones.
Also On View
While you are visiting, be sure not to miss our exhibitions and collections.
Included with Gallery admission.
Made in America 1900-1950: Photographs from the NGC, celebrates the exceptional contribution that American photographers made in the 20th century
Forty-Part Motet is a sound sculpture by Canadian artist Janet Cardiff and a reworking of Spem in Alium by 16th-century English composer Thomas Tallis
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) pays homage to the remarkable career of one of the world’s most-celebrated contemporary artists
Back to the Land highlights recent photography acquisitions focusing on land and landscape
Running Horses by Joe Fafard and The Three Watchmen by James Hart are generous gift sculptures now permanently on display outside the Gallery
Activities
Lecture: Influence of American Photography on Canadian Photographers
Sunday 12 February at 2 pm
NGC Photographs curator Ann Thomas will give a lecture on the influence of American photography 1900-1950 on Canadian photographers, in conjunction with the photographs exhibition Made in America 1900-1950. In English with simultaneous interpretation in French and bilingual question period. Free admission.
10 minutes mini-talks
Saturdays, Sundays and Monday February 20
11:15, 13:15, 14:00 (English) and 11:45, 13:45, 14:30 (French)
Only have 10 minutes to spare? Join a mini-talk on only one work from our collection. Included with Gallery admission.
Artissimo for Families
Saturdays, Sundays and Monday February 20
From 10 am to 5 pm
Explore the artworks in the Gallery’s collection in fun ways, and then use your experience as inspiration for art-making. Go on an adventure with one of our Art Buddies, try on costumes that are reproductions of the clothing people wear in our artworks, or challenge your sense of touch in our Feely Boxes, or you can also make your own Super Structure with wooden blocks inspired by the building’s architecture. Included with Gallery admission. Free for children under 12.
Audio Tours
Discover the story behind some of our key works thanks to our easy-to-use digital audioguides. Collection highlights in English, French, Spanish, German or Mandarin. Audio tours tailored for children, for blind or partially sighted visitors (with verbal descriptions) and for Mandarin-speaking visitors (commentary by Dashan). New audio tour: Charlotte Gray, award-winning biographer and historian. Available in the Great Hall (cost $6 each).
Plan Your Visit
We are open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm, and Thursday to 8 pm. Also open Ontario Family Day Monday 20 February. Admission fees apply; free admission for Members and children under 12.
On-site amenities include a parking garage, a Bookstore and gift shop, a choice of restaurants, two instant banking machines and a free cloakroom. Courtesy strollers and wheelchairs also available.
Getting Here | For more information, please call 613-990-1985 or 1-800-319-ARTS
