National Gallery of Canada

Open Today 10:00 am to 8:00 pm

National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON. Canada
K1N 9N4

On View

Shibuya Ryukichi, Ginza Photomontage, n.d, épreuve à la gélatine argentique, 18,1 x 30,1 cm. Yokohama Museum of Art

Hanran: 20th-Century Japanese Photography

Oct 11, 2019 to Mar 22, 2020

Hendrick Goltzius, The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus, 1588, Engraving on cream laid paper, 25.5 × 32 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Purchased 2019, Photo: NGC

Beautiful Monsters in Early European Prints and Drawings (1450–1700)

Nov 29, 2019 to Mar 29, 2020

William Kentridge: More Sweetly Play the Dance

Dec 14, 2019 to Nov 8, 2020

Events and Activities

Workshop

Creative Thursdays: Creating Exquisite Monsters: The Craft of Pen-and-Ink Drawing

Join Emil Mateja, JUNO-nominated Ottawa artist, for a workshop on the craft of pen-and-ink drawing, in conjunction with the exhibition Beautiful Monsters.

Feb 20, 2020

5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Scotiabank Great Hall

Performance

Knowledge Transference III (when the one to author the cut is gone, a small hole in the shape of a portal forms)

In this public performance, artist Jeneen Frei Njootli will activate her installation artwork.

Feb 22, 2020

2:00 pm to 3:15 pm

Special Exhibitions Galleries

Lectures and Talks

Complexities in Curatorial Practice

Join us for a lecture by Betty Julian, Adjunct Curator at Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, on the cultural and contemporary complexities of her curatorial...

Feb 27, 2020

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Auditorium

Canadian Photography Institute Blog

Guess what happened to the soap bubbles in this portrait of Mathilde and Luise made by 19^th-century daguerreotypist Hermann Carl Eduard Biewend.

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