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Events and Activities

Lynne Cooke
Tour

Woven Histories: Meet the Curator

Join exhibition curator Lynne Cooke for a special tour of Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction.
Nov 30, 2024
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST
Special Exhibitions Galleries
Lenore Tawney, Vespers, 1961. Linen
Tour

Woven Histories: Guided Tour

Join educator Jessica Arseneau, for a tour of Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction.
Nov 30, 2024
1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST
Special Exhibitions Galleries
A pair of hands holding a pink NGC branded mug.
Members

Member Shopping Days

Treat yourself to an artful gift from the National Gallery of Canada Boutique.
Dec 3, 2024 — Dec 8, 2024
9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
Boutique
Three Spark! program participants laugh together, enjoying a moment of art appreciation.
Special Event

Spark!

SPARK! is a friendly, conversation-based, free program designed for individuals living with dementia, and their care partners.
Dec 3, 2024
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST
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Gracy Ratt
Online Event

Learn Anishnaabemowin with Gracy Ratt

Learn the language of the Anishinaabe people with knowledge-keeper Gracy Ratt, through six online visual art lessons.
Dec 4, 2024
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST
Zoom
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The Governor General’s Awards
in Visual and Media Arts 2024

Celebrating the exceptional careers of artists in Canada.

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Gift
Membership

Give the gift of inspiration, creativity and art with a membership to the National Gallery of Canada.

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Discover

Lynne Cohen, Futuric Office Supply Company, Ottawa (detail), 1976. Gelatin silver print
Your Collection

Lynne Cohen: Art Surrounds Us

Although Lynne Cohen's images are devoid of people, her disorienting photographs are filled with their presence – whether funny, surreal or, at times, even bizarre.
November 22, 2024
Visitors discussing and looking at paintings and sculptures in the European and American Galleries.
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Wellbeing and Community Programs

The Gallery’s Wellbeing and Community Programs offer art-based experiences adapted to a wide range of needs and interests.
Ai Weiwei, Forever Bicycles, 2014. 1254 Bicycles. Stainless steel.
National Engagement

Ai Weiwei and Forever Bicycles

Ai Weiwei's Forever Bicycles, a monumental archway, is reminiscent of the traditional Chinese paifang or commemorative gate found in Chinatowns around the world.

Plan your visit

Take in new exhibitions, enjoy artist talks, make some art, take a tour, and so much more. 

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Highlights from
the Collection

Janet Cardiff, Forty-Part Motet, 2001, 40-track audio installation, installation dimensions variable.

Forty-Part Motet

This brilliant sound sculpture by Canadian artist Janet Cardiff is a reworking of Spem in Alium, a piece by 16th-century English composer Thomas Tallis. 

James Wilson Morrice, Landscape, Trinidad, c. 1921, oil on canvas.

New on View

Each year, hundreds of works from the Gallery's collection are presented in a wide range of installations and special exhibitions, some of which are showcased here.

Louise Bourgeois, Maman, 1999, cast 2003. Bronze, stainless steel, and marble.

Inspired Words

Listen to leading authors speak about key artworks in the Gallery's collection.

 

La Biennale di Venezia

Abbas Akhavan represents Canada at the 61st International Art Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia 2026

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