Program
Descriptions
Riopelle: Crossroads
in Time
NEW
Beginning October 3, 2023
Discover the work of 20th-century artistic experimenter and trailblazer Jean Paul Riopelle through a 21st-century lens. During this program, you will explore the diverse creative periods of Riopelle’s fifty-year career and learn about its importance for artists working today.
Learn more about the exhibition Riopelle: Crossroads in Time.
Nick Sikkuark:
Humour and Horror
ᓂᑯᓚ ᓯᑯᐊ.
ᐃᒡᓚᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᑦ
NEW
Beginning December 4, 2023
Encounter Nick Sikkuark’s creations through his illustrations, literature and sculptures. Learn about the everyday elements that inspired him as well as his interests in the bizarre, miniaturization and amplification and, most essentially, humour and horror. Read more
An Interpreter will guide you through the artist’s visual storytelling, in which the same creatures, elements and iconography reappear. Sikkuark’s art will leave you with a sense of anticipation as to where his characters will turn up next. Expect to engage with the Inuktut language, as the artist was involved in the promotion of Inuit literacy through the publication of several illustrated books early in his career.
Learn more about the exhibition Nick Sikkuark: Humour and Horror ᓂᑯᓚ ᓯᑯᐊ. ᐃᒡᓚᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᑦ.
Gallery
Highlights
Which artworks do visitors remember and talk about long after they visit? In this engaging virtual conversation, you will learn about some of the Gallery’s most iconic works
Indigenous
Expressions
First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists from Turtle Island/North America have been creating since time immemorial. In this program, you will be introduced to a diversity of artwork and worldviews of First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists, past and present.
Highlights from the Indigenous and Canadian Collection
The Indigenous and Canadian Collection presents a broad range of artworks that date from time immemorial to today and includes artistic practices that operate outside the established western canons of art history. In this guided program, you will consider some of the iconic artworks that give voice to the artists’ visions.
Why
Photography?
American photographer Ansel Adams said: “Not everybody trusts paintings, but people believe photographs.” In this program, you will explore the Gallery’s diverse collection of fine art photography – ranging from daguerreotypes to digital prints – and learn how artists manipulate the medium.
Signs and
Symbols in Art
The language of art can be a mysterious blend of signs and symbols. In this conversational program, you will decode and discuss the visual language that artists use to communicate ideas.