What does it take to get ready for one of the world’s most prestigious art events, the Venice Biennale? In these two videos, NGC Magazine takes you behind the scenes with the Quebec City artist collective BGL.
Sonny Assu’s paintings, sculptures, prints, installations, and interventions are imbued with a wry humour which he says opens the “conversation” into exploring consumerism, colonization and imperialism. This...
Opening night at the National Gallery of Canada for the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts, 2015. The exhibition is on view at the National Gallery until August 30, 2015.
An interview with Mary Pratt. Presented by Irving Oil and co-organized with The Rooms, St. John's, NL, the Masterpiece in Focus exhibition, Mary Pratt: This Little Painting is on view at the National Gallery...
“We made circuits that look like little rollercoasters,” said a voice over the line — either Jasmin Bilodeau, Sébastien Giguère or Nicolas Laverdière; it wasn’t too clear. Just days before heading to Italy,...
There is a crisp clarity to the National Gallery’s exhibition featuring the winners of the 2015 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Thirty-one works are on display, representing this year’s...
BGL might just be Canada’s zaniest artist collective. Jasmin Bilodeau, Sébastien Giguère and Nicolas Laverdière, whose initials form the acronym BGL, have a history of creating elaborate, thought-provoking and...
