Adopting the philosophy of Impressionism, Canadian artists embraced the movement’s novel ideas and techniques, modifying them to their own artistic traditions and creating their own visual expressions.
An exhibition in the Gallery's Focus Series looks at the depiction of dog sled teams – essential to the livelihood of many northern communities – in historical and contemporary images.
A 2021 Sobey Art Award finalist, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory is a kalaaleq (Greenlandic Inuk) performance artist, poet, actor, storyteller and writer based in Iqaluit, who is known for performing uaajeerneq.
Through photography and sculpture, Montreal artist Lorna Bauer – one of the five finalists of the 2021 Sobey Art Award – explores the relationships of humans to their surroundings.
One of the five finalists of the 2021 Sobey Art Award and representing the West Coast and Yukon, Vancouver-based artist Gabi Dao works in sculpture, installation, film and sound.
Rashid Johnson’s sculpture captures the artist’s preoccupations and thoughts and encourages visitors to engage, decode and reflect, thus enabling the work to continue evolving.
The works of Curtiss Randolph, Katherine Takpannie, Noah Friebel, Dustin Brons, Chris Donovan and Dainesha Nugent-Palache create juxtapositions, histories and different realities.
Collected over forty years, the Meakins-McClaran collection presents a journey through the ages, bringing together exquisite prints from Early Modern Northern Europe and beyond.
![Rémi Belliveau, Jean Dularge [1965–1967], 2018–21. Video and 16mm b/w film, digitized](https://www.gallery.ca/sites/default/files/styles/ngc_crop_4x3_480/public/thumbnailbelliveau_0.jpg?itok=hIjYVBIK×tamp=1634653155)
