Imagine creating a large-scale, thematic overview exhibition of encompassing 6,500 years of work and bringing together 193 historical and contemporary artworks by 181 artists.
Loss, longing and self-discovery are just some of the themes portrayed in the photographic work of the three inaugural winners of the New Generation Photography Award.
The exhibition B.C. Artists: The Gary Sim Donation allowed curator Katherine Stauble to shine a spotlight on a significant, recent donation by collector Gary Sim of almost 1000 publications.
"Frontera: Views of the U.S.-Mexico Border" brings together a roster of national and international artists, whose works question the very notion of borders, attempt to define their edges, and explore their...
It is an exciting year for the Canadian Biennial. For the first time in its history, the exhibition is spread across two venues, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa and the Art Gallery of Alberta in...
Searching for a way to celebrate visual arts traditions during Canada’s sesquicentennial year, Fredericton’s Beaverbrook Art Gallery went deep and wide.
Installed in the short passageway between rooms A102 and A103, cartes de visite and other studio prints demonstrate that there was already an active commercial photography industry in Canada during this period...
“The animals have taken over the parlour,” laughs Mary Anne Barkhouse, a Kwakiutl artist, as she describes her newest exhibition at the Esker Foundation in Calgary, Alberta.
Since 2010, the National Gallery of Canada has been contextualizing its permanent collection of contemporary art through Biennial exhibitions that showcase its most recent acquisitions.
