From the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima, to the ghost city of Chernobyl, to the radioactive smoke of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi disaster, photographers have long been capturing the moments that have shaped our...
Picturing the Americas: Landscape Painting from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic features 118 works by artists from 14 countries. Each work depicts the landscape as captured in paint by explorers and artists...
When Marc Mayer and Eric Fischl sit down for a discussion at the National Gallery of Canada on September 10, it won’t be the first time they’ve crossed paths. Mayer, the National Gallery of Canada’s Director...
Following its successful run at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris and Mudam Luxembourg, Flux — now on view at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) — draws viewers into David Altmejd’s unique world of...
In addition to being a successful professional artist, Christopher Pratt is also a collector, a traveller, and a consummate storyteller. His Newfoundland home is the primary inspiration behind most of his work...
For the second time in two years, a Canadian-born artist has been shortlisted for one of the world’s most prestigious and talked-about art awards: the Turner Prize. Born in Toronto and based in London, Janice...
Long viewed as one of Canada’s most important artists, Alex Colville (1920–2013) benefitted from the support of a dedicated patron early in his professional career. In association with the exhibition Alex...
In this video, NGC Director of Conservation and Technical Research, Stephen Gritt, discusses the restoration of Michiel Coxcie's Susanna and the Elders (c. 1550–1559).
“All three of them are very interested in history,” says Andrea Kunard. “How we remember things or how we don’t; how photography can be a transcription of events for the future, but also leaves so much...
Bringing together different cultures under one roof is something art museums do well. They know how to hang an ancient Indian watercolour beside a Canadian photograph, or place works by a French Impressionist...
