Over a three-day period, NGC Director Marc Mayer feasted on five centuries of art, ranging from Renaissance woodcuts and the sublime Veronese to Matisse’s cut-outs and the post-modern antics of Martin Creed...
When asked to explain her eerie photographs of uninhabited rooms, American-Canadian photographer Lynne Cohen used to talk about contradictions, artifice, deception and ambiguity. “It is strange how frequently...
Over a three-day period, NGC Director Marc Mayer feasted on five centuries of art, ranging from Renaissance woodcuts and the sublime Veronese to Matisse’s cut-outs and the post-modern antics of Martin Creed...
Shortly before he passed away on July 16, 2013, distinguished Canadian painter Alex Colville (1920–2013) donated nearly 3,000 preparatory drawings to the collection of the Library and Archives at the National...
Over a three-day period, NGC Director Marc Mayer feasted on five centuries of art, ranging from Renaissance woodcuts and the sublime Veronese to Matisse’s cut-outs and the post-modern antics of Martin Creed...
Winners of the 2014 GG Medals in Architecture will travel to Ottawa to present their projects to the public in a special free evening at the National Gallery of Canada on May 12. The 12 winners, announced last...
When Brydon Smith first saw Dan Flavin’s minimalist fluorescent light sculptures, he was intrigued. In fact, he didn’t quite understand them. Could a fluorescent tube be art?
In this video Paul Lang, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Canada, and Ian Thom, the Vancouver Art Gallery's Senior Curator of Historical Art, sit down for an informal chat in front...
In this article, NGC conservation fellow Fiona Beckett offers an insightful behind-the-scenes look at the recent treatment of Thomas Couture's Supper at the Maison d'Or .
In this video Stephen Gritt, Director of Conservation and Technical Research at the National Gallery of Canada, discusses the year-long cleaning and restoration of Thomas Couture's Supper at the Maison d'Or ...
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