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Yousuf Karsh, Pablo Picasso

Yousuf Karsh, Pablo Picasso and Jean Paul Riopelle

Seeing Karsh's photographs of Picasso and Riopelle alongside examples of preliminary sketches by these artists can give viewers a different, broader perspective of them and their work.
Allan Edson, Shawinigan Falls, 1869, oil on canvas

Allan Edson: Depicting "Shawinigan Falls"

Allan Edson's painting “Shawinigan Falls” is a rare example by this artist, who was considered one of the great Canadian landscape painters of the 19th-century.
Roni Horn, Untitled ("A dream dreamt in a dreaming world is not really a dream… but a dream not dreamt is”), 2010-2012, installation, solid cast glass with as-cast surfaces

Roni Horn: Environment, Emotion and Change

In her work, Roni Horn examines the interconnections between nature and emotional identity, perception and changes.
Teresa Margolles, La búsqueda (2) [The Search (2)], 2014, glass, paper, wood, haptic immersion subwoofers and audio tracks

Teresa Margolles in Search of the Missing

In her work, Mexican artist Teresa Margolles reflects on the voiceless victims and tragic deaths in her native country, set against the backdrop of endemic violence, feminicide and social injustice.
Glyn Philpot, Head of an Ethiopian Man named Billy, c.1912–13, charcoal and white chalk on brown paper

Billy, the forgotten model of a forgotten artist

One of the most sought-after portrait painters of his generation, Glyn Philpot modernized the genre through his choice of subjects and an open expression of his homosexuality.
Judy Anderson, Exploit Robe (Toying Around), 2012, Moose hide, glass beads, red stroud,

Judy Anderson: Honouring Indigenous Young People and Family

Judy Anderson's "Exploit Robe (Toying Around)" articulates and carries forward the deeply meaningful tradition of honouring relationship of family, and in particular of mother and child.
J.T. Willmore and J.M.W. Turner,Mercury and Argus, 1839, etching and engraving with graphite on chine collé

Translating Painting into Print: J.M.W. Turner’s “Mercury and Argus”

Also an experienced printmaker, the painter J.M.W. Turner saw printmaking as an integral part of his practice, disseminating his work and helping create a new understanding of the possibilities of the...
Helen McNicoll, Stubble Fields, c.1912, oil on canvas

Helen McNicoll: In search of Light

One of Canada’s leading Impressionists, Helen McNicoll produced atmospheric paintings infused with radiant light and vibrant colour.
Margaret De Patta, Untitled, 1939. Gelatin silver print

Margaret De Patta: Shaping Light and Space

Modernist artist Margaret De Patta created photograms that served as a vehicle for translating the legacy of Constructivism and the Bauhaus style into her jewellery creations.
Jean Paul Riopelle, Hommage aux nymphéas – Pavane [Tribute to the Water Lilies – Pavane], 1954. Oil on canvas

The Art of Slow Looking: a painting by Jean Paul Riopelle

Spending time with a work of art has been proven to be beneficial for well-being as much as enjoyment. Riopelle's "Hommage aux nymphéas – Pavane" is one such work that entices visitors to look closely.
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