Drawn towards a source of light, inspiration or a divinity, artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Lawren S. Harris, Edvard Munch and Emily Carr immersed themselves in the spiritual, even the mystical...
This fall and winter, the beloved National Gallery of Canada (NGC) painting by Canadian artist Charlotte Schreiber, The Croppy Boy (The Confession of an Irish Patriot) , has the honour of being included in an...
For Concept 70 , their first group exhibition in Toronto in 1970, artists Ronald Gabe, Slobodan Saia-Levy, and Michael Tims submitted a project they called General Idea . Due, perhaps, to some form of...
Beyond the Crease: Ken Danby , on view at the Art Gallery of Hamilton this fall, brings together more than 70 of Danby’s works from private and public collections for the first time, and commemorates the...
Showcasing everything from documentary black-and-white photographs from the mid-1980s to Brenda Francis Pelkey’s current series, Site , Brenda Francis Pelkey: A Retrospective , on view at the Art Gallery of...
For anyone who’s ever wrestled with an Allen key and products with unpronounceable names like Grönadal, Äpplarö, and Poäng, Scandinavian design is nothing new. But its influence dates back much farther than...
French painter Pierre Bonnard, who fell out of the spotlight in the decades following his death in 1947, is now in the midst of a well-earned revival. Although Bonnard’s work commanded little attention for...
Described as the “most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced,” Richard Wilson is an acknowledged master of landscape. Born the son of a clergyman in Wales, Wilson went to London to apprentice as a...
Anyone famil iar with the collections of the National Gallery of Canada will know that it contains an extraordinarily broad range of artistic production, both historical and contemporary. The depth and quality...
From actors like the Barrymores and writers like the Waughs, to musicians like the Marleys and visual artists like the Wyeths, art often runs in families. And, while each successive generation forges its own...
