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Multi-disciplinary artist Joseph Tisiga responds to NGC Magazine's version of the Proust Questionnaire.
November 21, 2019
Filmmaker Stephanie Comilang, representing the Ontario region, is the winner of the 2019 Sobey Art Award.
November 15, 2019
In 1918 the Canadian modernist artist James Wilson Morrice travelled to the front in war-torn France to document the aftermath of battle for the Canadian War Records Office.
November 11, 2019
The National Gallery's exhibition of international Indigenous contemporary art unites 70 artists from across the world who explore themes such as continuity, activation and relatedness.
November 6, 2019
Transforming its public spaces by letting the public access art as soon as they enter, the National Gallery of Canada is exploring new ways to let visitors interact with art.
November 4, 2019
Returning to his native Leiden at the age of 19, Rembrandt van Rijn began to develop the dramatic and emotionally charged style that would earn him the reputation as the foremost master of the Dutch Golden Age.
November 1, 2019
Travelling in Europe between 1905 and 1913, A.Y. Jackson became fascinated by Impressionism and began to explore the movement's painterly effects and use of colour in his own work.
October 23, 2019
Covering deals brokered over 35 years, Taryn Simon's series Paperwork and the Will of Capital chronicles the topics and realms of influence covered by these historic political and economic agreements.
October 18, 2019
The acquisition history of a painting by Honoré Daumier is a tale of determination by the Gallery's directors and the great philanthropic commitment of a family across four generations.
October 16, 2019