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Congratulations to internationally acclaimed artist Stan Douglas on being selected to represent Canada at La Biennale di Venezia 2021!
The exhibitions on view at the Canada Pavilion are commissioned by the National Gallery of Canada and are produced in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts. The Canadian representation at the Venice Biennale is made possible through the Canadian Artists in Venice Endowment and with the generous financial support of Presenting Sponsor Royal Bank of Canada (RBC).
Special thanks to the Michael & Sonja Koerner Family, the Donald R. Sobey Family, and The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation for their exceptional contributions to the Canadian Artists in Venice Endowment, and to Reesa Greenberg, whose generous financial support funded the restoration of the Canada Pavilion. Learn more and support the Canadian representation in Venice.
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Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner
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Scotiabank
The Audain Foundation (Michael J. Audain O.C., O.B.C., and Yoshiko Karasawa)
American Express Foundation
Bell
Canada Council for the Arts
Coril Holdings Ltd.
Fred Fountain, C.M., L.L.D. and Elizabeth Fountain
Reesa Greenberg
The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation
Michael and Sonja Koerner Family
The Lacey Family
RBC
Elizabeth and Donald R. Sobey and Family
TD Bank Group
The Thomson Foundation
The Volunteers of the National Gallery of Canada
The Estate of Harry Michael Brindza
Charles Bronfman and the late Andrea Bronfman
Thomas d'Aquino, C.M., J.D., LL.M., LL.D. and Susan Peterson d'Aquino, M.A.
The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
A.K. Prakash Foundation
The Estate of Elizabeth Simonfay
Sun Life Financial
Anonymous Donors
BMO Financial Group
Nahum Gelber, Q.C. and Dr. Sheila Gelber
Government of Canada
The Estate of Dorothea and Margaret Graham
Imperial
Imperial Tobacco Canada Foundation
Invesco
Investors Group
The Estate of Liv‑Ellen Lockeberg
The Estate of Elsje and Paul Mandl
The Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Foundation
Mark McCain and Caro MacDonald
Midland Walwyn
Newcourt Credit Group
Power Corporation of Canada
Carol and Morton Rapp
Jay Smith and Laura Rapp
Michael J. Tims, C.M. and Renae N. Tims
Anonymous Donors
David Aisenstat
Malcolm and Robin Anthony
The Audrey and Donald Campbell Foundation
Claire et Laurent Beaudoin, C.C., O.Q.
Frances and the late Sam Belzberg
Diana Billes
Black & McDonald
Linda Black, Q.C. and the Honourable Douglas Black, Q.C.
Bombardier
Ann and Tim Bowman
The late David G. Broadhurst
Terry Burgoyne
Alice and Grant Burton
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Chadha Family Foundation
CIBC
CN
The Daniel Langlois Foundation
N. Murray Edwards
Embassy of the United States of America
Enbridge Inc.
Export Development Canada
Margaret and Jim Fleck
Joan and Martin Goldfarb
Blake and Belinda Goldring
Ryan R. Green
Hal Jackman Foundation
Heffel Fine Art Auction House
David K. J. Heffel and Patsy Kim Heffel
Robert and Jennifer Heffel
Jim and Susan Hill
The late Michal Hornstein, C.M., G.O.Q. and the late Renata Hornstein
Rosamond Ivey
Stephen A. and Gail Jarislowsky
Judith and John C. Kerr, C.M., O.B.C., LL.D.
Hassan Khosrowshahi, C.M., O.B.C. and Nezhat Khosrowshahi
George and Karen Killy
The Estate of Inge Kramer
Steven and Lynda Latner
Leanne and George Lewis
I. David Marshall and Emylia Marshall
Dr. Kanta Marwah
Ronald P. Mathison
The late Harrison H. McCain, C.C., O.N.B.
The Honourable Margaret N. McCain and the late G. Wallace F. McCain
John and Keltie Mierins
Mary and John Nash
David Dime and Elisa Nuyten
Michael and Inna O'Brian
Myriam Ouimet and the late Dr. J. Robert Ouimet, C.M., C.Q., Ph.D., M.B.A., Ph.D. h.c., M.Sc. P.S.
Parmalat Canada Inc.
Parnassus Foundation
Peter and Joanne Brown Foundation
Don and Sheila Pether
Jean H. Picard, C.M.
Pierre Lassonde Family Foundation
Robert and Donna Poile
Pratt & Whitney Canada Private Foundation
Hartley and Heather Richardson
Nancy Richardson
Sandra and the late Joseph Rotman
Fred and Beverly Schaeffer
Richard and Nancy Self
Anne Shabaga
Eleanor and Francis Shen
Dasha Shenkman, OBE
Philip Somerville
Ronald and Janet Stern
Stonecroft Foundation for the Arts
Jean Teron and the late William Teron, O.C.
The late Dr. Shirley L. Thomson, C.C.
Arni Thorsteinson and Susan Glass
Sara Vered, C.M. and the late Zeev Vered, C.M., P.Eng
The Wesik Family
Robin and David Young
Timothy A. Young
Anonymous Donors
Aimia Inc.
Alenia North America
William Anderson
Robert and Mary Pat Armstrong
The Anthony and Gladys Tyler Charitable Foundation
AT & T Canada
Paul Baay
W. Bruce C. Bailey
BGL
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Cecily and Robert Bradshaw
BC Arts Council
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Canadian Pacific Charitable Foundation
CHC Helicopters International Inc.
Chubb Insurance Company of Canada
John Cleghorn, O.C., Pattie Cleghorn and Family
Corel Corporation
Corona Extra
Dominic D'Alessandro, O.C. and Pearl D'Alessandro
Leo and Sandra DelZotto
André Desmarais, O.C. and France Chrétien Desmarais, O.C.
Drake Hotel Properties
Embassy of France
Emmanuelle Gattuso Foundation
EnCana Corporation
The Estate of James Kellner Fitzgerald
Jackie Flanagan
Dr. Lynne Freiburger Beniot and the late F. Harvey Benoit
Brigitte and Henning Freybe
Harvey and Louise Glatt
Ira Gluskin and Maxine Granovsky Gluskin
Jane Halverson and Bruno L. Vendittelli
Dick and Lois Haskayne
H.C. Capital (Hélène Couture)
The Highbury Foundation
The Paul and Carol Hill Family
Arthur L. Irving, O.C. and Sandra Irving
Irving Oil
Jane Irwin and Ross Hill
The Jackman Foundation
James Kinnear, C.F.A., M.B. and Bridgett Eansor Kinnear
Phil Lind Private Foundation
The Estate of Barbara Joyce MacVicar
Manulife Financial
The Estate of Evelyn Henderson McAndrew
MFS McLean Budden
Viviane and Jay Mehr
The Estate of Gerald Mendel
David and Audrey Mirvish
Modelo Molson Imports L.P.
Nadir and Shabin Mohamed
The late Catherine Jean Wickenden Mooney
Nancy McCain and The Honourable Bill Morneau
Gilles and Julia Ouellette
PACART
The Estate of Arthur R. Palmer
Partners in Art
PBB Global Logistics
The Estate of Rita Anne Marie Piquet
Sandra and James Pitblado
Michael Potter
The late André Preibish
The Province of British Columbia
Rennie Foundation
Peter and Susan Restler
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.
John C. Risley
Jan and Paul Sabourin
Leonard Schlemm
The Schulich Foundation
Gerald Sheff and Shanitha Kachan
Shell Canada
Silicon Graphics
Rob and Monique Sobey
Sotheby's Canada
Anne Stanfield
Takao Tanabe
TELUS
The Estate of Italo Tiezzi
The William and Nancy Turner Foundation
Bruno J. Wall
Anonymous Donors
Amex Canada Inc.
Nichole Anderson Bergeron and Alain Bergeron
AXA Canada
The Azrieli Foundation
Peter and Sheila Bentley
Laura Brandon
Louise and the late Allen Browne
CAE Inc.
The late Frances Cameron
Canadian Museums Association
Canadian Pacific Railway
Chanonhouse Family
Christie's Canada Inc.
Claridge Homes Group of Companies
Bernard A. Courtois et Dominique Jarrige
The late David and the late Mary Culver
Bryan P. Davies
Dr. Richard Deaton and Marie Claire Pommez
The Electrical Contractors' Association of Ottawa
The Embassies of Finland, Norway and Sweden
Galerie Eric Klinkhoff
George Estey
Anouchka Freybe and Scott Connell
Glotman, Simpson Consulting Engineers
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Anthony and Helen Graham
grc architects
Martha Hanna
Raymond Heung
The Horne Family Charitable Foundation
Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Richard and Donna Ivey
The late Andrea Jones
Bill and Sue Kidd
Vahan and Susie Kololian
Lawrence & Company Inc.
The Luigi Liberatore Foundation
Robert F. MacLellan and Margaret MacLellan
Rob and Sandra May
Mira Godard Gallery
Nordstrom, Inc.
Tracey Novak and Scott MacDonald
Roxy Paine
Paris Neckwear Limited
The late Louise Perry
Brian Porter
Kenneth Pustai
Kim Richter and Jon Shirley
R. T. Ross Holdings Inc.
The Royal Norwegian Embassy
The Estate of Charles M. Ruggles
Shiseido Canada Inc.
SNC LAVALIN
Georgina Steinsky
The late Pierre Théberge, O.C., C.Q.
Terrence and Lisa Turner
Velan Inc.
Meeka Walsh
Welch LLP
Robin Wright and Ian Reeves
Y.P Heung Foundation
Anonymous Donors
In honour of the sesquicentennial commemoration of Canadian Confederation, the National Gallery of Canada Foundation is proud to acknowledge donations received in support of the Art for the Nation 2017 initiative
Distinguished Business Leadership Circle
BMO Financial Group
Imperial
Power Corporation of Canada
RBC
Scotiabank
Canada 150 Visionaries
Audain Foundation
Thomas P. d’Aquino and Susan Peterson d’Aquino
Fred and Elizabeth Fountain
Reesa Greenberg
Michael and Sonja Koerner Family
Ronald and Diane Mannix
A.K. Prakash Foundation
Rennie Foundation
Donald R. Sobey Family
Canada 150 Benefactors
Albert and Temmy Latner Family
Robin and Malcolm Anthony
Ann and Tim Bowman
Joan and Martin Goldfarb
Hal Jackman Foundation
Jim and Susan Hill
Killy Foundation
Masters Gallery Ltd.
Don and Sheila Pether
Poile Family
Hartley and Heather Richardson
Fred and Beverly Schaeffer
Eleanor and Francis Shen
Dasha Shenkman, O.B.E.
Stonecroft Foundation for the Arts
The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation
Robin and David Young
A donation of fifty paintings, valued at over $20 million, by Canadian artist James Wilson Morrice (1865-1924) from the A.K. Prakash Foundation. (announced December, 2015)
A donation of tens of thousands of historically significant photographs and related artefacts, including the Matthew R. Isenburg Collection, historical and contemporary African and Asian photographs, historical Canadian and Indigenous photographs, British and French 19th-century photographs, Czech 20th-century photographs, and international photo-journalism including the remarkable Globe and Mail archives, as part of a partnership to create the Canadian Photography Institute. (announced November, 2015)
