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Past Exhibitions

Lilias Torrance Newton, Anna, c. 1923. Oil on canvas.
February 19, 2022 — May 8, 2022

Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment [Glenbow Museum]

Featuring more than 200 works of art, including 30 works from the National Gallery of Canada, Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment...
Moyra Davey: The Faithful 
February 16, 2022 — April 9, 2022

Moyra Davey: The Faithful [Concordia University]

Since the beginning of her career in the early 1980s, Moyra Davey has continued to push the boundaries between photography, film, text and the human...
Sobey Art Award Exhibition
October 8, 2021 — March 6, 2022

2021 Sobey Art Award Exhibition

Discover works of art by finalists for the 2021 Sobey Art Award, celebrating some of the best and most talented emerging contemporary artists from...
Rembrandt in Amsterdam: Creativity and Competition
October 6, 2021 — January 30, 2022

Rembrandt in Amsterdam: Creativity and Competition [Städel Museum]

Explore the rise of one of the great artists in the European tradition.
Tom Thomson, Trees, Red Hill, and Sunset Sky, fall 1916
September 11, 2021 — January 9, 2022

Magnetic North: Imagining Canada in Painting, 1910-1940 [Kunsthal Rotterdam]

Premiering at Frankfurt’s Schirn Kunsthalle, Magnetic North offers fresh insights into Canadian modern landscape painting, as expressed by the Group...
National Gallery of Canada
August 13, 2021 — December 5, 2021

New Generation Photography Award

The New Generation Photography Award recognizes the practices of some of Canada’s most promising lens-based artists.
Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait wearing a Hat and two Chains, c. 1642-1643
July 16, 2021 — September 6, 2021

Rembrandt in Amsterdam: Creativity and Competition

Explore the rise of one of the great artists in the European tradition.
Tau Lewis
July 16, 2021 — January 2, 2022

Tau Lewis: Symphony

Located in the Rotunda, Symphony greets visitors with textile and leather garlands extending high above.
Albrecht Dürer, The Large Horse, 1505
July 16, 2021 — November 14, 2021

The Collectors’ Cosmos: The Meakins–McClaran Print Collection

The print collection of Drs. Jacqueline McClaran and Jonathan Meakins stands alone in the annals of Canadian private collections.
Women in red top, standing looking in distance.
June 2, 2021 — April 1, 2022

Geneviève Cadieux: Barcelone

Experience an intriguing monumental work by one of Canada’s most celebrated women artists.
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