In Monet: A Bridge to Modernity , the National Gallery of Canada brings together twelve seminal works from collections around the world to explore...
Past Exhibitions
October 9, 2015 — January 3, 2016
Encompassing the entire Victorian era, this exhibition charts the broad evolution of British draftsmanship and illustrates the new appreciation...
September 5, 2015 — April 3, 2016
The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 was a revelation. These jewel-like, reflective objects were capable of capturing likenesses with...
May 28, 2015 — September 13, 2015
Frederick Evans (British, 1853–1943) was a man of deep intellectual inquisitiveness. His delicate but intense platinum and photogravure prints...
April 23, 2015 — September 7, 2015
Alex Colville offers a fresh perspective on the work of one of Canada’s most celebrated artists. A creative thinker, deeply engaged with both his...
April 9, 2015 — August 30, 2015
Since 2000, the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts have added a prestigious yet very human dimension to the history of visual and...
April 4, 2015 — January 3, 2016
Mary Pratt’s 1972 painting Red Currant Jelly has long held a pride of place in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada where it has been on...
March 5, 2015 — August 30, 2015
The concept of Canadian tourism emerged during the early nineteenth century. Improved modes of transportation, such as new railways stretching across...
February 13, 2015 — April 12, 2015
The Clock evokes the wonder and illusionism of more than a century of cinema through a captivating 24-hour looped video that plays in real-time. This...