Past Exhibitions

October 21, 2011 — January 2, 2012

Drawn to Art: French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th-Century Rome
In the 18th century, Rome was the principal crossroads for the European community, and an important source of influence for French artists who rose...
October 15, 2011 — April 15, 2012

Carl Beam
Starting in the 1970s, Carl Beam (1943–2005) was at the vanguard of a new and assertive art discourse that challenged the prevailing marginalization...
October 7, 2011 — January 8, 2012

David Askevold: Once Upon a Time in the East
David Askevold (1940-2008) is recognized as an important contributor to the development and pedagogy of conceptual art, and his work has been...
September 24, 2011 — September 29, 2011

19th-Century French Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada
Drawn from the National Gallery’s extensive collection of nineteenth-century French photographs, the exhibition consists of daguerreotypes, salted...
September 14, 2011 — December 23, 2011

Ulysse Comtois: Photographs
Best known for his kinetic sculpture and paintings, Ulysse Comtois (1931-1999) was also an avid photographer. This exhibition examines Comtois’...
September 8, 2011 — January 2, 2012

Embellishing Architecture: Italian drawings of architectural decorations and ornaments (1550-1800)
This installation investigates the different ways Early Modern Italian artists engaged with architectural design through the creation –on paper– of...
June 30, 2011 — September 11, 2011

Carl Beam
Starting in the 1970s, Carl Beam (1943–2005) was at the vanguard of a new and assertive art discourse that challenged the prevailing marginalization...
June 17, 2011 — September 11, 2011

Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome
Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome is a major international loan exhibition of approximately 60 works that brings the genius of Caravaggio to...
June 17, 2011 — September 5, 2011

Spaces of the City
In this installation, visitors will discover the works of photographers in the collection of the CMCP who have approached the urban landscape through...
June 13, 2011 — September 5, 2011

Fred Herzog: Street Photography
This exhibition presents close to 30 photographs by Vancouver photographer Fred Herzog. These images, captured during the late 1950s and throughout...

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