Past Exhibitions

March 28, 2014 — August 10, 2014

The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2014
March 14, 2014 — September 1, 2014

Arctic Images from the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Library and Archives Canada In partnership with the National Gallery of Canada From the times of early exploration, the Arctic has excited the...
March 7, 2014 — May 25, 2014

Charles Edenshaw
Charles Edenshaw is the first major survey of work by the acclaimed 19th-century Haida artist. This comprehensive exhibition of 80 objects presents...
March 1, 2014 — June 8, 2014

Flora and Fauna: 400 Years of Artists Inspired by Nature
Drawn from the NGC collections, this exhibition looks at the ways in which nature has been an enduring subject for artists over the centuries. A...
February 17, 2014 — September 7, 2014

Candice Breitz: Him + Her
Twenty-eight Meryl Streeps and twenty-three Jack Nicholsons appear intermittently across the fourteen monitors and two darkened rooms that comprise...
February 17, 2014 — August 25, 2014

Fischli & Weiss: The Way Things Go
The NGC presents The Way Things Go (1987). Drawing crowds wherever it has been exhibited, the highly acclaimed 30-minute recording of a spectacular...
February 14, 2014 — May 11, 2014

John Ruskin: Artist and Observer
John Ruskin: Artist and Observer focuses on the creative genius of John Ruskin (1819–1900) as represented in his draughtsmanship. The artist’s...
February 8, 2014 — April 12, 2014

Misled By Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque
Misled by Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque examines a range of contemporary artistic production defined through an emphasis on material...
February 1, 2014 — June 8, 2014

Masterpiece in Focus: Thomas Couture in the Studio
Thomas Couture (1815–1879) was one of the most celebrated painters in Paris during his lifetime and was renowned for his bold technique and...
January 24, 2014 — March 30, 2014

Contemporary Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada
Bringing together an impressive selection of recently acquired work by twenty-five Canadian and international artists, Contemporary Drawings from the...

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