NGC Magazine Article The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 was a revelation. These jewel-like, reflective objects were capable of capturing...
Past Exhibitions
September 5, 2015 to April 3, 2016
May 28, 2015 to September 13, 2015
Special Events | NGC Magazine Article Frederick Evans (British, 1853–1943) was a man of deep intellectual inquisitiveness. His delicate but intense...
April 23, 2015 to September 7, 2015
NGC Magazine Article Alex Colville offers a fresh perspective on the work of one of Canada’s most celebrated artists. A creative thinker, deeply...
April 9, 2015 to 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 to 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 to August 30, 2015
NGC Magazine Article The concept of Canadian tourism emerged during the early nineteenth century. Improved modes of transportation, such as new...
February 13, 2015 to April 12, 2015
NGC Magazine Article The Clock evokes the wonder and illusionism of more than a century of cinema through a captivating 24-hour looped video that...
December 20, 2014 to May 3, 2015
Visit the M.C. Escher Mindscapes Site | Special Events NGC Magazine Article Organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of...
December 20, 2014 to May 3, 2015
The invention of photography has had a profound effect on the way we see and know the world. In many ways, this is due to the medium’s relation to...