Past Exhibitions

January 22, 2016 to April 24, 2016

Kiki Smith and Tony Smith: Masterpiece in Focus

NGC Magazine Article American artists Kiki Smith (b. 1954) and her father Tony Smith (1912–1980) represent the zeitgeist of their respective...

December 1, 2015 to November 26, 2017

Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys at the National Gallery of Canada is a rare opportunity for audiences to experience works by one of the 20th century’s most influential...

October 29, 2015 to February 15, 2016

Monet: A Bridge to Modernity

Visit the exhibition website In Monet: A Bridge to Modernity , the National Gallery of Canada brings together twelve seminal works from collections...

October 9, 2015 to January 3, 2016

Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection

Visit the exhibition website | NGC Magazine article Encompassing the entire Victorian era, this exhibition charts the broad evolution of British...

September 5, 2015 to April 3, 2016

Mirrors with Memory: Daguerreotypes from Library and Archives Canada

NGC Magazine Article The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 was a revelation. These jewel-like, reflective objects were capable of capturing...

May 28, 2015 to September 13, 2015

Chagall: Daphnis & Chloé

Special Events | NGC Magazine Article

May 28, 2015 to September 13, 2015

Luminous and True: The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans

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

Alex Colville

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

The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 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: This Little Painting Masterpiece in Focus

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...