Past Exhibitions

October 8, 2016 — January 29, 2017

David Altmejd: The Vessel [Art Gallery of Alberta]

David Altmejd’s The Vessel is a monumentally scaled, Plexiglas sculpture that exemplifies movement, transformation and the act of artistic creation...

October 6, 2016 — February 5, 2017

Sobey Art Award

Widely recognized as the pre-eminent prize for Canadian artists 40 and under, the Sobey Art Award continues to capture national and international...

July 23, 2016 — November 13, 2016

Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection [Art Gallery of Alberta]

Encompassing the entire Victorian era, this exhibition charts the broad evolution of British draftsmanship and illustrates the new appreciation...

June 25, 2016 — October 10, 2016

Tamayo: A Solitary Mexican Modernist

Experience the work of one of Mexico’s masters, Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991). An independent artist who embraced modernity, Tamayo’s style veered from...

June 10, 2016 — September 11, 2016

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842)

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was the most important female painter of her day. Naturally gifted and self-taught, by 1778 she had become the...

May 27, 2016 — September 25, 2016

The White Dress: Masterpiece in Focus

Scandalous when they first appeared, simple white muslin dresses — worn without stays or hoops — were famously popularized by Marie Antoinette and...

May 20, 2016 — September 5, 2016

Chris Cran, Sincerely Yours

Considered one of Canada’s most notable contemporary artists, Alberta’s Chris Cran is renowned for his humorous and inventive takes on traditional...

April 30, 2016 — June 26, 2016

Cutline: The Photography Archives of The Globe and Mail [The Old Press Hall, The Globe and Mail]

Revisit the golden age of newspaper photography through The Globe and Mail ’s archives. Powerful, compelling and provocative, these photographs were...

April 29, 2016 — September 5, 2016

Picasso: Man and Beast. The Vollard Suite of Prints

Through his work, Pablo Picasso was instrumental in shaping the art of the twentieth century. Although perhaps best known for his Cubist paintings,...

March 24, 2016 — September 5, 2016

The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2016

Celebrating the best and brightest in Canadian contemporary art and craft, this year’s Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts exhibition...