Current Exhibitions

• Fashionality; Dress and Identity in Contemporary Canadian Art

  This new exhibition explores the use of apparel in art and the act of adornment, reflecting wide geographic and cultural diversity and reconfigured through the shared visual language of dress.
  
  

• Legends: Norval Morrisseau and Anishinabek "Woodland School" Artists

  First Nations artist Norval Morrisseau is celebrated for establishing a style of art that became known as the Woodland School. He pioneered the telling of Ojibwe legends through the introduction of a modernist, pictorial vocabulary.
  
  

• Pluralities/Polarities 1950s-1990s: Selections from the McMichael Collection

  Focusing on the latter half of the twentieth century, the McMichael’s ongoing interpretation of the permanent collection that includes installing rarely seen works.
  

• Inuit Traditions

  Graphic and sculptural works reveal aspects of the material culture related to traditional forms of transportation on the water and the spiritual relationship the Inuit maintain.
  
  






Upcoming Exhibitions


The Last Harvest: Paintings by
Rabindranath Tagore

May 24 - September 3, 2012


Double Take: Portraits of Intriguing Canadians

Opening September 2012

Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration

Opening September 2012

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Fashionistas & art lovers will be treated to an exclusive fundraising event hosted by noted fashion personality Jeanne Beker.


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