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Happy New Year!
New Exhibitions and Programs for 2009
The McMichael rings in 2009 with three new exhibitions:
A Brush with War: Military Art from Korea to Afghanistan, premiering at the gallery on January 17, 2009 and Yousuf Karsh: Industrial Images and "Karshed": Yousuf Karsh Selected Portraits, both opening on January 31, 2009.
Check out our 2009 programs and events!
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Current Exhibitions
The Drawings and Paintings of Daphne Odjig: A Retrospective Exhibition
Closes January 4, 2009 
Visit the first major exhibition of Daphne Odjig's drawings and paintings in over two decades. Organized by the Art Gallery of Sudbury and the National Gallery of Canada, in collaboration with guest curator, Bonnie Devine, this exhibition features over fifty of Odjig's history paintings, murals, legend paintings, erotica, abstractions, and landscapes. Together, these pieces communicate the breadth of Odjig's engagement with her personal, political, and cultural history.
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Contemporary Canadian Inuit Drawings / Chinese Drawings from Huxian, Jinshan and Qijiang
Closes January 4, 2009 
A cross-cultural exhibition, Contemporary Canadian Inuit Drawings / Chinese Drawings from Huxian, Jinshan and Qijiang, organized by the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre (MSAC) in Guelph and the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute (SFAI) in Chongqing, China, is an exceptional exploration of social culturology as expressed by Chinese and Canadian Inuit artists who are trying to retain traditional values in the midst of rapid societal change.
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Maria Chapdelaine
On until January 18, 2009
Fifty-four of Clarence Gagnon's original works will be exhibited in a chapter-by-chapter sequence conforming to the narrative presented in the Louis Hémon book, Maria Chapdelaine.
Read on...
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Woodland School
On until January 18, 2009
The Woodland School exhibit examines the vibrant art of Woodland School painters Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Carl Ray, Jackson Beardy, Joseph Sanchez, Eddy Cobiness, Alex Janvier, Benjamin Chee Chee, Blake Debassige, Saul Williams, Martin Panamick, and Goyce Kakegamic.
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Child's Play
On until April 13, 2009 
Based exclusively on the McMichael's permanent collection, Child's Play is an educational exhibition exploring the theme of children in Canadian art.
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Upcoming Exhibitions
A Brush with War: Military Art from Korea to Afghanistan
January 17 to June 14, 2009 
The exhibition, A Brush with War: Military Art from Korea to Afghanistan, includes artworks dating from 1947 to 2008. In particular, it explores the two military art programs that started more than twenty years after the Second World War, the Canadian Armed Forces Civilian Artists Program (1968-1995) and the Canadian Forces Artists Program (2001-present). Initially influenced by the art of the First and Second World War programs, over the past sixty years military art has moved gradually in new directions, current works expressing artists' more personal rather than documentary responses to their subjects.
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Yousuf Karsh: Industrial Images
January 31 to June 28, 2009
The Yousuf Karsh: Industrial Images exhibition is a culmination of Karsh's industrial and commercial work with the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Atlas Steel in Welland, Ontario, and Sharon Steel in Pennsylvania, and a variety of other commercial images. This exhibition explores the tone of Karsh's industrial and commercial portraits in relation to the work and life philosophies prevalent in post-WWII North America. It also explores consumerism, marketing, and the political atmosphere in Canada during the 1950s, through his portraits.
"Karshed": Yousuf Karsh Selected Portraits
January 31 to June 28, 2009
December 23, 2008 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yousuf Karsh, one of the most important portrait photographers of the twentieth century. To commemorate this, two special portfolios of thirty rare, limited edition portraits by Karsh will be on display at the gallery from January 31 to June 28 to complement the exhibition, Industrial Images. Karsh's celebrated photographs of Muhammad Ali, Winston Churchill, Jacques Cousteau, Ernest Hemingway, Helen Keller, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andy Warhol, and many more will be shown in an exclusive new exhibit at the McMichael, direct from the Estate of Yousuf Karsh in California.
The Arctic Image
Opens January 17, 2009 (Ongoing)
View over thirty works - paintings, works on paper, sculptures, and photographs - from the McMichael's permanent collection and Cape Dorset collection. This exhibition will examine the importance of the Arctic in relation to the Group of Seven and Inuit artists. Juxtaposing works by the Group of Seven artists with those of leading Inuit artists, this exhibition explores the expressiveness and vibrancy of Inuit culture, the spiritual vision of visiting southern artists, and the resulting cultural cross-influences.
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