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Yousuf Karsh Exhibitions
Opening this Weekend! 
The Yousuf Karsh: Industrial Images and "Karshed": Yousuf Karsh Selected Portraits exhibitions will open on January 31, 2009.
Be the first to experience the photographic world of Yousuf Karsh, a master of twentieth century photography, at the McMichael!
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Current Exhibitions
Yousuf Karsh: Industrial Images
On until 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
On until 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.
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A Brush with War: Military Art from Korea to Afghanistan
On until 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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The Arctic Image
On until June 6, 2009
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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Child's Play
On until September 27, 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
Challenging Traditions:
Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast 
June 27 to September 20, 2009
Experience the re-emergence of art of the Northwest Coast! This exhibition explores the art of nearly forty contemporary Northwest Coast artists. Examine how these artists grapple with the challenges of interpreting traditional Northwest Coast design into the modern age.
Charles Pachter and Margaret Atwood:
The Journals of Susanna Moodie
July 11 to October 10, 2009
Explore the literary world of Margaret Atwood and the wonderful accompanying images of Charles Pachter originating from Atwood's illustrated book of poems, The Journals of Susanna Moodie.
Diana Thorneycroft:
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July 11 to November 29, 2009
Discover the satirical works of Diana Thorneycroft in Canada: Myth and History. Through her compositions of modern-day life and historical events set against the landscapes of the Group of Seven and their contemporaries, Thorneycroft explores notions of Canadian identity and cultural ideologies, while deconstructing mythological narratives.
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