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New Exhibition
Challenging Traditions: 
Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast
On until September 20, 2009
Experience the re-emergence of the art of the Northwest Coast! This exhibition explores the art of forty contemporary Northwest Coast artists. Examine how these artists grapple with the challenges of interpreting traditional Northwest Coast design into the modern age.
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Other Current Exhibitions
Yousuf Karsh: Industrial Images
EXTENDED until July 5, 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
EXTENDED until July 5, 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 are on display at the gallery 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 are being showcased in an exclusive new exhibit at the McMichael, direct from the Estate of Yousuf Karsh in California.
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Child's Play
On until September 7, 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 New Exhibitions
Charles Pachter and Margaret Atwood:
The Journals of Susanna Moodie
July 18 to October 11, 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 18 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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Nunannguaq: In the Likeness of the Earth
October 10, 2009 to
January 17, 2010
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of Kinngait Studios and to celebrate the remarkable achievement of the internationally acclaimed artistic community of Cape Dorset (Kinngait), the McMichael presents Nunannguaq: In the Likeness of the Earth, an exhibition featuring a large selection of prints, drawings, and sculptures spanning three generations of Cape Dorset artists. The exhibition focuses on the representation of the land in the traditional Inuit culture and examines the changes to this vision following the introduction of sedentary lifestyle and southern technologies.
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Ed Bartram: The Eye Within 
October 17, 2009 to
January 3, 2010
Discover the rugged Georgian Bay landscape through Ed Bartram's abstract and dynamic etchings.
Woodland School
October 24, 2009 to May 9, 2010
The Woodland School exhibit examines the vibrant artworks by Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Carl Ray, Alex Janvier, Blake Debassige, Saul Williams, Martin Panamick, and Goyce Kakegamic and other Woodland School artists.
Maria Chapdelaine
December 5, 2009 to January 3, 2010 
Experience the popular 1916 novel, Maria Chapdelaine--a story depicting life in rural Quebec--through Clarence Gagnon's brilliant illustrations.
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