SOREL ETROG: Modernist artist remembered at the University of Lethbridge
Located near the American pavilion, Moses stood some 17 feet tall and weighed almost two tons. Cast in bronze, its mass and strength immediately impressed Dr Van Christou.
View ArticleArtists – and grizzlies – in residence on the gold-rush trail
Kara Sievewright expected solitude, gold-rush history and the odd grizzly during her two-week artist residency on the Chilkoot Trail.
View ArticleQuebec collective BGL to represent Canada in Venice
The Quebec artists’ collective BGL, composed of Jasmin Bilodeau, Sébastien Giguère and Nicolas Laverdière, will represent Canada at next year’s Venice Biennale.
View ArticleThe First Online Edition from the US National Gallery of Art is Now Live!
The online edition of Arthur K. Wheelock’s "Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century" is the first release as part of the NGA's ongoing initiative to digitize and provide open access to the museum’s...
View ArticleThe Reach in Abbotsford names new Director
Sheila Perry will become Executive Director in mid-June taking over from Suzanne Greening who has left to be Executive Director of the Audain Gallery under construction in Whistler.
View ArticleWAG’s 100 Masters Exhibition Wins National and Regional Awards
The Winnipeg Art Gallery’s blockbuster exhibition 100 Masters: Only in Canada, which ran from May 11 to September 2, 2013, has recently won two major awards and was runner up for two other awards
View ArticleRCA New Inductee Show: May 15 – 21, 2014
The Bugera Matheson Gallery and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) present an exhibition featuring the RCA’s 2014 New Inductees from May 15 – 21, 2014. This year, five of the ten Inductees...
View ArticleEsplanade Art Gallery Invites Alison Norlen to Create On-Site
At the invitation of the Esplanade Art Gallery, Saskatoon artist Alison Norlen will be drawing on site in the Medalta factory museum in the Historic Clay District, until the end of May.
View Article"Vikings" Makes First North American Stop at the Royal BC Museum
On its first North American stop, "Vikings: Lives Beyond the Legends" came ashore today (May 16, 2014) at the Royal BC Museum. The international exhibition runs through to November 11, 2014.
View ArticleEmerging Artist's Prize Winner!
The winner of the second Contemporary Art Society Emerging Artist’s Prize is Joseph Staples, who was awarded $3000 at the May 22, 2014 opening of the "CASV Emerging Artist’s Prize Exhibition" at Access...
View ArticleWho knew? "What The Nose Knows"
It is fitting Ron Simmer is presenting this work at his initial Scupturewalk showing. The Burnaby-based artist has a nose for finding castoff materials from consumer society, and refiguring them into...
View ArticleRobert Genn (1936 - 2014)
We are saddened to learn that Robert Genn succumbed to pancreatic cancer on May 27. He died peacefully at home with his family around him.
View ArticleSobey Art Award Announces 2014 Shortlist
On June 4, 2014 the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Sobey Art Foundation announced the five artists who have been shortlisted for the 2014 Sobey Art Award, the pre-eminent award for contemporary...
View ArticleVAG receives collection of over 550 photographs by Harry Callahan
A monumental donation of 556 photographs by the acclaimed American photographer Harry Callahan (1912-1999) has been donated to the Vancouver Art Gallery by the Montreal-based Larry and Cookie Rossy...
View ArticleCelebrated Greek and Roman Antiquities Coming to WAG April 2015
The Greek and Roman gods and goddesses are coming to the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Aphrodite, Apollo, Athena, Dionysus, Hera, Poseidon, Zeus, and many more will be here in April 2015 when the WAG presents...
View ArticleREMAI MODERN ART GALLERY OF SASKATCHEWAN.... IS BECOMING
Remai Modern CEO, Gregory Burke, is pleased to officially announce today that the new gallery currently under construction will be known as Remai Modern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan.
View Article2015 Alberta Biennial Artists Announced
"Future Station: 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art" (January 24 - May 3, 2015) is an examination of the creative practices at work with Alberta artists and ultimately an expression on what it...
View ArticleNEW GALLERY TO BE BUILT ON VANCOUVER’S WATERFRONT
Acclaimed photography and media arts institution Presentation House Gallery is on its way to building a landmark new facility, after a resounding 6-1 vote in favour of the project by the City of North...
View ArticleWinner of the $10,000 Eldon & Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize
Brenda Draney, nominated by the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA), was announced as the winner of the $10,000 prize for her work, “Suspend”.
View ArticleWAG Announces Patricia E. Bovey as Director Emeritus
As director from 1999 – 2004, she advanced the mandate of the WAG, presenting an exhibition program of regional, national, and international significance.
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