Annie Pootoogook
When Annie Pootoogook won the Sobey Art Award in 2006, she cracked the glass ceiling for Inuit art, securing its place in contemporary Canadian art discourse and establishing herself as… Read More
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Ben Woolfitt
Ben Woolfitt begins each day by drawing. Using graphite, silver and metal leaf and selected objects for frottage, Woolfitt plumbs the depths of his unconscious as he draws on each… Read More
Christi Belcourt
Christi Belcourt’s The Conversation is emblematic of her work. Made of dots created by dipping the end of a paintbrush or knitting needle into paint and pressing it onto the… Read More
Christmas with Maud Lewis
Maud Lewis has become one of Canada’s favourite folk artists, and her buoyant winter pictures of nature, pets, farm animals, and people at work and play are among her most… Read More
Christopher Pratt
”When you revisit a place that matters to you for the first time in a long time it is a rich, spiritual experience, but if you then revisit such a… Read More
Every. Now. Then.
Every. Now. Then: Rethinking Nationhood embraces the fundamental belief that Canada is a dynamic work-in-progress that has, is, and will continue to be defined by movements and migrations… Read More
Following the Vision
Following the Vision features sixty full-page colour images from six very talented Nova Scotia artists-Tom Forrestall, Joy Laking, Alex Livingstone, Heather MacLeod, Dawn MacNutt, and Robert Pope. These artists follow… Read More
Future Possible
Winner, APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book Award and The Critical Eye AwardHonourable Mention, Canadian Museums Association’s Outstanding Achievement in… Read More
Generations
Over three generations, the Sobey family of Nova Scotia has demonstrated their discerning and enthusiastic commitment to Canadian art. Accompanying a major exhibition at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection… Read More
Hand Drawn Halifax
Emma FitzGerald sketches Halifax and its residents vividly, in colour. She effortlessly catches moments in the life of the city. While she draws, she keeps notes on what she sees… Read More
Images of the Keji Country
Don Pentz’s history with Kejimkujik National Park in Nova Scotia goes back almost 60 years – as a woodsman, naturalist, park interpreter and artist. His gorgeous watercolours illuminate the pristine… Read More
Itee Pootoogook
Winner, 2021 Melva J. Dwyer AwardItee Pootoogook belonged to a new generation of Inuit artists who are transforming and reshaping the creative traditions that were successfully pioneered by… Read More
Like Vision
A Like Vision is a lavish celebration of the legacy of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, Canada?s canonical landscape painters. The Group?s depiction of the rugged beauty of… Read More
Maud Lewis
From black cats to iconic snowscapes, Maud Lewis paints our waking dreams. One of Canada’s most beloved folk artists, Maud Lewis was famous in her lifetime for her brightly coloured… Read More
Maud’s Country
Maud Lewis stayed close to home: the rugged coastlines and gentle valleys of Nova Scotia’s southwest knew—but they provided ample material for her joyful creative spirit. Now revered as Canada’s foremost folk… Read More
Moving the Museum
Coming in April. Moving the Museum documents the reopening of the J.S. McLean Centre for Indigenous & Canadian Art with a renewed focus on the AGO’s Indigenous art collection. The… Read More
Nekt wikuhpon ehpit
No present without the past. No equality without feminism.Nekt wikuhpon ehpit chronicles the sources, inspiration, and personal circumstances that have… Read More
