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
Dead and Not Dead
Calvin’s life is at a crossroads. He needs to figure out why he exists, or if he exists at all. He begins a relationship with Susie, who lives in Pi’tawk,… 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
Future Possible
Shortlisted, APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book AwardIn Future Possible, Mireille Eagan and other writers and artists navigate the tangled histories and… 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
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
Painted Worlds
A full-colour, narrative and illustrated critical art history of the works of iconic Nova Scotia artist Maud Lewis. ”Rather than thinking of Maud Lewis as an artist who was untrained,… Read More
Peter Powning
“I start with an original object, break it, and transform parts of the piece into other materials. These pieces gather meaning and explanation as I work with them.” Peter Powning… Read More
Qummut Qukiria!
Coming July 2022. Qummut Qukiria! celebrates art and culture within and beyond traditional Inuit and Sámi homelands in the Circumpolar Arctic — from the continuance of longstanding… Read More
