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Artists

Sobey Art Award 2023: The Shortlist

The five finalists of the Sobey Art Award 2023 are Michèle Pearson Clarke, Séamus Gallagher, Kablusiak, Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill and Anahita Narouzi.
June 12, 2023
Glyn Philpot, Head of an Ethiopian Man named Billy, c.1912–13, charcoal and white chalk on brown paper
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Billy, the forgotten model of a forgotten artist

One of the most sought-after portrait painters of his generation, Glyn Philpot modernized the genre through his choice of subjects and an open expression of his homosexuality.
June 8, 2023
Judy Anderson, Exploit Robe (Toying Around), 2012, Moose hide, glass beads, red stroud,
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Judy Anderson: Honouring Indigenous Young People and Family

Judy Anderson's "Exploit Robe (Toying Around)" articulates and carries forward the deeply meaningful tradition of honouring relationship of family, and in particular of mother and child.
June 1, 2023
J.T. Willmore and J.M.W. Turner,Mercury and Argus, 1839, etching and engraving with graphite on chine collé
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Translating Painting into Print: J.M.W. Turner’s “Mercury and Argus”

Also an experienced printmaker, the painter J.M.W. Turner saw printmaking as an integral part of his practice, disseminating his work and helping create a new understanding of the possibilities of the landscape genre.
May 24, 2023
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, photograph
In the Spotlight

Uplifting Spirit for 35 Years

The National Gallery of Canada building on Sussex Drive opened 35 years ago, providing innovative spaces and galleries for its diverse collection of works of art.
May 17, 2023
Helen McNicoll, Stubble Fields, c.1912, oil on canvas
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Helen McNicoll: In search of Light

One of Canada’s leading Impressionists, Helen McNicoll produced atmospheric paintings infused with radiant light and vibrant colour.
May 4, 2023
Margaret De Patta, Untitled, 1939. Gelatin silver print
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Margaret De Patta: Shaping Light and Space

Modernist artist Margaret De Patta created photograms that served as a vehicle for translating the legacy of Constructivism and the Bauhaus style into her jewellery creations.
April 26, 2023
James McNeill Whistler, The Dancing Girl, 1890, lithograph on laid paper and Paul P., Untitled, 2008, watercolour on wove paper
Exhibitions

Paul P. and “Amor et Mors”

Artist Paul P. comments on the juxtaposition of his work and prints, drawings and paintings by artists who belonged to the often-overlapping worlds of the homosexual, the dandy and the aesthete.
April 20, 2023
Jean Paul Riopelle, Hommage aux nymphéas – Pavane [Tribute to the Water Lilies – Pavane], 1954. Oil on canvas
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The Art of Slow Looking: a painting by Jean Paul Riopelle

Spending time with a work of art has been proven to be beneficial for well-being as much as enjoyment. Riopelle's "Hommage aux nymphéas – Pavane" is one such work that entices visitors to look closely.
April 13, 2023