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Katherine Boyer, The Sky Vest (detail), 2021. Seed beads on smoked moosehide.

Stan Douglas, ISDN, 2022, still from two-channel video installation.

Stan Douglas: 2011 ≠ 1848

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From onsite tours to virtual school programs, the Gallery offers many ways to discover and explore art, while supporting a wide range of learning objectives.

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Events and Activities

Artwalk Ottawa

Artwalk Ottawa is an all-outdoor event combining an artist talk with Nico Williams and a walk to galleries in the ByWard Market area, including the Ottawa Art...

Sep 21, 2024

2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. EDT

Amphitheatre

Three Spark! program participants laugh together, enjoying a moment of art appreciation.

Spark!

SPARK! is a friendly, conversation-based, free program designed for individuals living with dementia, and their care partners.

Oct 1, 2024

1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT

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Exhibition Opening

Artist Meet and Greet

Join us as we celebrate the opening of the Sobey Art Award exhibition with the six shortlisted artists!

Oct 3, 2024

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT

Upper Contemporary Galleries

Stonecroft Foundation Visiting Artist Lecture: Jin-me Yoon — Revolving a Set of Relations

Join artist Jin-me Yoon for the tenth annual Stonecroft Visiting Artist Lecture.

Oct 5, 2024

2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT

Auditorium, livestreamed on Zoom

Gordon Rowe. CELESTIAL PRESENCE, 2024.

Cosmic Northside: Afrofuturistic Canadian Art Conference

Take part in a two-day gathering championing Black creatives whose work sparks both the imagination and the representation of Blackness in the arts.

Oct 18, 2024 — Oct 19, 2024

10:30 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. EDT

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Take in new exhibitions, enjoy artist talks, make some art, take a tour, and so much more.

On View

Frank Shebageget, Model For Canadian Indian Homes, 2021. Screenprint in blue ink on wove cotton paper.

Frank Shebageget, Model For Canadian Indian Homes (detail), 2021. Screenprint in blue ink on white, wove, machine-made cotton paper, 75.2 × 105.7 cm. National Gallery of Canada. Acquisition in process. © Frank Shebageget. Photo: NGC

HOME: A Space of Sharing and Strength

Until December 15th, 2024

Gallery C218

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Photo: Courtesy of the Alcuin Society

The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada 2023

Until September 30th, 2024

Library and Archives

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William England, The Railway Suspension Bridge from the "Maid of the Mist" Dock, Niagara, 1859. Albumen silver print

Your Collection

William England at Niagara Falls

Known originally for his stereoscopic views, William England was also considered one of the finest landscape photographers of his day.

September 5, 2024

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Open Studio

Let the artwork inspire you to dig in and have fun connecting, cooperating and creating.

Visitors discussing and looking at paintings and sculptures in the European and American Galleries.

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Wellbeing and Community Programs

The Gallery’s Wellbeing and Community Programs offer art-based experiences adapted to a wide range of needs and interests.

2024 Sobey
Art Award

Discover the shortlisted artists

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The Gallery’s collection

Janet Cardiff, Forty-Part Motet, 2001, 40-track audio installation, installation dimensions variable.

Forty-Part Motet

This brilliant sound sculpture by Canadian artist Janet Cardiff is a reworking of Spem in Alium, a piece by 16th-century English composer Thomas Tallis.

Marianne Nicolson, The Harbinger of Catastrophe, 2017. Glass, wood, shell, halogen bulb and electrical components.

New on View

Each year, hundreds of works from the national collection are presented in a wide range of installations and special exhibitions, some of which are showcased here.

Louise Bourgeois, Maman, 1999, cast 2003. Bronze, stainless steel, and marble.

Inspired Words

Listen to leading authors speak about key artworks in the Gallery's collection.

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Catalogues And More

Radical Stitch Catalogue (English)

Catalogue Perler, radicalement (français)

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