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Discover two recently acquired works from Azadeh Elmizadeh’s Timekeepers series.

In this new short film directed by David Hartman, we spend time with the Toronto-based artist Rajni Perera in her studio, tracing the ideas and influences that shape her practice.

Jungen’s Prototype for New Understanding #4, 1998, is an important early work of sculpture that recalls a Northwest Coast ceremonial mask but was created from deconstructed and repurposed athletic footwear.

Read an excerpt from Emily Laurent Henderson’s essay, “Dreaming Forward” from Worlds on Paper: Drawings from Kinngait.

Read an excerpt from David S. Koffman’s essay, “Painting Jewish Life in Canada.”

With Stan Douglas: Tales of Empire, the McMichael presents a focused survey of the artist’s work, bringing together key projects that relate to the enduring impositions and contradictions of empire.

Tom Thomson’s sketch and canvas depicting Algonquin Park during the spring thaw are among the most prized holdings of the McMichael.

Stan Douglas’s photographs of Nootka Sound, on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island, document many sites important in the history of both colonial and Indigenous people in the territory.

This past fall and into spring, the exhibition Meryl McMaster: Bloodline continues its tour with a presentation at the McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton.

Church in a Canyon, BC, 1929–30, is a small but powerful work by F.H. Varley (1881–1969) of the Group of Seven.

Portrait of Lois Gordon in a Russian Dress, 1935, is a singular work in the career of Marian Dale Scott, a pioneering modernist and important figure in twentieth-century art in Canada.

Camille Turner (b. 1960) is a Jamaican Canadian artist who works in photography, video, and performance.

The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa has opened its new exhibition, Winter Count: Embracing the Cold, a sweeping exploration of winter’s deep cultural, historical, and artistic significance.   

Close to Home brings together paintings, drawings, and prints by the Group of Seven and related artists, all inspired by the landscapes of Southern Ontario.

In celebration of Pegi Nicol MacLeod’s birthday on January 17, we’d like to highlight an excerpt from Georgiana Uhlyarik’s essay on the beloved artist, featured in the McMichael’s Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment.