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MCMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION ANNOUNCES 2022-2023 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE  MARCH 24 2022, KLEINBURG, ON - The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is pleased to announce an exciting and diverse 2022–23 exhibition program. Led by Executive Director Ian Dejardin and Chief Curator Sarah Milroy (CM), the McMichael will present invigorating new exhibitions that will introduce Canadians to [...]

McMichael Canadian Art Debuts Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art Exhibition spotlights more than 170 works including Canadian trailblazers from the Group of Seven to Quebec Impressionists and Contemporary Indigenous Artists Kent Monkman (b. 1965), Study for “mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People): Resurgence of the People,” (Final Variation), 2019, acrylic on canvas, 107.3 [...]

McMichael Canadian Art Collection Presents Margaux Williamson: Interiors  Margaux Williamson, Fire, 2021, oil on canvas, 177.8 x 213.4 cm, Collection of Christine and Andrew W. Dunn October 28, 2021, KLEINBURG, ON - The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is proud to announce the opening of the new exhibition Margaux Williamson: Interiors on November 6, 2021. This exhibition, featuring the work of Toronto painter, filmmaker, and writer Margaux Williamson (b.1976), presents more than 40 [...]

McMichael Canadian Art Collection Commemorates Naming of New Indigenous Garden Through Virtual Premiere on National Indigenous Peoples Day June 21, KLEINBURG, ON – On Monday, June 21, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection will premiere a video commemorating the official naming of the Minokamik Garden, known previously as the Indigenous Garden. The Garden was planted by local community members [...]

Historic Exhibition of Trinidadian-Canadian Artist Denyse Thomasos Debuts Virtually at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection  Denyse Thomasos (1964–2012), Sparrow, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 152.4 x 182.9 cm, Private collection, L2021.9 May 25, 2021 KLEINBURG, ON – The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is pleased to announce that the highly anticipated exhibition, Denyse Thomasos: Odyssey, will debut virtually [...]

A Like Vision: The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Receives 2021 Canadian Museums Association Award For Outstanding Achievement in Research

McMichael Canadian Art Collection presents Jon Sasaki: Homage, an exhibition of photographic works in partnership with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival Jon Sasaki, Microbes Swabbed from a Palette Used by F.H. Varley, 2020, archival print, 91.44 x 91.44 cm, Image courtesy of the artist and Clint Roenisch Gallery  May 3, 2021, KLEINBURG, ON - The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is proud to [...]

McMichael Canadian Art Announces Landmark Exhibition and Publication on Female Artists on the Twentieth Century Suzanne Duquet (1916-2000), Group, 1941, oil on canvas, 127 × 149.8 cm, Collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Gift of the artist, 1996.94, Photo: MNBAQ, Jean-Guy Kerouac©, Estate of the artist March 29, 2021 KLEINBURG, ON – The [...]

McMichael Canadian Art Collection Announces 2021 Exhibition Schedule

Media Release: McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy Appointed to The Order Of Canada