Curatorial Talk
Conversations: Masterworks from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Sunday, March 26 | 2 pm
at the McMichael
Explore the depth of the McMichael’s permanent collection through this curatorial presentation by Ian Dejardin, McMichael Executive Director. Based on his latest exhibition Conversations, the talk will propose a fresh look at some of the gallery’s iconic artworks by setting them into a visual and historical dialogue with new masterpieces, purchased recently or hidden in the vaults until now.
Speaker: Ian Dejardin
Free with Gallery admission. Registration required.
Kenojuak Ashevak (1927–2013), Untitled, 1994–1995, graphite; felt-tip pen on paper, 51.2 x 66.3 cm, Collection of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative Ltd., on loan to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, CD.40.2549
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (b. 1957), New Climate Landscape (Northwest Coast Climate Change), 2019, acrylic on canvas, 193 × 243.8 cm, Purchase 2020, BMO Financial Group, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2020.10
Sorel Etrog (1933–2014), Sun Life Study, 1984, patinated brass, 41 x 19 x 15 cm, Gift of the artist, Sorel Etrog, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2011.4.1
J.E.H. MacDonald (1873–1932), Cathedral Peak and Lake O’Hara, 1927, oil on paperboard, 21.4 x 26.6 cm, Gift of Mr. R.A. Laidlaw, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1966.15.9
