Curatorial Talk The Uses of Enchantment: Art & Environmentalism Sunday, May 7 | 2 pm at the McMichael Please join us for a discussion of art’s role in the growing climate crisis, and the ways in which artworks open up a space for collective reckoning. Speakers: Sarah Milroy, Bill [...]

2023 Goldfarb Lecture in Visual Arts Presenting Meryl McMaster In partnership with the York University Department of Visual Art and Art History **New Date: Wednesday, March 1 at 5 PM Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been rescheduled to March 1 at 5 pm. If you have already [...]

Virtual Artist’s Talk The Perseverance Suite: A Conversation with June Clark Tuesday, February 21 | 7 pm Join McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy for a virtual Artist's Talk with Toronto-based visual artist June Clark about her work Untitled (From the Perseverance Suite), which was recently acquired by the Gallery. Milroy and Clark [...]

Meryl McMaster, The Grass Grows Deep, 2022, Giclée Print, 40” x 60” Meryl McMaster (b. 1988), On the Edge of This Immensity, 2019, Digital Chromogenic Print, 101.6 x 152.4 cm, Courtesy of the artist, Stephen Bulger Gallery, and Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, © Meryl McMaster [...]

Dempsey Bob, Wolf Headdress, 1988-89, adler, acrylic paint, fur, operculum shell 40.6 x 20.3 cm, Private Collection Photo: Rachel Topham Photography p. 90 VIEW EXHIBITION Artist’s Talk Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob Saturday, December 10 | 2:30 pm at the McMichael Join McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy [...]

Rajni Perera (b. 1985), Traveller #5, 2019, mixed media on paper, 152.4 × 101.6 cm, Royal Bank of Canada Art Collection, commissioned by the RBC Curatorial Department, Photo courtesy of Patel Brown, © Rajni Perera VIEW EXHIBITION Artist’s Talk Rajni Perera: Futures Saturday, November 19 | 11:30 am at [...]

Soirée francophone : Les conteurs en compagnie de Lisa Laurin | Soirée francophone: The Storytellers with Lisa Laurin: Krieghoff and Monkman Jeudi 12 mai à 19 h | Thursday, May 12 at 7 pm à propos de l'événement Quel est le rôle de l’artiste dans la narration historique ?    Participez à une causerie interactive en [...]

Join McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy for a virtual tour through the exhibition Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art.

Franklin Carmichael: Colour and Structure McMichael Virtual Speaker Series Tuesday, February 1 7 pm (EST)   About the event McMichael Executive Director, Ian Dejardin, has long professed a special fondness for the work of Group of Seven member Franklin Carmichael. Join this virtual discussion to hear Dejardin explain what it is about the most [...]

A discussion around the self-portraits in Uninvited, sharing insights on these trailblazing statements of self from a century ago.

Soirée virtuelle francophone : Les artistes montréalaises de la modernité  Le mercredi 5 janvier à 19 h  À propos de la tournée Offert en français par Lisa Laurin, l’une des éducatrices principales du McMichael, ce programme d’appréciation d’art explore la scène artistique montréalaise des années 1920 et 1930 en mettant l’accent sur les femmes artistes. Basé sur [...]

Emily Carr at 150 McMichael Virtual Speaker Series Monday, December 13 7 pm (EST) About the event The McMichael’s art collection proudly features a substantial number of paintings, drawings and archival materials by and related to Emily Carr. On the anniversary of Carr’s 150th birthday, McMichael Executive Director Ian Dejardin and Chief Curator Sarah Milroy [...]

Virtual Conversation From Water to Water: A Way Through the Trees Wednesday, November 24 6 pm EST {thumbnail} {title:linked} {start_date} to {end_date}   View exhibition About the event Artist Bonnie Devine and her assistant Mariah Meawasige talk about the mural they are working on at the McMichael Canadian Art [...]

Margaux Williamson: Interiors Virtual Curatorial Talk Tuesday, November 9 6 pm EST About the event While women artists of the early twentieth century are known for depicting interior spaces as places of privacy and domestic quietude, Margaux Williamson’s interiors describe spaces of creativity, subjectivity and anarchic experimentation. This curatorial conversation between Williamson and Jessica [...]

Black Women Artists in Canadian Art History Tuesday, October 19 6 pm EST About the event Join McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy and Gaëtane Verna, Director of The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, for a discussion on the history of art by Black Canadian women, viewed from the vantage point of their exhibition Denyse Thomasos: [...]