McMichael Highlights In-Person Tours: Spotlight on Tom Thomson: North Star
McMICHAEL HIGHLIGHTS IN-PERSON TOURS Spotlight on Tom Thomson: North Star About the Tour Inspired by an astute reading of the artist’s oeuvre by Ian Dejardin, McMichael Executive Director, this tour invites viewers to explore the groundbreaking painting technique of Tom Thomson, the ultimate Canadian modernist landscape painter. Based on exhibition stills, the [...]
Halloween Tour
Join us – if you dare! For a spooky, arty, family-friendly Halloween tooooour of the McMichael gallery and grounds. Hear long-whispered tales of ghostly sightings and listen closely for mysterious sounds from the gallery’s dark corners while learning about the hidden stories behind many artworks. Then, head outdoors [...]
Art Toronto 2023
Art Toronto Collector’s First Look and Opening Night October 26, 2023 | 4 - 10 pm Presented by the McMichael The McMichael is pleased to be hosting this year's Opening Night celebration at ART TORONTO, Canada's preeminent art fair, as benefit the McMichael [...]
Unapologetic: Championing Canadian Art in the World
Unapologetic: Championing Canadian Art in the World Canadians are infamous for apologizing – for everything, it seems. But they should never apologize for their art. Join McMichael Executive Director and North Star curator Ian Dejardin as he examines a handpicked selection of Canadian masterpieces and shares how he was inspired by the comment, [...]
Indigenous Perspectives on Algonquin Park and Tom Thomson
Curatorial Talk On the Land: Indigenous Perspectives on Algonquin Park and Tom Thomson Saturday, September 30 | 11:30 am at the McMichael A conversation with Christine Luckasavitch, a culture worker, historian and author of Algonquin and mixed settler heritage, about the land now known as Algonquin Park. Luckasavitch will [...]
Some Scottish Roots in Canadian Art, Virtual Talk
Virtual Talk Some Scottish Roots in Canadian Art Tuesday, August 22 | 7 pm Did you know that Tom Thomson’s grandparents hailed from Aberdeenshire? Or that David Milne wore a kilt to school? Join our Edinburgh-born Executive Director Ian A.C. Dejardin as he explores the Scottish roots of some [...]
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra at the McMichael Shooting Stars
McMichael 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, Ontario, CanadaShooting Stars Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra at the McMichael NEW DATE: Friday, November 24 at 8 pm TICKETS COMING SOON The history of the arts is liberally laced with the tales of practitioners whose lives and careers were cut unnaturally short. For today’s concert, we take [...]
Tom Thomson: North Star, Curatorial Talk
Curatorial Talk Tom Thomson: North Star Sunday, June 25 | 2 pm at the McMichael Join McMichael Executive Director and North Star curator Ian Dejardin as he delves into the history and technique of Tom Thomson’s astonishing oil sketches, untangling fact from fiction. Gain a better understanding of the [...]
Sublime Rage Curatorial Talk
McMichael 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, Ontario, CanadaCuratorial Talk Sandra Meigs: Sublime Rage Saturday, May 20 | 11:30 am at the McMichael Join contemporary artist Sandra Meigs, guest curator Jessica Bradley and McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy for a conversation exploring Meigs’ recent series of paintings created during her pandemic retreats in the woods of Algonquin Park. [...]
Virtual Curatorial Talk The Uses of Enchantment: Art & Environmentalism
McMichael 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, Ontario, CanadaVirtual Curatorial Talk The Uses of Enchantment: Art & Environmentalism Winnie Truong (b. 1988), Self Sown, 2022, coloured pencil and cut paper collage, 50.8 x 40.6 cm, Collection of Belinda Stronach, Photo courtesy of the artist. © Winnie Truong Wednesday, May 17 | 7 pm [...]
Mother’s Day at the McMichael
McMichael 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, Ontario, CanadaMother's Day at the McMichael We’ve got two ways for you to celebrate with the meaningful people in your life this Mother’s Day Weekend. Grab dinner, enjoy extended hours at the Gallery and stay for a concert on Saturday night with the Red Hot Ramble Band, or gather with family [...]
New Orleans Night
New Orleans Night at the McMichael Celebrate Mother’s Day New Orleans style with the smooth sounds of the Red Hot Ramble band, which blends traditional jazz, blues and funk. Join us at 5 pm for dinner at CABIN (prix-fixe menu available, not included with admission), followed by a concert [...]
Matinées francophones
McMichael 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, Ontario, CanadaMatinées francophones Compris dans le billet d’entrée, inscription suggérée. Capacité : 20 participant.e.s Cette activité d’une durée d’une heure met l’accent sur les dernières expositions du McMichael et est animée par notre éducatrice principale, Maria El-Chaar. Matinée francophone : Meryl McMaster, Bloodline Le 13 mai 2023 à 10 h 30 [...]
Curatorial Talk The Uses of Enchantment: Art & Environmentalism
McMichael 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, Ontario, CanadaCuratorial 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 [...]
Free Day at the McMichael
McMichael 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, Ontario, CanadaFree Day at the McMichael Join us at the McMichael on Saturday, May 6 and enjoy FREE admission all day in celebration of the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. Free Drop-in Tours 11 am – Outdoor Tour of the McMichael 12:30 pm – Upper Level Highlights 2 pm – Lower [...]
Virtual Curatorial Talk William Kurelek’s Jewish Life in Canada
McMichael 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, Ontario, CanadaWilliam Kurelek (1927–1977), Jewish Immigrants Arriving on the Prairies, 1975, mixed media on board, 50.8 × 57.2 cm, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Photo: Michael Cullen, Dunnville, Ontario, © Estate of William Kurelek, courtesy of the Wynick / Tuck Gallery, Toronto Virtual Curatorial Talk William Kurelek's Jewish Life in Canada Wednesday, [...]
Conversations, Curatorial Talk
McMichael 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, Ontario, CanadaCuratorial 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 [...]
2023 Goldfarb Lecture in Visual Arts Meryl McMaster
McMichael 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada2023 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 [...]
The Perseverance Suite: A Conversation with June Clark
McMichael 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, Ontario, CanadaVirtual 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: Bloodline, Virtual Artist’s Talk
McMichael 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, Ontario, CanadaMeryl 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 [...]