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Explore how this striking work reveals J.E.H. MacDonald’s bold and experimental late style, capturing the physical intensity and modernist vision of his encounters with the Canadian Rockies.

A recent gift of Nunavik wall hangings highlights the remarkable legacy of Inuit artist Mina Kumarluk Napartuk—discover how her work bridges tradition, community, and innovation in Arctic textile art.

People of the Watershed brings John Macfie’s photographs of northern Indigenous communities into focus—discover how this intimate and far-reaching project captures lives, relationships, and a moment of profound change.

A newly installed work by Toronto artist Aaron Jones transforms the Grand Hall—discover how Lithic layers image, material, and meaning to explore identity, resilience, and the search for grounding.

Now on tour, Rita Leistner: The Tree Planters offers a striking look into the demanding world of reforestation—explore how these powerful photographs capture endurance, landscape, and the human stories behind Canada’s forests.

Look back at the McMichael’s history with the renowned artist Kenojuak Ashevak and her time spent at the gallery.

Curator John Geoghegan visits That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

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.