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Native Art Department International, Aanzinaago (Caught in a Transformation) 01,2024

November 10, 2025

Last year at Art Toronto we acquired Aanzinaago (Caught in a Transformation) 01, 2024, by Native Art Department International (NADI), for the collection at the McMichael. NADI is a collaborative long-term project created and administered by the Ojibwe Anishinaabe performance artist, sculptor, and mixed-media artist Maria Hupfield (b. 1975) and the Chiricahua Apache and Mexican multimedia artist Jason Lujan (b. 1971).

Kananginak Pootoogook, Two Caribou, 2008โ€“2009

November 10, 2025

<em>Two Caribou</em>, 2008โ€“2009, by Kananginak Pootoogook (1935โ€“2010), is a rich example of contemporary drawing from Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset), Nunavut, depicting two bull caribou locked in battle, perhaps over a mate. Hooves fly and antlers clash, lending a sense of immediacy to the conflict.

David Hartman Captures Sandra Brewsterโ€™s Creative Process in New Short Filmย 

November 6, 2025

Back in 2021, the McMichael teamed up with the Koerner Foundation and the acclaimed Canadian filmmaker David Hartman to create a series of short documentaries that pull back the curtain on the lives and practices of some of Canadaโ€™s most celebrated contemporary artists represented in the McMichaelโ€™s collection. Each film offers an intimate glimpse into their studios and landscapes, inviting us to listen as they share stories of creativity, process, and the inspirations that shape their work.

Morrice in Venice: A Curatorial Talk with Sandra Paikowsky

November 6, 2025

This spring, the McMichael opened <em>Morrice in Venice</em>โ€”transporting visitors to the canals, piazzas, and winding streets of Venice through the eyes of one of Canadaโ€™s most accomplished modernists, James Wilson Morrice (1865โ€“1924).