The Art of Canada comes alive as our exhibitions travel from sea to sea and beyond.

Canadian art doesn’t just live in Kleinburg. The McMichael Canadian Art Collection has a long history of circulating exhibitions to cities and countries around the world. Below is an ever-changing list of our touring exhibitions that may be coming to a museum or gallery near you. Check back often and tell your friends!
All details subject to change.

UNINVITED: CANADIAN WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE MODERN MOMENT

Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment is a major exhibition of Canadian women artists that coincided with, and offers commentary on, the centenary celebration of the Group of Seven.

TOUR INFORMATION

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia
June 11, 2022 – January 8, 2023
https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca

National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
March 3 – August 20, 2023
https://www.gallery.ca

GENERATIONS: THE SOBEY FAMILY AND CANADIAN ART

Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art tells the story of one family’s visionary engagement with Canadian and Indigenous art. 

TOUR INFORMATION

The Rooms
St. John’s, Newfoundland
June 24, 2022 – January 22, 2023

https://www.therooms.ca

Art Gallery of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
February 18 – May 21, 2023
https://www.youraga.ca

Confederation Centre of the Arts
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
June 10 – September 10, 2023

https://confederationcentre.com

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia
October 12, 2023 – Jan 14, 2024

https://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca

The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Quebec City, Quebec
February 8 – May 12, 2024

https://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca

MARGAUX WILLIAMSON: INTERIORS

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 reveal spaces of creativity, subjectivity, and a kind of anarchic experimentation.

TOUR INFORMATION

Museum London
London, Ontario
June 18 – September 18, 2022

http://museumlondon.ca

Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Thunder Bay, Ontario
October 7, 2022 – January 2, 2023
https://theag.ca

Esker Foundation
Calgary, Alberta
January 21 – April 30, 2023
https://eskerfoundation.com

MAUD LEWIS

White Cats with Blue Eyes

One of Canada’s most beloved folk artists, Maud Lewis (1903 – 1970) was famous in her lifetime for her brightly coloured and endearing paintings of rural Nova Scotia. Working from her cabin on the side of the highway in Marshalltown, in Digby County, she produced hundreds of small works that captured aspects of country life that were rapidly changing.

TOUR INFORMATION

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
June 18 – October 30, 2022

https://aggv.ca

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia
November 26, 2022 – April 30, 2023

https://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca

JON SASAKI: HOMAGE

Jon Sasaki: Homage is a suite of photographs depicting petri dishes with bloomed bacterial cultures derived from swabs of the palettes and brushes used by members of the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson, objects held in the archives of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.

TOUR INFORMATION

Tom Thomson Art Gallery
Owen Sound, Ontario
July 30 – October 15, 2022

https://www.owensound.ca/en/exploring/ttag-exhibitions.aspx

Art Windsor-Essex
Windsor, Ontario
February 17 – October 8, 2023

https://www.agw.ca

GATHIE FALK: REVELATIONS

Revelations explores the career of this legendary Canadian artist. Now 94, Falk has explored the disciplines of painting, ceramic, performance art and installation, marking her as one of Canada’s most visionary and experimental artists.

TOUR INFORMATION

Museum London
London, Ontario
February 4 – April, 2023

http://museumlondon.ca

Glenbow Museum
Calgary, Alberta
May – September 4, 2023
https://www.glenbow.org

Audain Art Museum
Whistler, British Columbia
October 28, 2023 – March 10, 2024

https://audainartmuseum.com

WOLVES: THE ART OF DEMPSEY BOB

Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob offers a personal encounter with the work of the leading carver of British Columbia’s Northwest Coast, and an immersive experience of the Tahltan and Tlingit mainland cultures.

TOUR INFORMATION

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Montreal, Quebec
May 15 – September 10, 2023

https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/

Kelowna Art Gallery
Kelowna, British Columbia
October 14, 2023 – February 18, 2024

https://kelownaartgallery.com/

EARLY DAYS: INDIGENOUS ART FROM THE McMICHAEL

colourful painting in an abstract style of human figures and birds and animals

From its beginnings, the McMichael has had a long and proud history of collecting Indigenous art, now with more than 1,500 works ranging from eighteenth-century ceremonial regalia, through to items made for trade with settlers, to works by the vanguard of artists coming of age in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s — among them Robert Houle, Carl Beam, Norval Morrisseau, Alex Janvier, Greg Staats, Faye HeavyShield and Shelly Niro — and onward to leading contemporary artists like Kent Monkman, Meryl McMaster and Rebecca Belmore.

TOUR INFORMATION

Heard Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
September 1, 2023 – January 2, 2024

https://heard.org

Albuquerque Museum
Albuquerque, New Mexico
January 27 – April 21, 2024

https://albuquerquemuseum.org

Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, Virginia
May 24 – September 2, 2024

https://chrysler.org

MERYL McMASTER: BLOODLINE

The McMichael and Remai Modern are proud to present a survey exhibition of a remarkable Canadian artist whose pioneering large-scale photographic works reflect her mixed Plains Cree/Métis, Dutch and British ancestry.

TOUR INFORMATION

Remai Modern
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
June 2023 to early January 2024

https://remaimodern.org/

Musée d’art de Joliette
Joliette, Quebec
Early February to mid-May 2024

https://www.museejoliette.org/en

TOM THOMSON: NORTH STAR

oil painting of white tent slung between silver birch trees at the edge of a wooded shoreline of bright blue water

Tom Thomson (1877–1917) is indisputably Canada’s preeminent modern painter, and his catalytic achievement changed the face of Canadian painting forever. This exhibition will offer a close look at Thomson’s legacy, focusing on the small en plein air oil paintings, also know as oil sketches, of which he is the supreme master.

TOUR INFORMATION

Art Gallery of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
February 18 – May 29, 2024

https://www.youraga.ca

Audain Art Museum
Whistler, British Columbia
June 29 – September 30, 2024

https://audainartmuseum.com