CURATORIAL TALKS &
VIRTUAL STUDIO VISITS

Featuring curatorial talks, artist conversations and virtual studio visits with artists across the country.

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Curatorial Talks

Le Fleuve des rêves : l’impressionnisme et le Saint-Laurent, causerie virtuelle en français

Jul 24, 2024

River of Dreams: Impressionism on the St. Lawrence Curatorial Talk

Jul 24, 2024

Jackson’s Wars: A.Y. Jackson Before the Group of Seven, Curatorial Talk

June 11, 2024

People of the Watershed: Photographs by John Macfie, Curatorial Talk

May 21, 2024

Abstraction and Realism: The Versatile Genius of Bertram Brooker

March 13, 2024

Early Days: New Directions for Indigenous Art at the McMichael

January 22, 2024

Topographies: Artist’s Talk with Moridja Kitenge Banza

November 18, 2023

Picturesque Ruins: Cobalt’s Modern Artists, 1900-1940

November 18, 2023

On the Land: Indigenous Perspectives on Algonquin Park and Tom Thomson

September 30, 2023

Unapologetic: Championing Canadian Art in the World

October 13, 2023

Some Scottish Roots in Canadian Art

August 23, 2023

Tom Thomson: North Star, Curatorial Talk

July 25, 2023

Sandra Meigs: Sublime Rage Curatorial Talk

June 8, 2023

The Uses of Enchantment: Art & Environmentalism Curatorial Talk

May 18, 2023

William Kurelek’s Jewish Life in Canada

April 20, 2023

The Perseverance Suite: A Conversation with June Clark

February 22, 2023

Virtual Artist’s Talk: Meryl McMaster

February 7, 2023

Artist’s Talk: Dempsey Bob

December 19, 2022

Rajni Perera: Futures

November 19, 2022

Elisapee Ishulutaq: My World Curatorial Talk

September 30, 2022

Episode 9: Conversations with Ian Dejardin: Pudlo Pudlat

April 19, 2023

Episode 7: Conversations with Ian Dejardin: Tom Thomson & The Group of Seven

February 23, 2023

Episode 6: Conversations with Ian Dejardin: David Milne

January 25, 2023

Episode 5: Conversations with Ian Dejardin: AY Jackson & JEH MacDonald

January 19, 2023

Episode 4: Conversations with Ian Dejardin: Helen McNicholl & David Milne

November 8, 2022

Episode 3: Conversations with Ian Dejardin: Emily Carr, Arthur Lismer, Bob Harris and Sarah Anne Johnson

October 15, 2022

Episode 2: Conversations with Ian Dejardin: Lawren Harris & Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun

October 6, 2022

Episode 1: Conversations with Ian Dejardin Sorel Etrog & An Te Liu

Sep 28, 2022

Gathie Falk: Revelations, Virtual Curatorial Talk

July 12, 2022

Virtual Artist’s Talk: Jen Aitken

July 5, 2022

Generations: Curatorial Talk

February 23, 2022

From Water to Water: A Way Through the Trees

November 24, 2021

Margaux Williamson: Interiors

November 9, 2021

Black Women Artists in Canadian Art History

October 19, 2021

Uninvited Curatorial Talk

September 15, 2021

Ruth Cuthand: Bead Works

June 22, 2021

A Hidden History: Slavery in Canada

May 12, 2021

Celebrating the Group of Seven with Jon Sasaki

May 7, 2021

New Perspectives: Denyse Thomasos

February 23, 2021

Exploring Tom Thomson

February 10, 2021

Virtual Celebration of A Like Vision: The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson

December 10, 2020

New Voices in Contemporary Indigenous Art

With Sarah Milroy
November 5, 2020

Christi Belcourt & Bonnie Devine

In conversation with Sarah Milroy
November 2, 2020

An Afternoon of Maud Lewis

Celebrating the life and works of Maud Lewis
August 13, 2020

Virtual Curatorial Talk

Celebrating 100 Years
May 7, 2020

Curatorial Talk with Ian Dejardin

From the opening of “A Like Vision”: The Group of Seven at 100
January 25, 2020

The Art of Canada: In Conversation with Canada’s Contemporary Artists

Art in the Time of COVID-19: John Hartman

August 31, 2020

Many Lives Mark This Place: John Hartman and Sarah Milroy in Conversation

August 27, 2020

Art in the Time of COVID-19: Wanda Koop

June 24, 2020

Art in the Time of COVID-19: Diana Weymar


June 18, 2020

Art in the Time of COVID-19: Stephen Andrews on Rembrandt

June 12, 2020

Art in the Time of COVID-19: David Milne

June 10, 2020

Art in the Time of COVID-19: Stephen Andrews

May 28, 2020

Art in the Time of COVID-19: Shary Boyle

May 21, 2020

International Museum Day 2020: Museum Memories

May 18, 2020

John Hartman: Many Lives Mark This Place

The book that inspired John Hartman’s portrait of Katherine Govier

May 26, 2020

The book that inspired John Hartman’s portrait of Megan Coles

April 3, 2020

The poem that inspired John Hartman’s portrait of George Bowering

March 27, 2020

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