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Current Exhibition

A Like Vision: The Group of Seven at 100

In commemoration of the centenary of their first exhibition, over 280 of the Group’s finest pieces from the permanent collection will be on display.

Tom Thomson

Often wrongly assumed to have been a member of the Group of Seven, Tom Thomson almost certainly would have been had he not died too soon.

John Hartman: Many Lives Mark This Place

Hartman’s portraits speak to the power of the imagination in experiencing – physically, emotionally and philosophically – the diverse landscapes of our country and the stories that they hold.

Brenda Draney

Brenda Draney’s paintings, with their gestural mark-making and wide expanses of canvas, present fragmented narratives that stem from her personal history as a Cree woman, living in northern Alberta.