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Please note that our exhibition on the Group of Seven centenary, “A Like Vision”: The Group of Seven at 100, is now closed and these works are no longer on view. A large selection of work by the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson will again be on view starting September 10 as part of the exhibition Conversations: Masterworks from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.

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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.

River of Dreams: Impressionism on the
St. Lawrence

On view from June 22, 2024 to January 12, 2025

In the late 19th century, the Impressionist movement found a footing in Canada, and Quebec artists quickly responded with works of rare beauty and sophistication. Many Quebec artists trained in France during this period, carrying the pollen of European modernism back with them to Canadian soil.

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