The National Gallery of Canada Creates Special Programs to Celebrate Winterlude

OTTAWA, B.C.- The National Gallery of Canada announced that it will add to the magic of the Winterlude celebrations by featuring additional special programming. This will take place during the second weekend of the festival on February 12 and 13 and will include a talk with internationally renowned sculptor Roxy Paine, a special pancake breakfast and a day of in and outdoor family activities. “Winterlude is a very popular festival with residents and visitors to the National Capital Region alike, said [...]

Major Exhibition Explores the Mastery of Moshe Safdie and a Lifetime of Architectural Achievements

OTTAWA.- Architectural visionary, successful entrepreneur and humanist are all words that describe one of Canada’s most renowned architects, Moshe Safdie. Opened to the public at the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) on October 6, 2010 and on view until January 9, 2011, Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie is the most comprehensive retrospective of his work to date and celebrates over 40 years of his remarkable achievements and contributions to city skylines, civic buildings and personal habitats. Organized by [...]

National Gallery of Canada Brings International Superstars of the Contemporary Art World to Ottawa

OTTAWA.- Contemporary art and artists, celebrity, notoriety, branding and mass media, fame and fortune are essential elements of the provocative exhibition Pop Life: Art in a Material World, presented by the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) this summer. Organized by Tate Modern in London (U.K.) in association with the NGC, the Gallery will be its sole North American venue. Already renowned for its presentations in London and Hamburg, this major exhibition has carved an international reputation and is on view [...]

Exhibition of New Paintings by Medrie MacPhee at Von Lintel Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Von Lintel presents an exhibition of new paintings by Medrie MacPhee. This exhibition marks the artist’s first solo show with Von Lintel Gallery and her seventh one-person show in New York. Over the years MacPhee’s subject matter has taken various forms—industrial sites, floating synthetic worlds, darkly humorous future hybrid species, abandoned survivors’ encampments. These landscapes explored notions of physical and psychological dislocation. In these new large-scale paintings, the forms float, collide and hover free of gravity and [...]

National Gallery of Canada Foundation Outlines Future Direction

OTTAWA.- The National Gallery of Canada Foundation outlined yesterday its plans for its future direction and activities, following the broader organizational realignment announced by the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) on March 25. The Foundation expressed its strong support for the “institutional realignment” announced by Gallery Director and CEO Marc Mayer and approved by the Gallery’s Board of Trustees. “The steps taken by the National Gallery of Canada to achieve greater overall effectiveness in delivering its mandate as a leading [...]

National Gallery of Canada Realigns Its Organization

OTTAWA.- After an in-depth review of its operations, The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) has instituted an organizational realignment designed to increase overall effectiveness in delivering its national mandate and to bring spending in line with its financial resources. Internal divisions have been streamlined and amalgamated to maximize efficiency and simplify operations. Collections, Research and Education are now being integrated under the leadership of the Deputy Director and Chief Curator. Most revenue generating activities including Visitor Services, Membership and Annual [...]

Jeu da Paume to Open Exhibition of Photographs by Lisette Model

PARIS.- If Lisette Model took up photography as a way of earning a living, it is also true that she always fought for her own subjects, rather than simply carry out the assignments given by editors. She believed that for a photograph to be successful its subject had to be something that “hits you in the stomach.” This could be something familiar or something unfamiliar. For Model, the camera was an instrument for probing the world, a way of capturing [...]

National Gallery Embarks on New Partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta

TORONTO.- As of January 31, visitors to the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) will have the opportunity to enjoy exceptional works of art drawn from the National Gallery of Canada (NGC)’s collections. The announcement of the three-year partnership was made today by the NGC and the AGA. In a designated space on the main floor of the new AGA, called The National Gallery of Canada at the Art Gallery of Alberta, special exhibitions will be presented by both institutions. These [...]

National Gallery of Canada Responds to CARFAC and RAAV Claims

OTTAWA, ON.- The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) wishes to clarify its position regarding the December 2, 2009 statement by The Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) and le Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec (RAAV). Canadian artists are directly protected by two areas of legislation: the Status of the Artist Act, 1992, c.33 and the Copyright Act, C-42. The first legislation oversees professional relations and compensation for artists’ services, such as mounting art installations, giving [...]