Contemporary Calgary, a merger of The Art Gallery of Calgary, the Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary and the Institute for Modern and Contemporary Art is an interactive and dynamic forum for contemporary art exhibitions and activities that foster appreciation and understanding of visual culture. Now open with regular programming. Tues-Sun 11 am - 6 pm, Thurs 11 am- 9 pm.
Contemporary Calgary
701 11 Street SW, Calgary, Alberta
701 11 Street SW, Calgary, Alberta
Tues-Sun 11 am - 6 pm, Thurs 11 am- 9 pm
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Marie Lannoo at Contemporary Calgary
“Sumptuous yet unsettling artworks that push painting to its extreme and luminous edges”
Sep 2, 2024
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Calgary Public Library and Contemporary Calgary Announce Art Pass Partnership
Mar 7, 2024
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Breath as Art
Exploring the artistic implications and possibilities of breathing
Feb 5, 2024
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Contemporary Calgary receives Donation for Educational Programming
Jan 16, 2024
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Diane Arbus
Unsettling portraits continue to raise questions half a century later.
May 8, 2023
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Charles Stankievech
Artist probes the fringes of perception and the depths of metaphysics.
Mar 27, 2023
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Chitra Ganesh
Former planetarium a perfect place to view complex cosmologies that bend myth and gender stereotypes.
Nov 14, 2022
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Chris Curreri
Slippery, seductive, dark works toy with seduction and repulsion.
Jul 25, 2022
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Ordinary People
Dona Schwartz conducts a social experiment with her compelling portraits of Calgarians.
Apr 4, 2022
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Artists and Mental Illness
Art’s capacity to transform and heal explored in raw and unapologetic show.
Jan 24, 2022
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Simone Elizabeth Saunders
Powerful textile works celebrate Black women.
Nov 29, 2021
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Notes for Tomorrow
What is art's role in making sense of a world in crisis?
Sep 6, 2021
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Through a Collector's Eyes
Eclectic exhibition bridges modernism and contemporary practices in Canadian art.
Aug 23, 2021
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Yoko Ono
Contemporary Calgary exhibition lets us ponder the artist’s conceptual works and her life with John Lennon.
Nov 30, 2020
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Second Calgary Gallery Closes Due to COVID-19
A second Calgary gallery has closed temporarily due a staff member testing positive for COVID-19.
Nov 5, 2020
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Omar Ba
Senegalese artist looks at hard truths while encouraging us to pursue a better future.
Oct 5, 2020
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Field Trip: Art Across Canada
Field Trip: Art Across Canada is a new online platform to deliver arts experiences with some of Canada’s most celebrated artists.
Apr 8, 2020
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Contemporary Calgary Hosts a Non-Residency Residency
Contemporary Calgary is setting up an experimental residency program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that will run via virtual interactions and workshops.
Apr 6, 2020
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Calgary, We Have Lift Off
Contemporary Calgary launches its new venue in a former planetarium with two shows that celebrate celestial themes.
Feb 9, 2020
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Contemporary Calgary to Host Yoko Ono Exhibition
Contemporary Calgary announces upcoming programming.
Dec 16, 2019
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New federal support for Contemporary Calgary
The federal government will spend $30 million on renovations to Contemporary Calgary's new gallery in the city's former planetarium.
Aug 31, 2019
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Temporary Contemporary Open House
Contemporary Calgary is holding an open house at 5:30 p.m. on May 30 as it prepares for the next phase of renovations to its new home in the city's former planetarium.
May 27, 2019
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Scoping Out Contemporary Calgary's New Home
Calgary's arts community was invited recently to scope out the former planetarium, the new venue for Contemporary Calgary, following completion of some $24.7 million in upgrades by the City of Calgary.
Mar 26, 2019
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Ryan Doherty to Contemporary Calgary
Contemporary Calgary has appointed Ryan Doherty as interim chief curator.
Jan 17, 2019
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Courtesy Richard White
Contemporary Calgary Chooses Kuwabara as Architect
Contemporary Calgary has selected Calgary-based Gibbs Gage Architects and KPMB Architects of Toronto to transform the Centennial Planetarium into a gallery for modern and contemporary art.
Jan 14, 2019
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Contemporary Calgary Appoints New CEO
Pierre Arpin has stepped down and David Leinster has been appointed chief executive officer of Contemporary Calgary.
Aug 16, 2018
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Contemporary Calgary Confirms New Home
The City of Calgary and Contemporary Calgary have announced a lease agreement, paving the way for a new gallery in the Centennial Planetarium.
Jun 18, 2018
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Contemporary Calgary Sets a Date for Community Consultation
Following an earlier report to the community, Contemporary Calgary is extending an open invitation to a public consultation in October to help determine a course for its future.
Sep 27, 2017
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Text and Image: It's Complicated
You have to admire Contemporary Calgary’s courage in launching "extratextual," a group survey show about art and text.
Sep 25, 2017
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Contemporary Calgary now seeking different home than Centennial Planetarium
In a 'Report to the Community' on Sept. 13, Jay Mehr, the board chair of Contemporary Calgary, said negotiations with the City of Calgary to take over the Centennial Planetarium have broken down.
Sep 22, 2017
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Contemporary Calgary Announces Lisa Baldissera, Senior Curator
Ms. Baldissera brings more than fifteen years of experience working at art institutions and museums, having produced over fifty exhibitions of contemporary and modern art over the course of her career.
Jul 28, 2016
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"Material Girls," Contemporary Calgary, May 26 to August 21, 2016
Immediately enveloping, Material Girls delivers on the curatorial claim that it’s like a teenaged girl’s bedroom. Polychrome walls and artist wallpapers frame several pieces, helping transform staid gallery to “hot mess.”
Jun 27, 2016
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Calgary City Council approves $24.5M in capital funding for Centennial Planetarium
Calgary's City Council approves $24.5M in capital funding from the Cultural Municipal Sustainability Initiative Program (MSIP) over three years to help revive the iconic Centennial Planetarium as a Class “A”, multi-phased public/private arts facility
Apr 27, 2016
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Contemporary Calgary announces new Director and CEO
Contemporary Calgary announces the appointment of its first Director & Chief Executive Officer, Pierre Arpin.
Mar 29, 2016
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LOOK 2015 surpasses $1 million for Contemporary Calgary
On Saturday, November 7, 2015, 700+ guests gathered at LOOK2015: A fundraiser to support Contemporary Calgary's mission to establish a public destination for contemporary and modern visual art in Calgary.
Nov 10, 2015
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LOOK2014 unique gala at Centennial Planetarium supporting Contemporary Calgary
On November 1st, the Centennial Planetarium will come back to life for a unique gala supporting Contemporary Calgary. LOOK2014 will feature an outstanding art-auction and an exclusive VIP experience with Richard Florida.
Oct 22, 2014
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Photo by Sian Richards.
ANGST AND EXUBERANCE: Kim Dorland reflects on his troubled teens at Contemporary Calgary
Occasional breaks from the studio are crucial for Dorland, who paints with such feverish intensity that basic needs, like food and sleep, sometimes seem like frills he fits in around the edges, if at all.
Sep 2, 2014
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Contemporary Calgary Appoints Dr. Terry Rock as Interim Managing Director
Daryl Fridhandler, C Co-Chair stated: “Dr. Terry Rock’s extensive strategic leadership and arts administration experience will serve to advance Contemporary Calgary’s mission..."
Jan 14, 2014
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Richard Davis, LaHave NS, wins The Kingston Prize
At an exhibition of the thirty finalists' works at the Art Gallery of Calgary on Nov 1, 2013, Kingston Prize co-founder Julian Brown announced the 2013 winners in the presence of Alberta's Lieutenant-Governor, Col. (Ret'd) the Hon. Donald S. Ethell.
Nov 2, 2013
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Finalists Announced for The Kingston Prize 2013
The Organizing Committee and Jury of The Kingston Prize 2013 are pleased to announce the names of the thirty finalists.
Jul 14, 2013
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"Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art," January 11 to March 9, 2013, Art Gallery of Calgary
An international exhibition that promotes awareness of the causes of violence against women is making its first Canadian stop this year in Calgary.
Dec 31, 2012
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DAN HUDSON, "News, Weather and Sports," at The Art Gallery of Calgary, September 10, 2010 to January 22, 2011
Upon walking into The Art Gallery of Calgary’s (AGC) Media Gallery, one is immediately transformed into a different sense of place.
Dec 31, 2010
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"Gallery Without Walls: Celebrating 50 years of the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation," July 3 to September 12, 2009, The Art Gallery of Calgary
In 1959, five senior Calgary artists — H.B. Hill, Wes Irwin, Douglas Motter, Jim Nicoll and Marion Nicoll — built the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation with a small initial endowment.
Dec 31, 2009
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WOMAN’S WORK Judy Chicago September 26, 2009 - January 23, 2010
THIRTY YEARS AFTER THE DINNER PARTY, MAVERICK ARTIST JUDY CHICAGO FINDS NEW LIFE IN AN ART GALLERY OF CALGARY RETROSPECTIVE OF HER ICONIC TEXTILES.
Aug 31, 2009
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MICHAEL CAMERON, "Intermediary," April 24 to June 27, 2009, Art Gallery of Calgary
Dogs in various forms streak through the paintings of Michael Cameron. They also gaze, fly, howl, and unhinge their jaws.
Apr 30, 2009
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BACK FROM THE BRINK
At the Art Gallery of Calgary, CEO Valerie Cooper talks about reviving and stabilizing a near-dead institution.
Aug 31, 2007
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THE KING OF COLD LAKE - Alex Janvier
Under the theme "Living Utopia and Disaster", the works featured in the Alberta Biennial are billed as "discrete reminders that hopes are often matched with impending catastrophe, actions with adversity, and that Utopia is mostly built on disasters.
Aug 31, 2007
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John Freeman
THE 2007 ALBERTA BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART
As soon as you enter the first display area of the 2007 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, you’ll know that you’re in for a fun, but challenging time.
Apr 30, 2007
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LYLIAN KLIMEK, "New Green," June 6 — Sept 3, 2006, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary
Calgary sculptor Lylian Klimek has an obsessive interest in the interface between natural and synthetic biology.
Apr 30, 2006
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STREET CRED
Graffiti art is crossing the street— no longer stuck in the alley, it is becoming a legitimate form of artistic expression.
Apr 30, 2006
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"POPULAR," Dec 13 — May 21, 2006, Art Gallery of Calgary
Oddly though, "Popular," an exhibition that speaks about popular culture, is rife with contradiction and paradox.
Aug 31, 2005
