Founded in 1924, the Art Gallery of Alberta is an 85,000 square foot premier presentation venue for international and Canadian art, education and scholarship. The AGA is a centre of excellence for the visual arts in Western Canada, expressing the creative spirit of Alberta and connecting people, art and ideas. Tues to Thurs noon - 6 pm; Thurs till 8 pm; Fri to Sun 11 am - 5 pm. Tues ‘Pay what you May’ admission.
Art Gallery of Alberta
2 Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2C1
2 Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2C1
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Tues to Thurs noon - 6 pm; Thurs till 8 pm; Fri to Sun 11 am - 5 pm; Tues ‘Pay what you May’ admission
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George Littlechild
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Black Every Day
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Art Gallery of Alberta Hires Adjunct Curator of Indigenous Art
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SNEAK PEEK: Roy Caussy
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SNEAK PEEK: Damian Moppett
New mobile to greet visitors when the Art Gallery of Alberta reopens after the coronavirus pandemic.
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Rembrandt on the Road
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Three Westerners Win 2020 Governor General's Awards
Three Westerners – Dana Claxton, Ken Lum and Ruth Cuthand – are among the winners of this year's Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts.
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Rebellious Women
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Sobey Art Award
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Cul-de-Sac
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Sobey Art Award Exhibition Opens in Alberta for First Time
An exhibition by the five finalists for the Sobey Art Award is on view at the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton starting Saturday.
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William Kentridge
Prominent South African artist mounts an animated procession both joyful and macabre at the Art Gallery of Alberta.
Jun 29, 2019
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Art Gallery of Alberta to Host Sobey Exhibition
The 2019 Sobey Art Award exhibition, featuring the work of five finalists shortlisted for the award, will be presented at the Art Gallery of Alberta from Oct. 5, 2019 to Jan. 5, 2020.
Jan 26, 2019
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Boarder X and Vernon Ah Kee Surf to Edmonton
A show that features work by Indigenous artists who reference snowboarding, skateboarding and surfing opens at the Art Gallery of Alberta.
Jan 16, 2019
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Visions from India
A fascinating show offers insight into the complex histories and cultures of South Asia.
Oct 22, 2018
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Building Community
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Aug 13, 2018
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A Magnificent Obsession
Art collector Ash Prakash pursued his love of Montreal painter James Morrice with what he calls reckless abandon. Canada is all the richer for it, as a show opening soon in Edmonton attests.
Jul 10, 2018
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Three Adjunct Curators Appointed at the Art Gallery of Alberta
The Art Gallery of Alberta recently appointed Franchesca Hebert-Spence, adjunct curator, Indigenous art; Jessie Ray Short, adjunct curator, Indigenous art; and Amery Calvelli, adjunct curator, Poole Centre of Design.
Jul 4, 2018
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Art Gallery of Alberta Welcomes New Curator
Lindsey Sharman has been appointed curator of the Art Gallery of Alberta, effective Aug. 7.
Jun 8, 2018
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Shining a Light on Métis Culture
A moving survey of contemporary Métis art reveals a continuing tradition of meticulous craft, as well as lived stories of loss, resilience and cultural survival.
Jun 8, 2018
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![Peter von Tiesenhausen, "The Watchers," (detail) 1997-2002](https://www.gallerieswest.ca/downloads/12833/download/Peter-von-Tiesenhausen_7908%20Photography%20by%20Charles%20Cousins%20.jpg?cb=27b1a56e842f5355b6d66bc91bd1ce27&w=320 "Peter von Tiesenhausen, "The Watchers," (detail) 1997-2002")
Peter von Tiesenhausen: Songs of Pythagoras
Peter von Tiesenhausen’s impressive survey-style show at the Art Gallery of Alberta takes visitors through a darkened landscape of salvaged materials and rudimentary objects.
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![Laura Muntz Lyall, "Mother and Child," circa 1895](https://www.gallerieswest.ca/downloads/12361/download/Lyall%20-%20Mother%20and%20Child.jpg?cb=a61ff729848441d8967a73baae57fa76&w=320 "Laura Muntz Lyall, "Mother and Child," circa 1895")
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This show reveals there’s still much recovery work to be done on the history of women artists in Western Canada.
Dec 30, 2017
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Faye HeavyShield's Calling Stones
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Dec 4, 2017
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"Turbulent Landings: The NGC 2017 Canadian Biennial" at AGA
A companion exhibition to the National Gallery of Canada’s 2017 Canadian Biennial, "Turbulent Landings" features new work from Canadian and International artists.
Sep 21, 2017
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Stories of Newspaper Photography
"Cutline: From the Photography Archives of the Globe and Mail" is a dog-eared shrine to the waning physicality of photographs as objects.
Jul 29, 2017
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"Gretzky is Everywhere" presents famous Warhol portraits at the AGA and live-streamed across Canada
This summer the Art Gallery of Alberta partners with the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Charlottetown and The Rooms in St. Johns to bring The Great One to audiences across the nation with the new exhibition–"Gretzky is Everywhere".
Jun 17, 2017
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Art Gallery of Alberta rolls out the first in a series of admission changes
The Art Gallery of Alberta has announced that beginning March 28, all children, youth under 18, and Alberta’s students will have free access to the gallery.
Mar 28, 2017
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![David Altmejd, "The Vessel (detail)," 2011](https://www.gallerieswest.ca/downloads/8807/download/Altmejd-NGC_.2012.0512.1Y_details.jpg?cb=5be823dd502bd8e39186a1405104fd2b&w=320 "David Altmejd, "The Vessel (detail)," 2011")
A Spiritual Experience
Nancy Wilson Ross, an expert on Eastern religions, once said: “Nothing can be asserted about Hinduism that cannot also be denied.” This same statement aptly summarizes David Altmejd’s intricate oeuvre.
Dec 19, 2016
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Art in the Family
Does creativity run in families? Damian Moppett and his dad, Ron, who exhibit together this fall at the Art Gallery of Alberta, are just one example of how family ties play out in the arts.
Sep 14, 2016
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Courtesy of the artist and Catriona Jeffries Gallery. Photo: Blaine Campbell
Duane Linklater and Tanya Lukin Linklater, "A Parallel Excavation," Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, April 30 to September 18, 2016
My first job was teaching art at the Edmonton Art Gallery. I loved every moment until two First Nations children came to me distraught because other kids were quietly making vile racist comments.
May 26, 2016
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Courtesy the artist and Kardosh Projects, Vancouver
"The Blur in Between", Art Gallery of Alberta, January 23 to May 8, 2016
"The Blur in Between", which questions the boundaries between disciplines such as contemporary art, design, craft, typography, architecture and digital art, is no exception.
Feb 19, 2016
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Dana Holst, "She’s All That," To Feb. 15 at the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton
Edmonton artist Dana Holst’s solo exhibition, "She’s All That", includes oil paintings and encaustic drawings that look at female identity, rites of passage and bullying.
Dec 31, 2015
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Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Bates: Art Gallery of Alberta Collection
ALBERTA: "Rough Country: The Strangely Familiar in Mid-20th Century Alberta Art", Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Oct. 3 to Jan. 31, 2015
Expressionism gripped Alberta artists in the 20th century. This show focuses on five of them – Maxwell Bates, William Leroy Stevenson, John Snow, Dorothy Henzell Willis and Laura Evans Reid.
Sep 7, 2015
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POP SHOW!: To June 7, 2015, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
The Art Gallery of Alberta presents "POP SHOW!" Dazzled by the Everyday, featuring work by international art stars.
May 23, 2015
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Photo: Kristy Trinier.
"FUTURE STATION: 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art," January 24 to May 3, 2015, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
Curated by AGA curator Kristy Trinier, "Future Station" is the ninth iteration of the Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, which has been spearheaded by the gallery with intermittent partners since 1996.
Mar 3, 2015
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Courtesy White Cube, London, and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
AGA Opens New Exhibition with 24-Hour Screening
The Art Gallery of Alberta presents "The Clock", a ground-breaking 24-hour video installation by Christian Marclay. In addition to screenings during regular Gallery hours, The Clock will be shown in its entirety during three 24-hour screenings.
Feb 9, 2015
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Courtesy of Peter Robertson Gallery.
Colin Smith, To March 1, 2015 at the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton
Calgary photographer Colin Smith investigates simple lens-based technologies based on his experience as a lighting technician and cinematographer in the film industry.
Jan 13, 2015
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2015 Alberta Biennial Artists Announced
"Future Station: 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art" (January 24 - May 3, 2015) is an examination of the creative practices at work with Alberta artists and ultimately an expression on what it feels like to be an artist in Alberta.
Jun 30, 2014
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Paris and Toronto host AGA Partnership Projects
The award-winning exhibition "TRAFFIC: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980", co-organized by the AGA, opens today at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, France under the new title "Get Hold of This Space: A Geography of Conceptual Art in Canada".
Feb 7, 2014
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Photo courtesy Sarah Fuller.
Brenda Draney at Art Gallery of Alberta to March 9, 2014
Edmonton-based artist Brenda Draney presents a series of spare paintings in Suspend, which considers her relationship to her childhood home in the Alberta town of Slave Lake.
Dec 21, 2013
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Your AGA launches call for submissions for the 2015 "Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art".
The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) is announces the 2015 "Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art" Call for Submissions is now open to resident Alberta artists.
Oct 28, 2013
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GEOFFREY FARMER: "The Intellection of Lady Spider House," Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Sept. 14, 2013 to Jan. 12, 2014
It’s not often that an internationally recognized artist creates a populist exhibition with children in mind, but that’s exactly what Geoffrey Farmer has done.
Sep 25, 2013
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"A Story of Canadian Art: As told by the Hart House Collection" and "The Bequest: Ernest E. Poole and the AGA Collection," March 9 to July 1, 2013, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
Passion: That’s the key word that jumps out at me as I wander through these two collections of Canadian art – the passion of collecting and taking chances to explore the unknown of art’s creation.
May 15, 2013
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DAVID JANZEN: "Transfer Station," To June 16, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
A vast, boundless sky stretches across the horizon; glimmers of light emerge through a swirling fog of clouds. A lone figure silhouetted against the heavens gazes at this awe-inspiring sight.
May 14, 2013
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"The News from Here: The 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art," Art Gallery of Alberta, January 26 to May 5, 2013
A glimpse of red at the entrance to the Art Gallery of Alberta beckons from Edmonton’s Churchill Square. Luxe, by Laura Vickerson, is a sumptuous damask intervention within the curvilinear metallic sheath of the gallery.
Mar 15, 2013
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CATHERINE BURGESS: "Absence/Presence," Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton July 14 – Oct. 14, 2012
"Absence/Presence," the evocative subtitle of this exhibition, addresses the seven new sculptural works on display but also, on another level, the longstanding practice of this senior artist.
Oct 5, 2012
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36 artists chosen for 2013 Alberta Biennial
Guest curator Nancy Tousley has chosen 36 artists to represent the province in the 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, which will open at the Art Gallery of Alberta early next year.
Aug 31, 2012
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36 artists from 9 Alberta communities to be featured in the 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art
The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) is pleased to announce the names of the artists who have been selected for inclusion in the 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, to be presented January 26-May 5, 2013.
Jul 10, 2012
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AGA Board of Directors appoints Catherine Crowston Executive Director of the Art Gallery of Alberta
Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) Board Chair, Barry Zalmanowitz announced today, that after six months as Acting Executive Director, Catherine Crowston has been appointed Executive Director of the AGA, effective July 1, 2012.
Jun 25, 2012
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AGA receives Canadian Museums Award for Outstanding Achievement
The Art Gallery of Alberta is proud to announce that it was a recipient of the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Management for the "National Gallery of Canada (NGC) at the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA)" exhibition series.
May 2, 2012
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Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Alberta Mistresses of the Modern: 1935 - 1975 Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton March 10 to June 3, 2012
Though academic landscape traditions had already shifted with the Group of Seven prior to World War I, even this was not fully embraced until well into the middle part of the 20th century in Alberta.
Apr 21, 2012
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"UP NORTH," Jacob Dahl Jürgensen & Simon Dybbroe Møller Ragnar Kjartansson, Kevin Schmidt, Art Gallery of Alberta, September 2, 2011 to January 8, 2012
It seems appropriate that the Art Gallery of Alberta should follow up their recent Exhibition "Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965 – 1980" (June 25th to September 25, 2011), with a look at current practice in this genre of the visual arts.
Aug 31, 2011
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WALTER J. PHILLIPS, "Water & Woods," Feb 12 - June 5, 2011, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
Walter J. Phillips may be the penultimate chronicler of early 20th century western Canada.
Apr 30, 2011
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SHERRI CHABA "The Silence of Chaos," March 4 to May 15, 2011, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
The idea of previewing an installation exhibition is somewhat daunting, as the nature of installation work is that it evolves as it’s created in the gallery space.
Dec 31, 2010
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DISCUSSING TIMELAND: Hosted by the Art Gallery of Alberta
"Timeland," the 2010 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, provoked an ongoing provincial dialogue about identities and regional representations.
Aug 31, 2010
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Q & A: RICHARD RHODES, Curator of "Timeland: 2010 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art"
"I don’t believe in centres anymore. I believe technology decenters everything." -Richard Rhodes
Aug 31, 2010
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ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA BUILDING
Now that the WOW factor has begun to wear off and the crowds have thinned out, we can stand back and assess the new Art Gallery of Alberta as a place to exhibit art.
Apr 30, 2010
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CUTTING EDGE: "Timeland – 2010 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art," Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
Over its 14 year history, the Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art has provided a snapshot of the leading edge of the visual arts scene across the province.
Apr 30, 2010
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JANET CARDIFF & GEORGE BURES MILLER "Murder of Crows and Storm Room," January 31 to May 9, 2010, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
As the largest installation to date by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, “The Murder of Crows” (2008) makes its North American premiere as one of the inaugural exhibitions for the newly redesigned Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton.
Dec 31, 2009
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THE BLOCKBUSTER EFFECT - DESIGN DETAILS: THE ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA
With so much emphasis focused on the redesign of the exterior of Edmonton’s Art Gallery of Alberta, visitors might forget that the interior has also been completely redesigned by Randall Stout’s architectural firm.
Dec 31, 2009
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"KOSHASHIN," April 4 to June 7, 2009, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
The Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton captures one of the most important periods in Japanese history with its exhibition "Koshashin," April 4 to June 7.
Apr 30, 2009
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ATTILA RICHARD LUKACS "Attila Richard Lukacs / Polaroids / Michael Morris," March 7 through May 16, 2009, Art Gallery of Alberta
Edmonton’s Art Gallery of Alberta will bring more than 3,000 Polaroid photographs used by Vancouver-based painter Attila Richard Lukacs as referents for his work over 20 years.
Dec 31, 2008
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SYLVAIN VOYER
STEP INTO THIS PRAIRIE PAINTER’S ENDLESS HORIZONS IN A FIVE-DECADE SURVEY SHOW AT THE ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA
Dec 31, 2008
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"FACE THE NATION," June 20 to September 23, 2008, The Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
"Face the Nation" gathers eight contemporary Aboriginal artists from across Canada for their take on the history and (mis)representation of myths, stereotypes, and culture.
Apr 30, 2008
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DAVID CANTINE, "Unflat," April 14 – June 10, 2007, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
The Art Gallery of Alberta has chosen to launch their brand-new Kitchen Gallery space with a deconstructive show of David Cantine’s postmodern still-lifes.
Apr 30, 2007
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DAVID ALEXANDER AND JOHN HARTMAN, "Far and Wide: Alberta Landscapes" at The Art Gallery of Alberta
Kudos to the Art Gallery of Alberta for confirming that modern landscapes can be arresting, challenging, and inventive.
Dec 31, 2006
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"MAKEBELIEVE" -- Group Exhibition, Sept 9 – Nov 26, 2006, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
In "MakeBelieve," a group of contemporary Canadian artists explores the relationship between modern storytelling and the imagination, artwork inspired by cinema and fiction.
Aug 31, 2006
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DOUGLAS CLARK, "Sweet Immortality," June 23-July 5, 2006, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, during The Works Art & Design Festival
"Sweet Immortality," curated by Art Gallery of Ontario photographer and filmmaker Michael Mitchell in collaboration with Maia-Mari Sutnik, associate curator of photography, is the banner exhibition for The Works this year.
Apr 30, 2006
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"THE ROAD: Constructing the Alaska Highway," until October 2, 2005, The Edmonton Art Gallery (now Art Gallery of Alberta), Edmonton
The deconstruction of the rich cultural motherlode of material that surrounds Edmonton’s complicated relationship with the north is embodied by the Alaska Highway, the roadway that connects Edmonton to Fairbanks, Alaska.
Aug 31, 2005
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JANET CARDIFF, Sounds Effects
Janet Cardiff’s complex sculptural sound works weave narrative with emotion in intimate, virtual spaces.
Aug 31, 2004
![Peter von Tiesenhausen, "The Watchers," (detail) 1997-2002](https://www.gallerieswest.ca/downloads/12833/download/Peter-von-Tiesenhausen_7908%20Photography%20by%20Charles%20Cousins%20.jpg?cb=27b1a56e842f5355b6d66bc91bd1ce27&w={width}&h={height} "Peter von Tiesenhausen, "The Watchers," (detail) 1997-2002")
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