Media Releases
Fantasy Creatures Coming to the WAG
Visitors to the Winnipeg Art Gallery this summer will enter an enchanted forest inhabited by fantastical creatures created by leading international artists. Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination will have a free public opening at 7pm, Thursday, June 14. It will continue until...
May 31, 2012
WAG’s Rockwell Exhibition Brings in Record Numbers
When the Winnipeg Art Gallery closed its doors on American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell, just over 30,000 visitors had viewed the show, making it one of the WAG’s most successful exhibitions ever. So popular in fact that the WAG extended it for an extra week and also opened the Gallery...
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May 30, 2012
Canada’s Next Top Model to Open WAG Fashion Show
Meaghan Waller, winner of the2009 Canada’s Next Top Model contest, will open the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s The Collection: A Fashion Show on Wednesday, May 23.
The WAG will be transforming its exhibition spaces into a fashion runway for an exciting evening of art, fashion, jewelry, and champagne....
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May 23, 2012
Barbershop Quartet to Entertain WAG Norman Rockwell Visitors
Barbershop quartet Tempo will be on hand to entertain visitors at the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s final weekend of the exhibition American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell. They will give performances at 11am, 2pm, and 4pm on Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27.
“We are anticipating big crowds...
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May 23, 2012
Canada’s Next Top Model to Open WAG Fashion Show
WINNIPEG, May 18, 2012: Meaghan Waller, winner of the 2009 Canada’s Next Top Model contest, will open the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s The Collection: A Fashion Show on Wednesday, May 23.
The WAG will be transforming its exhibition spaces into a fashion runway for an exciting evening of art,...
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May 18, 2012
WAG Talk on Inuit Prints
Inuit Prints: Japanese Inspiration, currently on view at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, is a groundbreaking inquiry into Japanese influences in the early years of the Cape Dorset print studio. On May 30, Dr. Norman Vorano, the Curator of Contemporary Inuit Art at the Canadian Museum of Civilization,...
May 17, 2012
WAG’s Norman Rockwell Exhibition Held Over for Extra Week
Winnipeg, May 11, 2012: The Winnipeg Art Gallery has announced that due to the enormous success of American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell, the exhibition will be extended by one week until Sunday, May 27. It was originally scheduled to close on May 20. The Gallery is also open until...
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May 11, 2012
WAG Exhibition Turns into Fashion Runway
On Wednesday, May 23 at 7pm, the Winnipeg Art Gallery is transforming its exhibition spaces into a fashion runway with The Collection: A Fashion Show. Against a backdrop of the WAG’s Collection on View exhibition, models will show off the latest looks from Winnipeg’s finest boutiques—Danali,...
