Media Releases
The Walrus Talks Comes to Winnipeg and the WAG
TK, 2015 (TORONTO)—The Walrus Foundation is pleased to bring its national event series, the Walrus Talks, to Winnipeg for the first time, with TD Presents the Walrus Talks Arctic, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on March 26.
The Walrus Talks format features eight compelling speakers for eighty...
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Feb 26, 2015
WAG Opens Wanda Koop VIEW from HERE
Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 25, 2015: The Winnipeg Art Gallery is pleased to present new work by one of Canada’s most important and inventive contemporary artists, Winnipeg’s own Wanda Koop. VIEW from HERE opened February 21 and runs until May 31.
Koop’s new suite of paintings both affirms and...
Feb 25, 2015
WAG Announces Success of Dalí and Beaverbrook Exhibitions
Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 24, 2015: The Winnipeg Art Gallery announces the successful run of Dalí Up Close and Masterworks from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. The two blockbuster shows closed February 22, attracting over 40,000 visitors to the WAG.
“This was Manitoba’s first major exhibition...
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Feb 24, 2015
Art & Soul 2015 Another Sell-Out Success for WAG
Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 18, 2015: Art & Soul: The Lucid Dream, the latest iteration of the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s annual fundraiser, was a sellout, raising thousands of dollars for the WAG.
Art & Soul: The Lucid Dream, held Saturday, January 31, was inspired by the WAG’s Dalí Up Close...
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Feb 18, 2015
WAG to Launch Canadian Tour of Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15
Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 12, 2015: The Winnipeg Art Gallery is excited to announce the Canadian launch of Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15, the award-winning exhibition that represented Canada at the 14th International Venice Biennale in Architecture. After being honoured at the prestigious...
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Feb 12, 2015
WAG and WECC Co-present Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows’ Latest Audio-Visual Spectacle
Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 2, 2015: Visual art meets musical collaboration when the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the West End Cultural Centre co-host Spell to Bring Lost Creatures Home with artist Shary Boyle and songwriter Christine Fellows. The duo will perform Saturday, February 21, following...
