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- Exhibition Openings
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Upcoming Exhibitions
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- ShopWAG Presents Kevin Friedrich: Pop/Folk Neo Frankenstein
Thursday, September 21, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017- Using found objects, Kevin Friedrich is enchanted by taking things apart and cobbling them back together in unexpected ways to create a chimera of figure, animal, and robot elements.
- FLASH photographic festival
Monday, October 2, 2017 to Tuesday, October 31, 2017- The WAG has partnered with the FLASH photographic festival since it began in 2014 by offering a space to show local Winnipeg photographers for the entire month of October.
- Intervening the Image, short works by Kent Monkman
Sunday, October 8, 2017 from 2pm to 5pm- Presented in partnership with WNDX and The Decolonizing Lens, join us for a screening of short works by Kent Monkman followed by a key note lecture with the artist.
- Gallery Ball 2017
Saturday October 14, 2017- Join us for the black-tie event of the season!
- Panel Discussion: The Power of the Arts to Build Resilient Communities
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 from 11am to 1:30pm- This panel discussion will explore the potential and power of the arts to build resilient communities, featuring award-winning community mobilizer Michael Champagne, visual artists Kenneth Lavallee and Jessica Canard, and Music Director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Alexander Shelley.
- Artist Talk & Demo: Dayna Danger
Thursday, October 19, 2017 from 7pm to 9pm- Join INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE artist Dayna Danger for a talk and demo challenging perceptions of power, representation, and sexuality. Free,18+ (mature content).
- MakerLab: Shibori Fabric Dyeing
Friday, October 20, 2017 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm- Learn the art of Shibori, an ancient Japanese method of resist dyeing.
- 2017 Cape Dorset Print Collection
Saturday, October 21, 2017 to Sunday, November 19, 2017- Located on the southern tip of Baffin Island, Cape Dorset is hailed as the most artistic community in Canada and the undisputed capital of Inuit art.
- Red Rising Magazine Launch - Issue 7: Two-Spirit
Saturday October 21, 2017 at 7pm- Join us for the Red Rising Magazine Launch - Issue 7: Two-Spirit
- The Associates: Tour of the Richardson Corporate Art Collection
Thursday October 26, 2017- Join us for an exclusive viewing and tour of the Richardson’s corporate collection made up of more than 50 pieces by iconic Canadian artists.
- ShopWAG Presents: Clemence Wescoupe
Thursday, October 26, 2017 to Thursday, November 30, 2017- WAG@The Forks is excited to host a solo exhibition of Clemence Wescoupe’s work.
- Members’ Preview: Pitaloosie Saila: A Personal Journey
Friday, October 27, 2017 from 3pm to 5pm- Join us for an exclusive first look at our newest exhibition Pitaloosie Saila: A Personal Journey.
- Opening: Pitaloosie Saila: A Personal Journey
Friday, October 27, 2017 from 7pm to 10pm- Join us for the opening of Pitaloosie Saila: A Personal Journey.
- MakerLab: Shibori Fabric Dyeing II
Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm- Learn the art of Shibori, an ancient Japanese method of resist dyeing.
- Artist Talk: Pitaloosie Saila
Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 3pm to 4pm- Visit the WAG on the opening weekend of A Personal Journey for a rare opportunity to hear Pitaloosie Saila’s amazing story.
Exhibitions
- INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE
Friday, September 22, 2017 to Sunday, April 22, 2018- Twenty-nine emerging to established Indigenous artists working in a variety of media who consider the political undercurrents of Canadian society.
- Ivan Eyre: Landscapes and Still Lifes
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 to Sunday, October 29, 2017- Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven
Saturday, May 27, 2017 to Sunday, April 8, 2018- Some of the WAG's most most popular and captivating examples of Canadian art.
- WAG@ThePark
- Wednesday, September 28, 2016 to Saturday, September 28, 2019
- Drop by the Pavilion at Assiniboine Park Conservancy (APC) for a rotating series of free exhibitions curated by the WAG. Art is drawn primarily from the APC collection, as well as from the WAG collection.
- The Modernist Tradition, 1900-1950
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 to Sunday, December 31, 2017- The Modernist Tradition, 1900-1950 brings together works of art from the WAG’s permanent collection that together demonstrate the new creative directions artists began working in through the first half of the 20th century
- Inuit Art at Journey to Churchill
- Tuesday, December 23, 2014 to Wednesday, December 23, 2020
- An ongoing, rotating display of Inuit sculpture at the Assiniboine Park Zoo’s Journey to Churchill exhibit.
- Highlights of Inuit Sculpture
- Tuesday, May 4, 2010 to Friday, March 15, 2019
- An exhibition featuring some of the outstanding Inuit sculptures in the WAG collection.
- The Academic Tradition in Europe & Canada, 1700-1900
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 to Sunday, March 25, 2018- From Rome to Utrecht, European artists in the 17th and early 18th century created the emotionally charged work of the Baroque era. In reaction to the Protestant Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church strove to entice believers back to the fold with gripping and beautiful vignettes of biblical drama
- European Renaissance and Baroque Art: 1500-1700
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 to Sunday, March 25, 2018- From the WAG's collection, art produced between the 16th and 18th centuries, originating from the leading artistic centres of Europe.This period is marked by important social and political changes, and art itself underwent a major transformation
Gallery Hours
- Tuesday 11am-5pm
- Wednesday 11am-5pm
- Thursday 11am-5pm
- Friday 11am-9pm
- Saturday 11am-5pm
- Sunday 11am-5pm
- Closed Monday
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