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Woven Histories
Woven Histories challenges the hierarchies that have separated textiles from fine arts. Putting into dialogue some 130 works by more than 45 creators from across generations and continents, the exhibition explores the contributions weaving and related techniques have made to abstraction, modernism’s pre-eminent art form.
Gathered Leaves
Delve into Canada’s premier collection of international drawings and discover never-before-seen artworks straight from the vault. Celebrate the legacy of the Department of Prints and Drawings first-hand through this captivating exhibition and richly illustrated catalogue marking its recent 100-year anniversary.
Canada in Venice
The Venice Art Biennial is the Olympics of contemporary art and draws half a million people to Venice, Italy every two years. This prestigious event offers Canadian artists unparalleled exposure to the world’s top contemporary curators, collectors, dealers, arts writers, influencers and other artists.
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Discover Maman by
Louise Bourgeois
“All my subjects have found their inspiration in my childhood,” explained Bourgeois. A recurrent subject for the artist in this respect is the spider, whose association with textiles and weaving reflects the time Bourgeois spent as a child in her parents’ tapestry restoration workshop in France. Presiding over the plaza of the National Gallery of Canada, Maman – a giant egg-carrying arachnid cast in bronze – was inspired by the artist’s own mother, and stands as a nurturing and protective symbol of fertility, shelter and the home.
Louise Bourgeois, Maman, 1999, cast 2003. © The Easton Foundation. Photo: NGC
