Diana Nemiroff

From obstacles of bureaucracy to veiled challenges to women in powerful positions, Women at the Helm paints a rich picture of what it takes to lead a major art institution. In her latest book, author and art historian Diana Nemiroff explores a transformative thirty-year period in the history of the National Gallery of Canada through the careers of its first three women directors (Jean Sutherland Boggs, Hsio-yen Shih, and Shirley L. Thomson), detailing each of their unique triumphs and tribulations.

Paperback | 552 pages
85 photos, colour insert
19 x 24 cm (7.5 x 9.5 in)

This set of 4 coasters features a detail from the painting Woodland Floral (1991) by Anishnaabe (Ojibwa) artist Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007).

9.5 x 9.5 cm (3 ¾ x 3 ¾ in)
Cork

This coin purse features artwork by Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) artist Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007).

14 x 10 x 2.5 cm (5.5 x 3.9 x 1 in.) 

Faux leather
3 card slots and 1 zipper compartment
Packaged in a gift box

This stylish silk tie features a design by Anishnaabe (Ojibwa) artist Norval Morrisseau.

100% Silk
Width: 8 cm (3.15 in.)
Packaged in a gift box

This stainless steel, double-walled travel mug features a detail from the painting Woodland Floral (1991) by Anishnaabe (Ojibwa) artist Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007). Insulates hot beverages up to 5 hours and cold beverages up to 12 hours.

16 x 8 cm (6.3 x 3.15 in.) 
Holds 330 ml (11.16 fl. oz.) 
Hand wash only

This set of 12 notecards (two of each of six styles) features reproductions of the following artworks by Patrick Hunter: Prayer Carrier, Turtle Island, Journey, Blue Jay, Spirit of the Mooz, and Blue Heron. 

Made in Canada
Card dimensions: 16 x 10.7 cm (6.3 x 4.2 in.)
Blank inside; bilingual text on box and back of cards 
Envelopes are included

Lynne Cooke

This transformative exhibition explores how abstract art and woven textiles have intertwined over the past hundred years.

In the 20th century, textiles were often considered lesser – as applied art, women’s work, or domestic craft. 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.

See a variety of textile techniques including weaving, knitting, netting, knotting and felting. Learn about the wide-ranging reasons artists from Anni Albers to Rosemarie Trockel and Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee Nation) have engaged with this art form. Some seek to effect social change; others address political issues. Engaging with textiles as subject, material and technique, still others revitalize abstraction’s formal conventions or critique its patriarchal history and gendered identity.

Follow this hidden thread of art history to discover the work of creators who were once marginalized for their gender, race or class.

Hardcover
24 x 28 cm (9.5 x 11 in.)
Publication date: 2024

The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

These earrings feature a goldfinch from the painting Yellow Birds (c. 1960s) by Maud Lewis (1903–1970. 

Pewter 
Made in Pugwash, Nova Scotia by Basic Spirit 
Each bird is 2.5 x 1 cm (1 x 0.4 in.) 

From the collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

This necklace features a goldfinch from the painting Yellow Birds (c. 1960s) by Maud Lewis (1903–1970).

Pewter 
Made in Pugwash, Nova Scotia by Basic Spirit 
Chain: 42 cm (16.5 in.), charm: : 2.6 x 1 cm (1 x 0.4 in.) 

From the collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

This embroidered tuque features a yellow bird by Maud Lewis (1903–1970).

One size 
100% Acrylic 

From the collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

This 1000 piece puzzle is adapted from the painting Yellow Birds (c. 1960s) by Maud Lewis (1903–1970).

Finished puzzle size: 50 x 70 cm (19.7 x 27.5 in.) 

From the collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

This lightweight, semi-transparent scarf features the painting Yellow Birds (c. 1960s) by Maud Lewis (1903–1970). 

100% Silk
50 x 180 cm (19.7 x 70.7 in.) 

From the collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia