Sonia Couturier, Pierre Rosenberg

Eighteenth-century Rome was a cosmopolitan centre that became a mecca for artists, collectors, and enlightened art lovers. It was also the primary destination for artists from France wanting to perfect their craft. This work highlights the artistic effervescence of the Eternal City, where French artists were able to study ancient monuments and masterpieces of sculpture and painting, benefitting from the protection of influential patrons with a passion for the arts. Featuring more than one hundred works, this volume offers an exceptional selection of drawings and prints together with a large number of paintings. It presents works by artists regarded as among the most significant of their day, in particular Hubert Robert, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and Jacques-Louis David.

Softcover | 256 pages
Publication Date: 2011

Curated by Sherry Farrell Racette, Michelle LaVallee and Cathy Mattes

Indigenous artists have long used beadwork to tell stories, honour loved ones and celebrate beauty. Using techniques and knowledge passed from previous generations, today’s Indigenous artists are using beading to address concerns related to history, decolonization and resistance. Radical Stitch – the largest contemporary beadwork exhibition to date – presents a wealth of works ranging from wearable art and portraiture to installation and video that connect past and present as they imagine new worlds.

The accompanying catalogue celebrates the innovative art of 56 artists from across Turtle Island who have exhibited at most or all of the venues for this touring exhibition. In full, vivid colour, this publication presents 30 figures and 82 plates of their selected artworks, which reflect a range of humour, poignant testimony, and political and social commentary.

Radical Stitch Itinerary:

MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina: 30 April – 25 September 2022
Art Gallery of Hamilton: 11 February – 27 August 2023
Thunder Bay Art Gallery: 13 October 2023 – 3 March 2024
National Gallery of Canada: 17 May – 30 September 2024
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton: 30 November 2024 – 2 March 2025
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis: 12 April – 3 August 2025

Featured in the catalogue: Barry Ace, Eva Talooki Aliktiluk, Carrie Allison, Marcus Amerman, Judy Anderson, Kristen Auger, Kaylyn Baker, Christi Belcourt, Michael Belmore, Catherine Blackburn, Katherine Boyer, Jackie Larson Bread, Marcia Chickeness, Hannah Claus, Dana Claxton, Jon Michael Robert Corbett, Ruth Cuthand, Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Marcy Friesen, Teri Greeves, Joyce Growing Thunder, Justine Gustafson, Donald & Carla Hemlock, Maria Hupfield, Lizzie Ittinuar, Bev Koski, Casey Koyczan, Jennine Krauchi, Martha Kyak, Mindy Lauren Magyar, Amy Malbeuf, Jean Marshall, Audie Murray, Nadia Myre, Margaret Nazon, Candace Neumann, Niap, Shelley Niro, Elias Not Afraid, Jamie Okuma, Sandra Okuma, Taqralik Partridge, Jobena Petonoquot, Memory Rose Poni-Cappo, Alesia Poncho & Farlan Quetawki, Skawennati, Samuel Thomas, Marie Watt, Olivia Whetung, Dyani White Hawk, Kenneth Williams Jr., Nico Williams, Will Wilson, Summer Yahbay

Printed in Canada
Softcover
20.32 x 26.67 cm (8 x 10.5 in.)
Publication date: 2024

Edited by Stephanie S. Dickey and Jochen Sander with contributions by Jonathan Bikker, Jan Blanc, Sonia Del Re, Stephanie S. Dickey, Rudi Ekkart and Claire van den Donk, Robert Fucci, Jasper Hillegers, Maarten Prak, Jochen Sander, Friederike Schütt, Martin Sonnabend.

Around the age of 25, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) moved from his hometown of Leiden to Amsterdam, which was the commercial capital of northern Europe at that time. Considered a bold step for a fledgling artist, this change demonstrates that Rembrandt wanted to benefit financially from Amsterdam's robust art market. He soon married the cousin of a successful art dealer, and came into frequent contact with wealthy and sophisticated patrons who eagerly commissioned him to paint their portraits. The artist's style quickly evolved from the small, meticulous panels of his Leiden period to the broadly brushed, dramatically lit and realistically rendered canvases for which he is renowned.

Rembrandt in Amsterdam explores this pivotal transition in the artist’s career and reveals how the stimulating and affluent environment of Amsterdam inspired him to reach his full potential. Lavishly illustrated, this volume offers a fascinating look into Amsterdam’s unparalleled creative community and its role in Rembrandt’s development of a wide-ranging brand that comprised landscapes, genre scenes, history paintings, portraits and printmaking.

Hardcover | 384 pages
24.8 x 29.9 cm (9.7 x 11.7 in.)
Publication date: 2021

Edited by Stephanie S. Dickey and Jochen Sander with contributions by Jonathan Bikker, Jan Blanc, Sonia Del Re, Stephanie S. Dickey, Rudi Ekkart and Claire van den Donk, Robert Fucci, Jasper Hillegers, Maarten Prak, Jochen Sander, Friederike Schütt, Martin Sonnabend.

Around the age of 25, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) moved from his hometown of Leiden to Amsterdam, which was the commercial capital of northern Europe at that time. Considered a bold step for a fledgling artist, this change demonstrates that Rembrandt wanted to benefit financially from Amsterdam's robust art market. He soon married the cousin of a successful art dealer, and came into frequent contact with wealthy and sophisticated patrons who eagerly commissioned him to paint their portraits. The artist's style quickly evolved from the small, meticulous panels of his Leiden period to the broadly brushed, dramatically lit and realistically rendered canvases for which he is renowned.

Rembrandt in Amsterdam explores this pivotal transition in the artist’s career and reveals how the stimulating and affluent environment of Amsterdam inspired him to reach his full potential. Lavishly illustrated, this volume offers a fascinating look into Amsterdam’s unparalleled creative community and its role in Rembrandt’s development of a wide-ranging brand that comprised landscapes, genre scenes, history paintings, portraits and printmaking.

Hardcover | 384 pages
24.8 x 29.9 cm (9.7 x 11.7 in.)
Publication Date: 2021

Edited by Sylvie Lacerte with contributions by Gilles Daigneault, Vera Frenkel, Manuel Mathieu, Caroline Monnet, Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf and Marc Séguin

Marking the centenary of his birth, the exhibition Riopelle, à la croisée des temps introduces Jean Paul Riopelle as a tireless experimenter and innovator, anchored in the contemporary realm. Drawing on the artist’s work across various mediums and materials, guest curator Sylvie Lacerte paints a portrait of Riopelle as a visionary trailblazer. Offering a unique take on this famed Canadian artist, this retrospective presents his acclaimed works alongside creations rarely or never before shown in public.

This richly illustrated catalogue features essays by art specialists and artists who reflect on Riopelle’s legacy as they look at his work. Discover the full force of his legendary influence on both his contemporaries and artists working today, all of whom represent a broad range of cultural and aesthetic perspectives.

Hardcover | 208 pages
Publication Date: 2023

Edited by Sylvie Lacerte with contributions by Gilles Daigneault, Vera Frenkel, Manuel Mathieu, Caroline Monnet, Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf and Marc Séguin

Marking the centenary of his birth, the exhibition Riopelle: Crossroads in Time introduces Jean Paul Riopelle as a tireless experimenter and innovator, anchored in the contemporary realm. Drawing on the artist’s work across various mediums and materials, guest curator Sylvie Lacerte paints a portrait of Riopelle as a visionary trailblazer. Offering a unique take on this famed Canadian artist, this retrospective presents his acclaimed works alongside creations rarely or never before shown in public.

This richly illustrated catalogue features essays by art specialists and artists who reflect on Riopelle’s legacy as they look at his work. Discover the full force of his legendary influence on both his contemporaries and artists working today, all of whom represent a broad range of cultural and aesthetic perspectives.

Hardcover | 208 pages
Publication Date: 2023

Sarah Milroy

Sans invitation : Les artistes canadiennes de la modernité offers commentary on a generation of extraordinary women painters, photographers, sculptors, architects and filmmakers from a century ago — pioneers who opened new frontiers for women artists in Canada — as well as works made by their Indigenous female contemporaries working in traditional media, for a cross-country snapshot of female creativity in this dynamic modern moment.

Hardcover | 320 pages
Publication Date: 2021

Melissa Bennett, Greg Hill, and David W. Penney

Shelley Niro is widely known for her ability to explore Traditional Stories, transgress boundaries, and embody the ethos of her matriarchal culture. A member of the Six Nations Reserve, Turtle Clan, Bay of Quinte Mohawk, she uses a wide variety of media, including photography, installation, film, and painting to bring greater visibility to Indigenous women and girls.

Pushing the limits of photography, Niro incorporates imagery from Traditional Stories to focus on contemporary subjects with wit, irony, and parody. Throughout her work — in her portraiture, sculptures, landscape paintings, photography, and film and video work — Niro challenges common preconceptions about gender, culture, and Indigenous Peoples.

Hardcover | 304 pages
20.5 x 25 cm (8.1 x 9.8 in.)
Publication Date: 2023

Published by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and distributed by Goose Lane Editions.

Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch accompanies an international touring exhibition organized by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian with the collaboration of the National Gallery of Canada.

Melissa Bennett, Greg Hill, and David W. Penney

Shelley Niro is widely known for her ability to explore Traditional Stories, transgress boundaries, and embody the ethos of her matriarchal culture. A member of the Six Nations Reserve, Turtle Clan, Bay of Quinte Mohawk, she uses a wide variety of media, including photography, installation, film, and painting to bring greater visibility to Indigenous women and girls.

Pushing the limits of photography, Niro incorporates imagery from Traditional Stories to focus on contemporary subjects with wit, irony, and parody. Throughout her work — in her portraiture, sculptures, landscape paintings, photography, and film and video work — Niro challenges common preconceptions about gender, culture, and Indigenous Peoples.

Hardcover | 304 pages
20.5 x 25 cm (8.1 x 9.8 in.)
Publication Date: 2023

Published by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and distributed by Goose Lane Editions.

Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch accompanies an international touring exhibition organized by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian with the collaboration of the National Gallery of Canada.

Shine a Light Surgir de l'ombre: Canadian Biennial 2014 (Bilingual)

Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Greg Hill, Andrea Kunard, Jonathan Shaughnessy and Rhiannon Vogl

Shine a Light Surgir de l’ombre highlights an exemplar selection of recent acquisitions to the National Gallery of Canada’s Canadian Contemporary, Indigenous and Photographs holdings. This biennial showcases the production of twenty-six artists from different generations and backgrounds, and features over eighty works ranging from film and video installations to sculptures, paintings, drawings and photographs. Often looking to past events, literature, films, places, cultural movements and traditions, the artists in the exhibition are very much ingrained in issues of the present day. Their works encourage us to reconsider time and the writing of history, our relationship to the natural world, the powerful role of images in how information is communicated, and how we perceive and interpret accepted facts.

Featured artists: David Armstrong Six, Shuvinai Ashoona, Nicolas Baier, Shary Boyle, Edward Burtynsky, Tammi Campbell, Mario Doucette, Geoffrey Farmer, David Hartt, Isabelle Hayeur, Phillippa Jones, Stéphane La Rue, Rita Letendre, An Te Liu, David McMillan, Damian Moppett, Luke Parnell, Vanessa Paschakarnis, Ed Pien, Tim Pitsiulak, Kelly Richardson, Jeremy Shaw, Althea Thauberger, Jutai Toonoo, Howie Tsui, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun

Softcover | 260 pages
20.32 x 27.3 cm (8 x 10.75 in.)
Publication Date: 2014

Edited by Reid Shier with contributions by Ma’an Abu Taleb, Erika Balsom, Samir Gandesha, and George E. Lewis.

Stan Douglas, one of the most compelling voices in Canadian contemporary art, has long explored critical sociocultural and political change. His exhibition for the 59th Biennale di Venezia, 2011 ≠ 1848, reflects upon the language of protest, revolution and the uprisings witnessed across the globe in 2011. Douglas’ four large-scale hybrid documentary photographs re-stage protests in Tunis, London, New York and Vancouver, and his two-channel HD video, ISDN, presents Grime and Mahraganat rappers exchanging subversive lyrics between studios in London and Cairo.

This stunning 288-page illustrated catalogue, published in English, French and Arabic, features some 100 full-colour detailed images that meticulously capture behind-the-scenes views of Douglas’ elaborate productions. Essays by leading international cultural thinkers examine the artist’s work in relation to music, political economy, contemporary media theory and the rise of Grime and Mahraganat.

Hardcover | 288 pages (100 illustrations)
24.8 x 27.5 cm (9.8 x 10.8 in.)
English, French and Arabic
Publication Date: 2022

Josée Drouin-Brisebois

The National Gallery of Canada is the commissioning institution for the 54th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale featuring the work of acclaimed artist Steven Shearer. Under its pop-cultural surface, Shearer’s work is surprisingly complex and insightful. By showing us aspects of popular culture from many different points of view, he exposes the false hierarchy of high and low art and prompts us to consider the more interesting differences between the cultural industries and the art world. The generously-illustrated catalogue published to accompany the Venice exhibition highlights Shearer’s paintings, text-based works, sculptures and photographic compilations.

Paper | 257 pages
Publication Date: 2011

English, French and Italian

Andréi Nakov

Beginning in 1914 in Russia, a group of artists primed for experimentation introduced an entirely new direction for the visual arts, articulating the language of abstraction with Suprematism and Constructivism. This catalogue centers on the emergence of the Russian avant-garde movement in Moscow until the mid-1920s. Works by El Lissitzky, Vladimir Tatlin, Kazimir Malevich, Ilya Chashnik, Liubov Popova, Olga Rozanova and Ivan Kliun are featured. Also included is a rich selection of books, manuscripts, drawings and prints, reminding us that, for many Russians in the early twentieth century, art was a part of everyday life.

Paperback | 168 pages
Publication Date: 2016

Erika Dolphin
with Jonathan L. Meakins

The Collectors’ Cosmos: The Meakins–McClaran Print Collection provides a glimpse into the making of what is, undoubtedly, the foremost private collection of 16th and 17th-century Dutch and Flemish prints in Canada. While that is the strength of the collection, there is also a joyful touch of eclecticism reflecting the Renaissance interests of the collectors Dr. Jonathan Meakins and Dr. Jacqueline McClaran.

In this beautiful and fully illustrated catalogue, Dr. Meakins takes us through the collection’s history, which began forty years ago in Paris following an afternoon in a room full of prints by Camille Pissarro at the Grand Palais. He reflects upon how a collection is never static; it ebbs and flows much like life. The other essay by Erika Dolphin, a personal account of her exploration of the collection, examines the flourishing of images of landscape in northern Europe and illustrates how art in the form of a humble print can lead us to reflect upon the myriad wonders of life.

Softcover | 216 pages
24.5 x 30 cm (9.6 x 11.8 in.)
Publication Date: 2021

Ann Thomas and John McElhone

This lavish publication celebrates fifty years of collecting photographs at the National Gallery of Canada. When the NGC began acquiring photos in 1967, few museums viewed the medium as fine art. Thanks to the passion and dedication of early supporters, a comprehensive collection has taken shape over the past half century. Drawn from one of the world’s most significant photographs holdings, The Extended Moment highlights the collection’s rich diversity, chronicling its formative years and exploring how the technical photographic process has evolved.

Hardcover | 336 pages 
23 x 29 cm (9 x 11.4 in.)
Publication Date: 2018

Winning Title (Pictorial), The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, 2018

Ann Thomas

The National Gallery of Canada marks the centennial of the beginning of the First World War with the exhibitionThe Great War: The Persuasive Power of Photography. Although photography was already being used to document armed conflict, the First World War marked a turning point for this medium. Alongside political and military uses of photography, the personal use of cameras by soldiers emerged as a new phenomenon, while studio portraits and personal albums illustrate the major role played by photography in private life. As a whole, these visual records offer an intimate, authentic and comprehensive view of the everyday realities of war.

Hardcover | 140 pages
Bilingual
28.5 x 28.6 cm (11 ¼ x 11 ¼ in.)
Publication Date: 2014

The Indigenous Art Collection, cared for by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and located at 10 Wellington, Gatineau, Quebec, is one of the most important collection of contemporary Indigenous art in Canada. Comprising over 4,300 artworks by both prominent and emerging artists, it showcases First Nations, Inuit, and Métis expression of their histories, cultures, and realities, both past and present.

Created to celebrate the Art Centre’s 50th anniversary, this stunning volume and first major monograph published by the Government of Canada about the collection, highlights the richness and the importance of Indigenous cultures and heritage as an essential part of Canadian culture.

Featured artists: Barry Ace, Roger Aksadjuak, Allen "Ahmoo" Angeconeb, Tracey Anthony, George Arluk, Germaine Arnaktauyok, Arnaquq Ashevak, Kenojuak Ashevak, Kiawak Ashoona, Shuvinai Ashoona, Jason Baerg, Rebecca Baird, Mary Anne Barkhouse, Carl Beam, Shirley Bear, Jackson Beardy, Henry Beaudry, Lance Belanger, Christi Belcourt, Leland Bell, Michael Belmore, Rebecca Belmore, Scott Benesiinaabandan, Dempsey Bob, Vince Bomberry, Bob Boyer, Simon Brascoupé, Bruno Canadien, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Sarah Carr, Christian Chapman, Benjamin Chee Chee, Dorothy Chocolate, Lee Claremont, Hannah Claus, Dana Claxton, Eddy Cobiness, Ruth Cuthand, Colleen Cutschall, Joseph T. David, Joe David, Reg Davidson, Robert Davidson, Patricia Deadman, Blake Debassige, Beau Dick, Gertrude Dick & Simon Dick, Freda Diesing, Wally Dion, Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Sheojuk Etidlooie, Thomasie Etuangat, Jerry A. Evans, Rosalie Favell, David Garneau, David General, Richard Glazer-Danay, David Hannan, Tanya Harnett, Walter Harris, Faye HeavyShield, Chuck "Ya’Ya" Heit, Tom Hill, Richard W. Hill Sr., Robert Houle, Calvin Hunt, Henry Hunt, Tony Hunt, Maria Hupfield, Sarah Inukpuk, Elisapee Ishulutaq, Naomi Ityi, Mattiusi Iyaituk, Joseph "Joe" Jacobs, Alex Janvier, Philip Janzé, Alfred Joseph, Francis Kagige, Joshim Kakegamic, Roy Kakegamic, Towkie Karpik, Elsie Anaginak Klengenberg, Katia Kak'wa Kurtness, Rita Letendre, Eva Linklater, George Littlechild, Martin "Akwiranoron" Loft, Jim Logan, Kayley Mackay, Joelee Maniapik, Qavavau Manumie, Clifford Maracle, Teresa Marshall, Glenna Matoush, Walter McKenzie, Kevin McKenzie, Gerald McMaster, Ohotaq Mikkigak, Kent Monkman, Shirley Moorhouse, Christian Morrisseau, Norval Morrisseau, Ken Mowatt, Earl Muldon & Ron Sebastian, Nadia Myre, David Neel, Marianne Nicolson, Shelley Niro, Jeneen Frei Njootli, William Noah, Ron Noganosh, Daphne Odjig, Tim Paul, Lionel Peyachew, David Ruben Piqtoukun, Tim Pitsiulak, Susan Point, Edward Poitras, Jane Ash Poitras, Annie Pootoogook, Kananginak Pootoogook, Barry Pottle, John Powell, Pudlo Pudlat, Carl Ray, Bill Reid, Arthur Renwick, Ryan Rice, Garmel Rich, Rick Rivet, Eric A. Robertson, Kakulu Saggiaktuk, Pitaloosie Saila, Nicotye Samayualie, Allen Sapp, Frank Shebageget, Arthur Shilling, Roger Simon, Pierre Sioui, Skawennati, Ann Smith, Henry Speck, Greg Staats, Alan J. Syliboy, Gerald Tailfeathers, Winnie Tatya, Ningeokuluk Teevee, Jeffrey M. Thomas, Roy Thomas, Art Thompson, Simon Tookoome, Oviloo Tunnillie, Helen Wassegijig, Elisapee Weetaluktuk, Hjalmer Wenstob, Tania Willard, Linus Woods, Lauren I. Wuttunee, Donald Yeomans, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun.

Hardcover | 383 Pages
23.5 x 21.5 x 3.7 cm (9.3 x 8.5 x 1.5 in.)

Charles C. Hill, Dennis Reid

A fresh and imaginative reinterpretation of the work, life and, perhaps most intriguingly, times of the iconic Canadian artist Tom Thomson, this book is written by eight experts whose different perspectives contribute to a new understanding of Thomson's work.

Hardcover | 386 pages
Publication Date: 2002
Available in French only

Sarah Milroy

Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment offers commentary on a generation of extraordinary women painters, photographers, sculptors, architects and filmmakers from a century ago — pioneers who opened new frontiers for women artists in Canada — as well as works made by their Indigenous female contemporaries working in traditional media, for a cross-country snapshot of female creativity in this dynamic modern moment.

Hardcover | 320 pages
Publication Date: 2021

Cornelia Homburg, Anabelle Kienle
Joseph J. Rishel, Jennifer A. Thompson

Vincent van Gogh’s profound love of nature has often been taken for granted but has rarely been studied in detail. While he has long been admired for his dazzling use of intense colour and expressive brushwork, it is his innovative representation of nature that makes him a truly modern artist and is the focus of Van Gogh: Up Close. This exhibition, which has been organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, concentrates on Van Gogh’s French period, from 1886 to 1890, and highlights how he conveyed his intense response to the natural world – whether this was a landscape, a still life, or the rendering of a single blade of grass – through a number of different, and often radical compositional strategies.

Softcover | 290 pages
Publication Date: 2012