Sarah Fillmore, Ray Cronin, Mireille Eagan, Catharine Mastin, Sarah Milroy, Caroline Stone

Luminescent canvases form the visual focus of Mary Pratt, a major volume that features more than seventy-five of the artist's most renowned paintings. The work of Mary Pratt (1935–2018) elevates the mundane to the monumental, creating silent moments infused with significance. 

Paperback | 160 pages 
22.8 x 25.4 cm (9 x 10 in.) 
Publication Date: 2016

Anne Koval 

Art historian Anne Koval wrote Mary Pratt: A Love Affair with Vision in close consultation with Pratt. The book is informed by extensive interviews with the artist, and her family, friends, and colleagues and by unprecedented access to Pratt's archival holdings at Mount Allison University. This in-depth study of Pratt's life and work explores the complex issues of gender, feminism, and realism in Canadian art, resulting in a richly layered biography of an artist who redefined the visual culture of her period and whose art and life intersect in varied and surprising ways. 

Hardcover | 316 pages 
Publication date: 2023

Shanda LaRamee-Jones, Carol McDougall, illustrated by Maud Lewis 

Maud Lewis 1-2-3 is a wonderful first counting book and introduction to the joy-filled art of Nova Scotia's most famous folk painter, Maud Lewis. Even the youngest babies will be drawn to the bright colours and bold forms in Lewis's whimsical paintings. Babies and toddlers will have fun searching the vibrant images to count the kittens, oxen, birds, and flowers on each page. 

Ages 0-2 
Board Book | 20 pages 
17.8 x 17.8 cm (7 x 7 in.) 
Publication Date: 2017

Christi Belcourt

Based on Métis artist Christi Belcourt’s painting “Medicines to Help Us,” this innovative and vibrant resource honours the centuries-old healing traditions of Métis women. For this book, Christi Belcourt fuses her evocative artwork with Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Western Science. With contributions from Métis Elders Rose Richardson and Olive Whitford, as well as key Michif phrases and terminology, Medicines to Help Us is the most accessible resource relating to Métis healing traditions produced to date.

Softcover | 80 pages
15.2 x 22.8 cm (5.9 x 8.9 in.)

David Wistow, Kelly Mckinley

Illustrations, photographs and dazzling reproductions of more than 40 masterpieces by the Group of Seven fill this book about artists who changed the landscape of Canadian art. Meet the Group of Seven describes how the group formed, how and where they painted, their influence on Canadian art and much more.

Paper | 48 pages 
22.86 x 27.94 cm (9 x 11 in.) 
Publication Date: 2019

Catherine Crowston, Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Jonathan Shaughnessy 

With a focus on six Canadian contemporary artists who emphasize material excess, ornamentation and theatricality in their production, Misled by Nature features spectacular installations that explore hybridity, natural processes and the viewer’s experience.  The catalogue accompanies an exhibition by the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Alberta, and Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art.

Featured artists: David Altmejd, Lee Bul, Bharti Kher, Tricia Middleton, Yinka Shonibare, and Sarah Sze. 

Paper | 72 pages
17.5 x 25 cm (6.9 x 9.8 in.) 
Publication Date: 2012

Ann Thomas

This original publication, which focuses on the early decades of the 20th century, is the first in a new series devoted to the study of photographic masterpieces from the National Gallery of Canada's international collection. Examining the expansive, innovative and often contradictory modernist ethos that shaped the creation and use of photographic art from 1900 to 1940, this generously illustrated publication highlights dozens of works from Germany, England, Czech Republic, United States, France, Russia, Hungary, Japan and Canada. An introductory essay describes the development of photography artistically, technically and socially. Following the essay, 79 individual works are presented within the context of their times. Each is illustrated with a full-page duo tone plate. Among the artists are some of the world's greatest photographic innovators, notably Eugène Atget, Margaret Bourke-White, Brassaï, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Lisette Model, Alexander Rodchenko and Edward Weston.

Paper | 200 pages
20.5 x 26.5 cm (8 x 10.5 in.) 
Publication Date: 2007

Katerina Atanassova, Anne-Marie Bouchard, Sandra Paikowsky, Esther Trépanier, Julie Nash, Nancy Mowll Mathews

The National Gallery of Canada is honoured to be showcasing the A.K. Prakash Collection of works by major Canadian artist James Wilson Morrice. This significant collection of oil paintings and watercolours by one of Canada’s foremost modernist painters is part of the Masterpiece in Focus series. Assembled with sensitivity to the evolution of the artist, the real strength of the collection lies in its variety, artistic quality and depth, highlighting key moments in Morrice’s career. The essays in this beautifully illustrated catalogue, as well as an in-depth interview with A.K. Prakash, position the pioneering artist in his proper and deserved context – as an artist of Canadian descent who lived and worked in Europe, who travelled extensively, and who was associated with the leading modern artists and movements of the period.

Hardcover | 240 pages
29.5 x 24 x 3 cm (11.6 x 9.4 x 1.2 in.) 
Available in French only

Katerina Atanassova, Anne-Marie Bouchard, Sandra Paikowsky, Esther Trépanier, Julie Nash, Nancy Mowll Mathews

The National Gallery of Canada is honoured to be showcasing the A.K. Prakash Collection of works by major Canadian artist James Wilson Morrice. This significant collection of oil paintings and watercolours by one of Canada’s foremost modernist painters is part of the Masterpiece in Focus series. Assembled with sensitivity to the evolution of the artist, the real strength of the collection lies in its variety, artistic quality and depth, highlighting key moments in Morrice’s career. The essays in this beautifully illustrated catalogue, as well as an in-depth interview with A.K. Prakash, position the pioneering artist in his proper and deserved context – as an artist of Canadian descent who lived and worked in Europe, who travelled extensively, and who was associated with the leading modern artists and movements of the period.

Hardcover | 240 pages
29.5 x 24 x 3 cm (11.6 x 9.4 x 1.2 in.)

Renowned for her rich and diverse practice, interdisciplinary artist Nadia Myre weaves together personal and political narratives around Indigenous identity, both past and present. Navigating the complex legacies of colonialism, nationhood and memory, her work fosters profound dialogues on the politics of belonging. 

Nadia Myre: Waves of Want presents more than two decades of Myre’s practice, including beadwork, sculpture, installation, video and poetry. Featuring essays and stunning reproductions, this volume examines how we engage with history through art, archives and language. 

Softcover | 176 pages 
22.9 × 27.9 cm (9 × 11 in.) 
Publication date: 2025

Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. 

Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home.

These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones, these stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples’ survival and imagination, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon.

Featured Writers: Norris Black, Amber Blaeser-Wardzala, Phoenix Boudreau, Cherie Dimaline, Carson Faust, Kelli Jo Ford, Kate Hart, Shane Hawk, Brandon Hobson, Darcie Little Badger, Conley Lyons, Nick Medina, Tiffany Morris, Tommy Orange, Mona Susan Power, Marcie R. Rendon, Waubgeshig Rice, Rebecca Roanhorse, Andrea L. Rogers, Morgan Talty, D.H. Trujillo, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr, Richard Van Camp, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Royce Young Wolf, and Mathilda Zeller. 

Paperback | 416 pages 
13 x 20 cm (5 x 8 in.) 
Publication Date: 2023

Nicolas Baier, Bernard Lamarche, David Liss

This exhibition of recent photographic work by the Montreal artist Nicolas Baier is constructed around the ideas of the pareidolia, a psychological phenomenon that involves the appearance of familiar forms from vague visual or auditory sensations. The exhibition, along with the accompanying publication, was produced through the joint efforts of the artist and the Musée régional de Rimouski.

Hardcover | 108 pages
24 x 27.5 cm (9.5 x 10.8 in.) 
Publication Date: 2010

Celebrating the awe and wonder of the Arctic Circle region through visual art from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Vast, impenetrable coniferous forests, "white" summer nights, the perpetual darkness of snowy winters and the famous aurora borealis—the Arctic Circle is a fascinating, if unforgiving, region. The Fondation Beyeler and the Buffalo AKG Art Museum present an exhibition dedicated to this phenomenon with a stunning selection of 19th- and 20th-century paintings by artists from Scandinavia, Finland and Canada. With a gorgeous, atmospheric cover, the catalogue presents work by internationally renowned artists such as Munch and af Klint, while also highlighting artists who are highly respected in their own countries, but little known outside of them.

Featured in the catalogue: Hilma af Klint, Helmi Biese, Anna Boberg, Emily Carr, Gustaf Fjæstad, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Lawren S. Harris, J.E.H. MacDonald, Edvard Munch, Prince Eugen of Sweden, Ivan Shishkin, Harald Sohlberg, Tom Thomson.

Hardcover | 240 pages
23.3 x 27.4 cm (9.2 x 10.8 in.) 
Publication Date: 2025

Phyllis Webstad and Orange Shirt Society

A special abridged version of the award-winning book Orange Shirt Day: September 30th. Orange Shirt Day, observed annually on September 30th, is also known as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It is an official day to honour Residential School Survivors and their families, and to remember the children who did not come home. What was initially envisioned as a way to keep the conversations going about all aspects of Residential Schools in Williams Lake and the Cariboo Region of British Columbia, Canada, has now expanded into a movement across Turtle Island and beyond. Orange Shirt Day: Every Child Matters aims to create champions who will walk a path of reconciliation and promote the message that 'Every Child Matters'.

Softcover | 108 pages
21 x 27.3 cm (8.2 x 9.3 in.) 
Publication Date: 2023

René Villeneuve 

The National Gallery's collection of Quebec silver — the largest and most complete in the world — took its impetus from the donation of the Henry Birks Collection of Canadian Silver in 1979. It has since been strongly enriched. Curator René Villeneuve opens this volume by exploring the formation of the Birks collection in light of the history of silver in Canada and the collector's goals and achievements. He then undertakes the first major stylistic analysis of Quebec silver, going far beyond the compilation of new data to approach the subject from a fresh and intriguing perspective. 

Virginia B. Alexandor, a niece of Henry G. Birks, introduces this study with a charming memoir. The book includes fifty-one black-and-white reproductions, many never before seen. 

Softcover | 124 pages 
18.6 x 28 cm (7.3 x 11 in.) 
Publication Date: 1998

Lori Pauli with Jordan Bear, Karen Hellman and Phillip Prodger

Often referred to as the “Father of Art Photography,” Oscar G. Rejlander (1813–1875) has been praised for his early experiments with combination printing, for his collaboration with Charles Darwin, and for his influence on the work of Julia Margaret Cameron and Lewis Carroll.

Containing more than 200 impressive colour and black and white images, this ground-breaking catalogue accompanies the first major retrospective on a vital yet understudied figure, and considers the whole range of his activities, including his work as a painter and printmaker.

Hardcover | 336 pages
25.5 x 31 cm (10 x 12.2 in.)

Lori Pauli with Jordan Bear, Karen Hellman and Phillip Prodger

Often referred to as the “Father of Art Photography,” Oscar G. Rejlander (1813–1875) has been praised for his early experiments with combination printing, for his collaboration with Charles Darwin, and for his influence on the work of Julia Margaret Cameron and Lewis Carroll.

Containing more than 200 impressive colour and black and white images, this ground-breaking catalogue accompanies the first major retrospective on a vital yet understudied figure, and considers the whole range of his activities, including his work as a painter and printmaker.

Hardcover | 336 pages
25.5 x 31 cm (10 x 12.2 in.)

Edited by Deanna Bowen

With nearly 500 pages of essays and artist folios, Other Places investigates the historical and contemporary contributions that First Peoples, racialized, and LGBTQ artists and administrators have made to the media in arts in Canada. 

Paperback | 486 pages
19 x 24 cm (7.5 x 9.5 in.) 
Publication Date: 2019

Xavier Salomon, Jennifer Fletcher, Stephen Gritt 

The Petrobelli Altarpiece was painted by Paolo Veronese around 1563 for the Petrobelli family burial chapel near Venice; in 1788, the large painting was ruthlessly cut down and sold in pieces. Paolo Véronèse. Le Retable Petrobelli reunites the four parts of Veronese's glorious altarpiece, which have not been seen together since the painting's brutal division. The reunion and reconstruction of the altarpiece is a unique occasion to re-evaluate this Venetian Renaissance masterpiece. 

Paper | 160 pages 
17 x 24 cm (6.7 x 9.45 in.) 
Publication date: 2009