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Our new logo takes its cue from the Algonquin word Ankosé, going from a western world view of hard geometry, to a circle, inspired by Indigenous ways of knowing and being. The colour palette comes from the northern lights, representing diverse voices, ideas, artists, perspectives, times, and places.
Four colours available - please make your colour selection using the drop-down box.
Ceramic
Holds 315 ml (11 fl. oz)
Microwave and dishwasher safe
Joyce Wieland (1930-1998)
O Canada, 4-16 December 1970
Wieland emerged on Toronto’s experimental visual-arts scene in the early 1960s. The first living woman artist to be granted a solo exhibition at the NGC, she blended pop-art strategies with a sly sense of humour. O Canada represents a pair of lips as they sound out the syllables of the national anthem.
9 x 6.5 cm (3.5 x 2.5 in.)
In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.
Meryl McMaster (b. 1988)
On the Edge of this Immensity, 2019
McMaster combines elements of performance and installation in her photography while exploring the tensions surrounding identity ad heritage, especially her own as a woman of Indigenous (Plains Cree) and European (British/Dutch) descent from Saskatchewan.
9 x 6.5 cm (3.5 x 2.5 in.)
In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.
Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872)
Owl’s Head Mountain, 1864
Duncanson was the first recorded African-American landscape painter. He lived in Montreal from 1863-1865 after fleeing the United States during the American Civil War. His approach to landscape painting would influence many other artists living in Montreal in the 1860s.
9 x 6.5 cm (3.5 x 2.5 in.)
In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.
Mary Pratt (1935-2018)
Red Currant Jelly, 1972
Pratt often took domestic imagery as her subject, believing that commonplace objects were “worthy of a close look.” The acclaimed Newfoundland painter experimented with light to transform an ordinary moment into a charged dramatic scene.
6.5 x 9 cm (2.5 x 3.5 in.)
In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.
This warm and soft reversible blanket features a design by Anishinaabe artist Trisha Pitura.
ABOUT THE DESIGN: Water is life. Water is the heartbeat to all living things. We depend on water to always be there, to be clean and pure to quench our thirst and fill our cells. We take this natural essential for granted and we need to remember that this is a privilege.
152.4 x 203.2 cm (60 x 80 in.)
20% recycled wool, 30% acrylic, 50% recycled polyester
Wash on cold, hang to dry
Designed, cut & sewn in Canada
These fine bone china mugs depict details from the following four paintings by Lawren Harris (1885–1970): North Shore, Lake Superior (1926), Greenland Mountains (1930), North Shore, Baffin Island (1930), and Afternoon Sun, North Shore, Lake Superior (1924).
Set of 4 mugs
Holds 325 ml (11 fl. oz.)
Microwave and dishwasher safe
Packaged in a gift box
Josée Drouin-Brisebois
As the commissioning institution for the 55th International Art Exhibition, the National Gallery of Canada presents the work of Shary Boyle, a consummate object maker who uses imaginary narratives to explore human psychological and emotional states. The catalogue highlights the artist’s practice, which spans a diversity of media, including fine craft, drawing, sculpture, experimental performance and immersive installations.
Paper | 192 pages
Publication Date: 2013
English, French and Italian