Rivers' Driftwood Honours Missing and Murdered

How does a film with no audio relate to language? For Tayna Lukin Linklater, The Treaty is in The Body (2017) functions as a form of activism, “a series of reflections on Indigenous women’s work that consider treaty, family, and place.”

This January you can explore the theme of space and place in the INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE exhibition by learning about the artists who examine the interconnectedness of land and the space around us.

This month, we’re continuing to explore the theme of technology and how INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE artists weave together traditional knowledge with technology in their work.

How does INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE bring tradition and technology together? Old and new are woven together in several of the artworks on view until spring 2018. Learn about the role technology plays by taking a closer look at some of these pieces, including in Tsema Ighara’s Ejideh: Push it!, an amplified caribou hide.

In-Between Days: Living with Cancer opens November 11 at the WAG. In this exclusive interview with the artist Teva Harrison, find out how the exhibition came to be at the WAG.

Andrew Kear, WAG Chief Curator; Radovan Radulovic, Head of Museum Services, and WAG prep staff Serge Saurette traveled with artwork and installed pieces alongside Krista Zawadski, Government of Nunavut Curator of Inuit Art. Hear their thoughts on being involved in the airport installation.

You can explore different themes running throughout INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE, the WAG’s largest-ever exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art which opened September 22. Monthly themes range from technology to storytelling to language and more.

INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE is the WAG’s largest-ever exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art, extending from the main galleries to ceilings, stairs, and even outside!