Featured Exhibitions

On Now

Salon Style

Reimagining the Collection
Oct 16 '18 May 3 '20
See old favourites in an exciting new way! Discover some of the oldest and best loved artworks in the WAG collection in salon-style fashion, featuring some rarely seen gems from the 16th-to-19th centuries.

James Webb

Prayer
Nov 30 '19 May 3 '20
Prayer is an ongoing project, remade around the world since its first presentation in the artist's home city of Cape Town in 2000.

subsist

Nov 30 '19 May 3 '20
subsist brings together a selection of works that reflect political, economic, and social systems of subsistence in individual and collective continuation of cultural practices for survival.

Norval Morrisseau

Androgyny
Nov 10 '18 May 10 '20
Androgyny expresses his view of the fluidity and interconnectedness of life, as well as gender. In 1983 he offered this mural, in a decolonizing gesture of reconciliation, to the people of Canada.

Nuliajuk’s Story

Feb 7 May 10 '20
Storytelling is one of the most important aspects of Inuit culture, passed down by elders through generations to enrich and enlighten.

Carving Out a Tradition

On Until Spring 2020
This collection of carvings produced by Inuit artists from across the country offers a window into traditional life and ways of knowing in the North.

Small Worlds

Inuit Miniature Carving
On Until Spring 2020
This exhibition brings together more than 100 miniature carvings by Inuit artists from over a dozen communities across Nunavut including Cape Dorset, Kugaaruk, and Rankin Inlet.

ᐃ

Ongoing
This symbol in both Inuktitut and Anishininiwak translates into ‘I’ , embodying self-determination and solidarity in collective reclamation.

Coming Soon

Into the Light

Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald
Apr 4 Aug 9 '20
Into the Light is the first exhaustive survey of the influential Manitoba modernist, and Group of Seven member, in 40 years.

Kwaata-nihtaawakihk

A Hard Birth
May 30 '20 - Jan '21

In 2020, we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Province of Manitoba. Kwaata-nihtaawakihk is Michif for hard birth. Manitoba’s entry into Canadian…

Gwaaba’ibii

To Draw Water
Sep 27 '20 Jun 6 '21
The exhibition will reflect on international Indigenous connections to water - spiritually, environmentally, socially, and culturally, looking into collective histories and fragilities of the future.

Maud Lewis

Jan 30 May 30 '21
One of Canada’s most beloved folk artists, Maud Lewis was famous in her lifetime for her brightly coloured and endearing paintings of rural Nova Scotia.

WAG@The Park

Through the Eyes of a Child

Feb 8 Apr 13 '20
WAG Studio’s annual celebration of children’s art is an opportunity for the students in our art classes to express themselves in creative ways for all to see.

The Many Sides of Winnie-the-Pooh

Ongoing

This exhibition brings together objects, archives, books, and works of art to reveal the multiple identities and histories of Winnie-the-Pooh. “Pooh” is a hugely popular…

The Natural Element

Art Nouveau in the Work of W.J. Phillips
Dec 21 '19 Sep 20 '20
Art Nouveau, one of the most popular European movements of the period, was highly influential to Phillips's work.

Eyre in Comparison

Personal Experience and the Universal Subject
Dec 21 '19 Sep 20 '20

The Manitoba artist Ivan Eyre has concentrated on objectively exploring universal themes throughout his career.
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