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Kent Monkman

Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience
Sep 27 '19 Feb '23
The artist's gender fluid, time travelling alter-ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, takes you on a journey through Canada's history.

John Paskievich

The North End
Jun 29 '19 Jan 5 '20
Winnipeg’s North End occupies roughly 12-square kilometers built around the central Main Street artery north of the city’s vast urban railyards.

The Many Sides of Winnie-the-Pooh

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 Human Trace

WJ Phillips' View of Nature
Jun 7 Nov 15 '19
In this exhibition drawn entirely from the Assiniboine Park Conservancy (APC)’s collection, you will experience Phillips’ typical scenic and tranquil representations of human presence within the natural environment.

Vision Exchange

Perspectives from India to Canada
May 11 Sep 1 '19
Vision Exchange: Perspectives from India to Canada is Manitoba’s first major exhibition celebrating contemporary artists with roots in India.

Tony Scherman

Heroes, Ghosts, and Dreams
Apr 6 Oct 20 '19
Step into the swirl of conversations between historical icons in portraits.

A Sense of Scale

The Art of Ivan Eyre, 1970-2000
Mar 15 Nov 24 '19
This exhibition brings together paintings, drawings, and sculpture from a pivotal period in Ivan Eyre’s career, when he developed his most defining imagery.

Highlights of Inuit Sculpture

Jan 1 Nov 7 '19
Experience a few stunning carvings from the world-renowned collection Inuit art at the WAG. The most common material used by Inuit artists is stone, and the type of stone is dependent upon what can be hand-quarried locally.

David Blackwood

Ocean + Outport
Dec 11 '18 May 19 '19
Ocean + Outport is the WAG's first solo exhibition of work by celebrated printmaker and painter David Blackwood.

Behind Closed Doors

Nov 30 '18 Mar 17 '19
The latest exhibit from the WAG's New Contemporary series reveals what is rarely seen by the public—the artist's process in their studio and their research from the museum vault.

Nivinngajuliaat from Baker Lake

Nov 17 '18 Jul 21 '19
The creative spirit of the Baker Lake community is epitomized in the art of wall hangings, or nivinngajuliaaq in Inuktitut.

Robert Archambeau

A Conversation in Clay
Nov 17 '18 Jun 16 '19
In their varied scale, form, and surface treatment, Robert Archambeau’s ceramic works offer a remarkable palette of colours, textures, and glazes.

Mary Yuusipik Singaqti

Back River Memories
Nov 10 '18 Mar 20 '19
Learn about Inuit life on the land through this exhibition that features 26 captivating drawings recently purchased by the WAG, as well as striking wall hangings and sculptures.

The 80s Image

Sep 29 '18 Apr 14 '19
The 80s Image explores the curious resiliency of painting and still-photography throughout the decade, and artists' responsiveness to the rapidly expanding media landscape-video, television, cinema, satellite and computer imagery, and billboard advertising.

Wanda Koop

VIEW From HERE
Sep 8 Oct 31 '18
Wanda Koop’s new suite of paintings, VIEW from HERE, both affirms and disrupts two quite different genres: landscape and portraiture. Using ink and acrylic on canvas, these nine-by-seven-foot works use landscape tropes to compose immense and surreal human heads that seem to float in ambiguous space.

Linda Fairfield Stechesen

The Garden
Feb 17 Jul 4 '18
Fairfield Stechesen’s artistic project, which she referred to as “The Garden,” is a testament to the Portage la Prairie-raised artist’s passion for and knowledge of the flora of this province.

Pitaloosie Saila

A Personal Journey
Oct 28 '17 Apr 15 '18
For over 60 years, Pitaloosie Saila has contributed to the Cape Dorset print collections. She is the sole remaining active artist from the earliest years of printmaking in the community with a remarkable body of work: roughly 1,450 drawings and over 165 prints.

INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE

Sep 22 '17 Apr 22 '18
This collection considers political insurgency and cultural resurgence to radically shift our understanding of Canada, now and in the future.

Ivan Eyre

Landscapes and Still Lifes
Sep 15 Dec 31 '17
Landscapes & Still Lifes incorporates a selection of 11 paintings from the WAG’s permanent collection by one of Manitoba’s most renowned artists.

Picasso: Man and Beast

The Vollard Suite of Prints
May 12 Aug 13 '17
Acquired in 1957, the entire Suite is rarely displayed due to its fragility, and only a handful of the original complete sets remain in the world. Exploring the tension between man and beast that often characterized Picasso and his work, The Vollard Suite represents both the civilizing nature of art and provocative yet quintessential representation of Picasso’s “beast within.” 

Picasso in Canada

May 12 Aug 13 '17
Get ready for Manitoba’s first major showcase of work by Pablo Picasso in over 40 years. This summer, the WAG presents Picasso in Canada and Picasso: Man and Beast, two exhibitions highlighting the many sides of Picasso, who remains one of the greatest artists of all time.

Nature Rearranged

A Century of the Still Life at the WAG
Feb 17 May 23 '17
Artists have been creating still life paintings for centuries. In fact, it’s one of the oldest genres in the history of art. At first glance, the still life may appear uncomplicated. Its components – flowers, plants, domestic articles, and foodstuffs – are familiar with everyday life.

Starting with Rodin

Jan 7 Apr 30 '17
Starting with Rodin brings together nearly 30 works of art from the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s permanent collection to reflect on the looming presence of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) in art history, his adaptation of earlier classical themes, and impact on later modernists.

Boarder X

Skate, snow, surf
Jan 1 Apr 2 '17
A contemporary group exhibition bringing together artists from Indigenous nations across Canada who surf, skate, and snowboard.

Rodin

The Thinker
Dec 16 '16 Apr 10 '17
Using a pantograph-like device that aided with the reproduction of sculptures in various sizes and materials, Rodin created a colossal version (double in size to the original) in 1902 as an independent work.

Qua’yuk tchi’gae’win

Making Good
Jun 11 Nov 2 '16
In Anishnaabemowin, qua’yuk tchi’gae’win means “the honour of righting a wrong.”

Chagall & Winnipeg

May 28 Sep 11 '16
In conjunction with Chagall: Daphnis & Chloé, this focus exhibit tells the little-known tale of friendship that developed between Chagall and former WAG Director, Dr. Ferdinand Eckhardt, through a series of letters, photographs, and artworks.

Our Land

Contemporary Art from the Arctic
Apr 30 '16 Mar 27 '17
Our Land: Contemporary Art from the Arctic is the result of a collaboration between the GN and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. The title, “Our Land,” is the translation of the Inuktitut word "Nunavut".

Modern Day Heroes

A Collection of Photographs by Ian McCausland
Dec 18 '15 Jun 7 '16
As part of the Olympus exhibition, the WAG is partnering with local athletes and organizations to celebrate modern day gods and goddesses.

Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven

Sep 19 '15 Jun 19 '16
The WAG holds in trust a total of 94 works of art by the founding members of the Group of Seven. Formed in 1920 as a friendly gathering of like-minded artists at Toronto’s Arts and Letters Club, the Group is today a celebrated institution within Canadian art history. Their reputation was forged at a crucial time, during this country’s coming of age following World War I. The Group’s legacy was secured after they officially disbanded in 1933.
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