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It Is What It Is: Recent Acquisitions of Canadian Art

NEW EXHIBITION
It Is What It Is. Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art
5 November through 23 January 2011
Image: Valérie Blass, L'homme paille [The Straw Man], 2008 NGC, Ottawa. Photo © NGC
 
It Is What It Is highlights the Gallery's commitment to collecting contemporary Canadian art by showcasing a selection of our most recent acquisitions. These artists create in a variety – and often combination of – media, from video to drawing and painting, photography to sculpture and installation. Some of the artists featured include David Altmejd, Shuvinai Ashoona, Valérie Blass, Rodney Graham, Sarah Anne Johnson, Luanne Martineau, Gareth Moore and Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay. Bell Audioguide and catalogue available
 
New coupons and new chances to win!
The Gallery offers its Tourism partners coupons to distribute to clients for $1 off admission to this very special exhibition. Coupons redeemed at the Gallery’s Box Office are added to weekly draws. If your name is on the winning coupon, you could win free passes, posters, books and other gifts from the Gallery. NEW - Will YOU be the one to recommend the most visitors this fall? A special prize for you if your name appears on the most redeemed coupons for the duration of the exhibition. Contact me directly to obtain these coupons (hdonaldson@gallery.ca) and check out the website for more information on the exhibition (gallery.ca/ItIs).
 
EXHIBITIONS
Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie, until 9 January
Carl Beam, until 16 January
 
INSTALLATIONS FROM OUR COLLECTION
Constellation and Correspondences: Networking Between Artists 1970-1980, until 24 December
Art of the Print. Recent Acquisitions from Rembrandt to Picasso, until 2 January
Pierre Huyghe. A Journey That Wasn't, ongoing
General Idea. One Year of AZT, ongoing
Louise Bourgeois. Cell (The Last Climb), ongoing
 
 
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
 
Meet the Artists
Friday 5 November at 12:15 pm and
Saturday 6 November at 1 pm
Artists featured in the exhibition It Is What It Is will discuss their work. In English or in French with bilingual question period. Included with admission to the exhibition.
 
ADULT ART TOURS – NEW!
Sunday 7 November at 1:30 pm
Explore the National Gallery of Canada as you would a work of art. This one-hour tour highlights Moshe Safdie's magnificent creation, the Rideau Chapel, the Croscup's Painted Room, and concludes with the exhibition Global Citizen. In English. Cost: $7 + Gallery admission. Registration required at 613-998-8888. Complete schedule at gallery.ca

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