Join us for an afternoon with Aaron Jones as he discusses his newly installed work, ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ค.
In conversation with curator John Geoghegan, heโll share insights into his process, influences, and the ideas behind this new commission.
May 3, 2โ3 pm
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Every day is #WorldArtDay at the McMichaelโbut today, we celebrate a little louder. ๐จ
On the walls. In the studios. Through residencies, installations, and classrooms.
And with every visitor who brings their own way of seeing.
Discover the remarkable sealskin wall hangings of Mina Kumarluk Napartukโan Inuk artist whose work captures the rhythms of camp life in Nunavik with striking detail and care.
Read more about this recent acquisition and Napartukโs legacy in ๐๐ค๐๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ โ mcmichael.com/acquisitions...
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for curator John Geogheganโs sold-out talk celebrating the opening of ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ!
Couldnโt make it? Stay tunedโ weโll be sharing a recording of Johnโs illuminating talk on our YouTube channel soon.
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PLUS: Join us on March 22 for a special Curatorial Talk with McMichael Curator John Geoghegan, who will share fresh insight into some of the most iconic works in the collection.
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March 22, 2026
๐ 2โ3 PM
๐ Included with gallery admission
Register โ mcmichael.com/event/curato...
๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ opens this weekend ๐ฒ
Step into the Canadian landscape through landmark works from the McMichaelโs permanent collection. Featuring artists including Tom Thomson, Lawren Harris & Emily Carr.
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Dreaming up your own gallery wedding? Learn more about weddings at the McMichael โ mcmichael.com/visit/weddin...
Love was in the air at Rosie & Seanโs wonderfully quirky, art-filled autumn wedding at the McMichael. ๐๐
Weโre always honoured to be part of love stories like this. Read Alison McGillโs feature in Toronto Life โ torontolife.com/style/real-w...
Zooming into the final weekend of the Olympics โท๏ธโจ
Sending our heartfelt congratulations to all Canadian Olympians for an incredible Games. ๐จ๐ฆ
๐ผ๏ธ J.E.H. MacDonald (1873โ1932), ๐๐ฌ๐ช๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, 1912, oil on canvas, 46.3 x 28.6 cm. Purchase 1984, 1984.1
Happy Galentineโs Day! ๐
Tag your art-loving bestie youโd bring to the gallery (and pore over an exhibition catalogue with after).
Edwin Holgate (1892 - 1977), ๐๐ธ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ, woodcut on paper, image: 10 x 10.1 cm, Purchase 1987,1987.14.1
Take a little black (cat) magic home with ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ช๐ด: ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ, our exhibition catalogue celebrating her joyful scenes and iconic cats โ shop.mcmichael.com/products/pai...
Friday the 13th โ but make it adorable ๐โโฌโจ
Who needs bad luck when you have Maud Lewisโs black cats? They might be the cutest little โomensโ youโve ever seen.
Maud Lewis, ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ด, late 1950s, Mixed media on board, 30.5 x 30.5 cm. Collection of Laura and Brad Freeman. L2019.93.
Before ๐๐ต. ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ became an iconic painting, it began as a sketchโ"[imbuing] the Rocky Mountain landscape with a profound sense of spirituality and the sublime, breaking away from the artistโs earlier depictions of nature grounded more strictly in representation."
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Look familiar? โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
On snowy days like these, weโre inspired by Ann MacIntosh Duff to slow down and find beauty right outside our own windows.
Ann MacIntosh Duff (1925โ2022), ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐บ (๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ), 1970s, watercolour on paper, 68.3 x 102.9 cm, 2022.13.186
๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด: ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต. ๐๐ข๐ธ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ is now open at the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa!
Go behind the scenes of opening night and the exhibitionโs journey along the St. Lawrence in our latest McMichael Magazine post โ mcmichael.com/on-the-road/...
Ignite your childโs creativity this March Break at the McMichael ๐จโจ
Our Art Explorers Camp offers a full-day, hands-on art experience where campers explore world-class exhibitions, discover inspiring artists, and experiment with a range of artmaking techniques.
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Greetings from Buffalo! Our curatorial team stopped by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum to see ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด, pictured here with works by Emily Carr.
On view in Buffalo until Jan 12, 2026
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This winter break, bring your kids to the McMichael and spark their creativity with our Storytelling Circles!
Dec 29 - Jan 2
11:30 English
1:30 pm Bilingual English/French
Free with Gallery Admission โ mcmichael.com/learn/famili...
1/ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต, c. 1935, oil on paper, 86.7 x 58.4 cm
2/๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, 1933, oil on canvas, 111.4 x 68 cm
3/ ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, 1936, oil on canvas, 110 x 67.2 cm
Discover her masterpiece, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, now on view in our exhibition Conversations and Reforestation, currently featured at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Northern Lights.
"Art is art, nature is nature, you cannot improve upon it," she once said. "Pictures should be inspired by nature, but made in the soul of the artist; it is the soul of the individual that counts."
Join us in celebrating Emily Carr on her birthday!
Born on Dec 13, 1871, in Victoria, BC, Carr drew endless inspiration from the vast West Coast skyline & towering trees that surrounded her. Her bold, sweeping brushstrokes mirror the expansiveness of the landscape that fueled her creative vision.
More ways to explore Canada this holiday season, with the Government of Canada.
This winter, the McMichael is proud to take part in the Canada Strong Pass! ๐จ๐ฆโ๏ธ From Dec 12 to Jan 15, young visitors can enjoy free and reduced admission:
๐ง Kids 17 & under โ FREE admission
๐ Youth 18โ24 โ Just $3.50
1/ Lawren Harris, ๐๐ต. ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ, 1930, oil on canvas, 133.5 x 153.5 cm
2/ Bess Larkin Housser Harris, ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, c. 1929, oil on canvas, 44 x 54 3/4 in 111.8 x 139.1 cm
3/ Lawren Harris, ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, c. 1929, oil on canvas, 128.3 x 152.4 cm, Purchase 1979, 1979.20 ยฉ Family of Lawren S. Harris
Celebrate #InternationalMountainDay with the timeless beauty of Lawren S. Harris and Bess Larkin Housser Harris' mountain peaks! ๐๏ธโจ
Experience this stunning trio of works in person, on view now in ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด โ mcmichael.com/exhibition/c...
Donโt miss this! On Dec 6 at 2 pm, artist Stan Douglas sits down with award-winning author Andrรฉ Alexis for an in-depth conversation about the ideas driving his work.
Reserve your seat (free with admission) โ mcmichael.com/event/artist...
James Wilson Morrice (1865โ1924), ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ, c. 1901โ02, oil on canvas, 65.4 x 46.3 cm, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Gwendolen Rutherfurd Caverhill Bequest. Photo: Brian Merrett
Explore luminous colour, stunning architecture, and vivid scenes of Venetian life in this unforgettable exhibition. Closing November 23 โ mcmichael.com/MorriceInVenice
Want to dive deeper? Exhibition curator Sandra Paikowsky discusses the painting on our YouTube channel โ youtu.be/Jy9BFWYHCQg?...
Last call! ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ closes tomorrow. โจ
Donโt miss your chance to experience iconic James Wilson Morrice masterpieces like ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ in person. One of Morriceโs most celebrated paintings, it captures the magic of early evening in Venice.