Nickle Galleries will be closed April 29, 2024. Summer Hours in effect from April 30, 2023.
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Spaces Becoming Form – BFA Honours Exhibition
April 11, 2024 – May 3, 2024
The 2024 BFA Honours exhibition, Spaces Becoming Form, will feature work by Chris Lukas Maier, Kuhlein Migue, Will Neuhaus and Jasneet Pritam.. Students in the BFA Honours (Visual Studies) are involved in creative research and visual art practices that eng…
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H.G. Wells: A Scientific Romance
April 11, 2024 – July 19, 2024
H.G. Wells: A Scientific Romance explores the inspired beginnings of Herbert George Wells (1866 – 1946), an early and major figure in what was to become science fiction. Trained in the sciences, Wells intended to be a teacher. Instead, poor health led him…
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Glory, Blood and Power: Money and War through the Ages
February 1, 2024 – April 27, 2024
The Glory, Blood and Power: Money and War through the Ages exhibition examines the interplay between money, power, and the capacity to wage war, starting in the ancient era and progressing through to the present. It shows the crucial importance of economic…
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HARRY MITSUO KIYOOKA – Artist. Educator. Activist.
February 1, 2024 – April 27, 2024
HARRY MITSUO KIYOOKA – Artist. Educator. Activist. (1928 – 2022) Painter, printmaker, instructor and community builder, Harry Mitsuo Kiyooka straddled the last hundred years in a way that few other artists have. Born in Calgary in 1928, a place he would ca…
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Online Resources
VIRTUAL – What is Money?
What is Money? is the newest virtual exhibition of pre-coinage currencies from the Nickle Numismatic Collection at the Univesrity of Calgary showcasing diverse forms of money used across the globe through time. From some of the earliest minted metals of th …
VIRTUAL – Coinage of the Ancient Greek World
Drawing on the rich holdings of Nickle Galleries’ numismatic collections, Coinage of the Ancient Greek World traces the early history of coinage from its invention in the 7th century BCE through to coins minted by Alexander the Great. Curated by: Brittany …
WEBSITE: Prairie Interlace – Weavings, Modernism and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000
Launched in early September 2022, Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000, is a rich website that complements and extends the exhibition. It features short essays introducing the exhibition’s aims and themes, information ab …
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2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, T2N 1N4
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