Exhibitions
Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home
May 29, 2023 – September 1, 2023
My respects and friendships to all our relatives and friends, do not forget any. (Louis Riel, writing to his mother Julie Riel on October 2, 1874) In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection o…
Read More
People We Know: Portraits from the Collections of Nickle Galleries
May 29, 2023 – September 1, 2023
Portraiture has a unique place in the history of art. It is an ancient art form persevering to the modern day. A portrait is typically defined as a representation of a specific individual; yet, it does not merely record someone’s features, but says s…
Read More
Gwen MacGregor: Treelines – Here and There
May 11, 2023 – July 21, 2023
Gwen MacGregor is an artist who explores the multilayered and contradictory relationships that settlers on Turtle Island have to land. Her installation, Treelines – Here and There brings together photographs and videos with a forest of crocheted tree…
Read MoreEvents
Curator’s Tour: Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home
June 13, 2023 – 1:00 pm
Annie Murray, Rare Books and Special Collections Librarian will offer an intimate tour of Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home, a…
Curator’s Tour: Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home
June 19, 2023 – 1:00 pm
Annie Murray, Rare Books and Special Collections Librarian will offer an intimate tour of Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home, a…
Tour! Indigenous Art in the TFDL with Kaia MacLeod
June 23, 2023 – 11:00 am
Libraries and Cultural Resources recently acquired an important collection of art by Treaty 7 artists–many of whom have a si…
Online Resources
Nickle Picks
Vitual – Money Zoo: Fantastic Beasts in the History of Money The significance of animals in the ancient and the modern world is evident on our money. …
Nickle New
Nickle Galleries is very proud to add a strong selection of works by Calgary artist (and UCalgary Alumni) Marigold Santos to the collection of art. Th …
Featured Online
Prairie Interlace: The Website Launching in early September 2022, Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000, is a rich …
Spring/ Summer Hours (effective May 1, 2023)
Monday – Friday 9 – 4 pm
Closed evenings, weekends and holidays
Fall/ Winter Hours
Monday – Friday 9 – 4 pm
Saturdays 11-4 pm
Closed evenings, Sundays and holidays
Subscribe here