Exhibitions
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…
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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…
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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…
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False Promises: BFA Honours Degree Student Exhibition
April 6, 2023 – April 29, 2023
Justine Bui is a half-Chinese and half-Vietnamese female born in Calgary, Alberta, who focuses her art on colourism in Asian communities. Graduating with a BFA Honours in Visual Studies from the University of Calgary in April 2023, Justine is a multi…
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David Garneau: Métissage
February 2, 2023 – April 22, 2023
CONGRATULATIONS David Garneau Outstanding Achievement Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Art, 2023 David Garneau: Métissage is a survey exhibition of more than 50 artworks, Edmonton-born artist David Garneau documents his Métis heritag…
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After Holbein – Turkish Carpets and the Tudors
February 2, 2023 – April 22, 2023
The 16th century artist, Hans Holbein the Younger famously painted portraits of Henry VIII and other nobles with richly patterned Turkish carpets. Drawing on the Nickle’s textile collections, curator Michele Hardy, offers a selection of these distinc…
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The Birth of Portraiture: Alexander The Great and His Successors
February 2, 2023 – April 30, 2023
Drawing on the rich holdings of the Nickle Numismatic collection, curator Marina Fischer explores the life of Alexander the Great and his successors through their portraits on ancient coins. Tiny masterpieces of Hellenistic art, these ancient coins…
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Adrian Stimson: ANTHRO-OBSCENE (and Other Works)
September 29, 2022 – December 17, 2022
Adrian Stimson: Anthro-Obscene (and other works) gives viewers an introduction to the artist’s large and diverse practice, providing a glimpse into his process and ways of working. Stimson is not easily introduced – his art practice is built f…
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Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000
September 9, 2022 – December 17, 2022
Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms and the Expanded Frame, 1960 – 2000 is an ambitious touring exhibition that opens September 9 at Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary. It examines the explosion of innovative textile-based art on the C…
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There’s Nothing Strange Here: 2022 MFA Graduating Students’ Exhibition
August 8, 2022 – September 10, 2022
There’s Nothing Strange Here is the 2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition presenting the work of four artists from the University of Calgary’s Graduating Master of Fine Arts class. Organized by the Department of Art and Art History, hosted by Nickle Galleries….
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