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Nickle Galleries exhibition explores our relationship with the land and themes of connection and alienation, UToday
Crocheted artwork by Gwen MacGregor is front and centre in Treelines – Here and There
Read MoreAfter Holbein – Turkish Carpets and the Tudors, Hali Magazine (Issue 215)
Introduction to Nickle Galleries' recent exhibition, After Holbein - Turkish Carpets and the Tudors by the curator.
Read MoreExhibition review: After Holbein: Turkish Carpets and the Tudors at the Nickle Galleries, The Gauntlet
The 'After Holbein: Turkish Carpets and the Tudors' exhibition at Nickle Galleries offers a captivating exploration of the intertwining worlds of art, politics and prestige through the lens of Holbein’s masterful portraiture and the opulent carpets that graced the homes of the elite.
Read MorePrairie Interlace Exhibit Gives a Glimpse of Weaving on the Prairies, Prince Albert Daily Herald
A special touring exhibit will be at the Mann Art Gallery over the next month.
Read MoreGiving Day Returns: Support Nickle Galleries’ Programs!
Giving Day 2023 Gifts to the Nickle Galleries Exhibitions and Programs Fund will extend further opportunities for students; support the cost of exhibitions; supplement the cost of programs and publications related to exhibitions; and augment acquisitions of visual art, numismatics, and textiles for Nickle collections. Your support will serve both the communities we are so proud to be part of – the University of Calgary and the community that surrounds it.
Read MoreGovernor General award highlights multi-faceted aspect of Métis artist, Windspeaker.com
“Sometimes you want to be among your own. We’re working things out. I call this ‘irreconcilable spaces of Indigeneity’… You’re not always explaining everything. You’re getting on with it.” —David Garneau
Read MoreUniversity of Calgary champions art and culture through campus museum , UToday
Nickle Galleries’ free programming connects visitors with artists for a transformative learning experience
Read MoreCalgary club, museum partner for symposium, Canadian Coin News
The University of Calgary’s Nickle Galleries has teamed up with the local Calgary Numismatic Society for a free two-day symposium, “Power, Identity and Alexander the Great.”
Read MoreAfter Holbein Turkish carpets woven with fascinating yet ambiguous histories, Galleries West
Renaissance paintings often show grand interiors with lavish furnishings, sometimes including beautifully patterned Turkish carpets. While few carpets survive from that era, historians can study them in paintings by artists like Hans Holbein the Younger. The German-born 16th-century artist popularized the ornate carpets, desirable symbols of wealth and power in Europe. Some styles are even known as “Holbein carpets.”
Read MorePrairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000, Selvedge Issue III
Calgary based artist Barbara Sutherland reviews Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernims and the Expanded Frame at Nickle Galleries.
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