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Nickle Picks: Dick Averns, Curatorial Coordinator, Founders’ Gallery at The Military Museums

These seventy-two digital prints depict aeroplanes united by appearance, purpose, and an absence of airline identification markings. The pictures were photographed by plane spotters at airports worldwide, then gleaned from the internet by Canadian artist G …

Nickle New: Luke Lindoe

Slab Vessel, c. 1970s, Luke Lindoe slab-built textured stoneware, 15.5 x 18 x 6.5 inches NG.2020.002.000 The Nickle has a significant collection of works by Alberta artist Luke Lindoe (1913-2000) including works on paper and ceramics. A driving force in es …

Nickle Picks: Claudia Chagoya, MFA 2019, UCalgary.

One of the exhibitions that I most enjoyed at Nickle Galleries was Lyndal Osborne’s 2018 “Mutation of the Commons,” especially her piece Shoalwan: River Through Fire, River of Ice (2003). I was lucky to see the installation of the artwork, and I was amazed …

Nickle Picks: Susan Cahill, Associate Professor, Dept of Art, UCalgary

Afghan war rugs have been produced since 1979, when the Soviet military invaded Afghanistan, and combine the weaving methods and formal styles of conventional Afghan rugs with unexpected images of war. Most commonly made in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan …

Nickle Pick: Brittany DeMone, PhD student, Department of Classics and Religion, UCalgary

A favorite coin of mine in the collection of Nickle Galleries is this silver drachm from the island of Thasos in northern Greece, ca. 550-465 BCE. Each city-state in ancient Greece produced their own coinage. Thasos is known for their coins with the depict …

Nickle Picks: Julia Petrov, Curatorial Assistant, 2003, Nickle Galleries

I had been working at the Nickle’s front desk and gift shop when the boxes containing Lloyd Erikson’s rugs first arrived. I was then tasked with reconciling the 650+ pieces against inventories, and interviewing the donor for further information. A fine red …

Nickle Picks: Scott Coleman, Numismatics Student Assistant, 2019, Nickle Galleries

My favourite coin in Nickle Galleries’ collection is a bronze coin attested to Constantine the Great. The reason I chose it is for its apparent multigenerational use and characteristics most other Roman/Byzantine bronze coins do not have. First, the coin h …

Nickle Picks: Anuradha Gobin, Department of Art

Nickle Galleries is home to this incredible Belgian tapestry depicting a baptism scene. Made circa 1510, the focus of the composition is a tightly swaddled baby who scholars believe may represent Henry VIII. The babe is positioned before a baptismal font a …

Nickle Pick: Catherine Mortensen, Antique Carpet and Textile Specialist

I sourced this kilim in Istanbul in the late 90’s from father and son textile dealers who were traveling in Central Asia collecting carpets, kilims and textiles following the breakup of the Soviet Union. This kilim comes from a group of Uzbek textiles that …