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Director’s Choice: Salute to Riopelle
McMichael Director Sarah Milroy reflects on the gallery’s extraordinary holdings of works by Jean Paul Riopelle — paintings packed with gestural force that tell the story of Riopelle’s radical defiance in the face of social conformity and religious repression. The post…
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“Earth Herself Singing”: Beverly Glenn-Copeland on Pic Island
This fall marks the fortieth anniversary of Keyboard Fantasies, the iconic, genre-bending album by singer and composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland. To mark the milestone, the McMichael shares an excerpt from Glenn-Copeland’s essay for A Like Vision: The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson —…
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Artist Spotlight: Elizabeth Wyn Wood
Elizabeth Wyn Wood (1903–1966) transformed what sculpture in Canada could be — rendering islands, rocks, and trees in three dimensions through clean, curving lines drawn from nature rather than imitating it. The post Artist Spotlight: Elizabeth Wyn Wood appeared first on…
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On the Road: Arthur Shilling at the Doris McCarthy Gallery
Arthur Shilling (1941–1986), a member of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation, painted the land as someone who knew it intimately — resisting easy classification through bold colour and thick, expressive brushwork. This fall, his Waterfall Near North Rama—Near My Place (1973)…
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Moving Mountains: Inside the McMichael’s Historic Collection Decantation
While the McMichael's doors may be temporarily closed, an extraordinary amount of work is happening behind them. Our Collections, Conservation, Tech Services, and Library & Archives teams are in the midst of a full decantation — the careful, systematic relocation of an entire…
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Artist Spotlight: Anne Savage
Anne Savage painted landscapes full of rhythm, jewel-toned colour, and an intimate sense of place — from the hills of the Laurentians to the mountains of British Columbia — in whatever spare hours her teaching career allowed. Discover the life and practice of one of Canada's…
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Rody Kenny Courtice, Riverbank Flowers, 1954
Recently acquired by the McMichael, Rody Kenny Courtice's Riverbank Flowers, 1954, offers a vivid introduction to one of Canadian modernism's most distinctive voices — a painter whose richly patterned, experimental canvases resist easy classification. The post Rody Kenny…
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Excerpt from Ann MacIntosh Duff
Ann MacIntosh Duff (1925–2022) spent decades returning to the same boathouse studio on Georgian Bay, finding endless new possibilities in familiar landscapes — and the McMichael is proud to have recently acquired two hundred works from her estate. Read an excerpt from…
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Beyond the Label: John Geoghegan on Old Growth
McMichael curator John Geoghegan's new talk on Old Growth: Masterworks by the Group of Seven and Their Contemporaries goes beyond the gallery label — exploring why these iconic works continue to inspire both admiration and debate more than a century later. The post Beyond the…
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AY Jackson, McMichael Conservatory, Kleinburg, c. 1970
A.Y. Jackson spent the final years of his life living and painting at the McMichael in Kleinburg — and this recently acquired graphite drawing is, as far as we know, the only located work by the artist depicting the gallery's own grounds. The post AY Jackson, McMichael…
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Reclaiming the Narrative: Camille Turner’s Hometown Queen at the AGH
For nearly three decades, Camille Turner has challenged who gets seen, remembered, and celebrated in Canadian history — and her landmark retrospective Hometown Queen is now on view at the Art Gallery of Hamilton through January 3, 2027. Read about the McMichael's recent…