Announcements
- November 27, 2024 Annual Report 2023-2024 Read Now >
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October 26, 2022
Annual Report 2021–2022
Learn more about ACI’s values, programming, impact, financial statements, and benefactors.
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September 9, 2021
New Books For Canadian Art Lovers
Explore our upcoming titles on extraordinary art and artists in Canada, publishing 2021-2022
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September 28, 2020
New Books on Five Trailblazing Artists
Titles in ACI’s 2020-2021 Season
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April 27, 2020
Releasing Summer 2020
Upcoming publication in the ACI’s Canadian Online Art Book Project
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April 10, 2020
Buy your copy of Kent Monkman’s Revision and Resistance
Now available, online (free) and in print, the book about the groundbreaking art event at The Met
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March 20, 2020
New art books releasing 2020
Upcoming publications in the ACI’s Canadian Online Art Book Project
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December 19, 2019
Art Canada Institute in collaboration with Kent Monkman
An unforgettable book on an iconic work of art
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April 30, 2019
New art books releasing 2019 and 2020
Upcoming publications in the ACI’s Canadian Online Art Book Project
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April 28, 2019
Toronto Star puts spotlight on ACI’s Canadian Art Library
Telling the story of Canadian art online and in print
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April 26, 2019
ACI’s art book on Oviloo Tunnillie in Nunatsiaq News
New online art book looks at the work of Inuit artist Oviloo Tunnillie
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March 31, 2019
Remembering François-Marc Gagnon
The Art Canada Institute remembers one of the country’s most revered and beloved art historians.
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December 14, 2018
National Gallery feature on Bertram Brooker
A new publication from the Art Canada Institute paints Bertram Brooker as a true Renaissance man
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December 14, 2018
New art books releasing in 2019
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December 10, 2018
Galleries West spotlight on the Art Canada Institute
As digital technology shakes down traditional publishing, the Art Canada Institute is stepping it up online
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October 10, 2018
Kitchener Post feature on “the Canadian Constable”
New online art book looks at the work of Kitchener-born artist Homer Watson
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June 12, 2018
New Robert Houle exhibition opens in Toronto
The John B. Aird Gallery presents “Looking for the Shaman”
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June 1, 2018
“Figures schématiques”: the $3.6 Million Borduas
Painting becomes the highest-selling Borduas ever
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May 30, 2018
Kurelek painting sells for $472,000
“Hot Day in Kensington Market” earns double its estimate
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May 24, 2018
Sarah Milroy appointed Chief Curator at the McMichael
The ACI Director joins the McMichael leadership team
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May 17, 2018
New art books releasing 2018–19
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April 16, 2018
ACI presents “Rebels and Iconoclasts”
Four art authorities on four disruptors of Canadian art
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April 14, 2018
“The Poetics of Space” opens at the Kamloops Art Gallery
Featuring artworks by over 30 artists
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April 13, 2018
“Professional Native Indian Artists Inc.” opens in Lac La Biche
Permanent exhibition on display at Portage College
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March 12, 2018
Emily Carr’s painting of Sophie Frank
Treasured portrait at auction for the first time
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February 2, 2018
“The Illuminations Project” now on view
First-time collaborations by Shary Boyle and Emily Vey Duke
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January 15, 2018
“Pahgedenaun” on now at Carleton University Art Gallery
Sandra Dyck curates exhibition on Robert Houle
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December 9, 2017
McMichael launches “The Art of Canada”
Ian Dejardin curates show with collection favourites
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November 6, 2017
ACI presents “What Makes Art Canadian?”
The ACI Art Talk explores four important Canadian artists
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October 3, 2017
Renaming of AGO’s department of Indigenous and Canadian Art
ACI author Georgiana Uhlyarik named curator of Canadian Art
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September 26, 2017
Charlotte Gray delivers Goodman Lecture
ACI board director discusses bringing Canada’s history to life
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September 20, 2017
“Turbulent Landings” opens in fourth Canadian Biennial
Exhibit on display at Art Gallery of Alberta and NGC
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August 3, 2017
Oscar Cahén retrospective opens in Fredericton
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery explores the legacy of this abstract artist
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July 10, 2017
Jon S. Dellandrea publishes “Brush with Infamy”
ACI board director explores life of infamous forger William Firth MacGregor
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July 1, 2017
“Passion Over Reason” opens at the McMichael
New exhibit focusses on Joyce Wieland and Tom Thomson
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June 15, 2017
“Canadian and Indigenous Art” opens at National Gallery
Exhibit surveys best examples of art made in Canada
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May 24, 2017
William Kurelek in Toronto
ACI Art Talk explores artist’s relationship with art dealer Avrom Isaacs
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April 5, 2017
Norval Morrisseau and the McMichael
New exhibit explores artist’s relationship with the gallery
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March 26, 2017
Earthlings on now at Esker Foundation
ACI launches a new online art book at Esker Foundation in Calgary
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March 10, 2017
Sara Angel on Max Stern and art restitution
ACI founder delivers talk at University of Toronto
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February 23, 2017
Shuvinai Ashoona’s repositioning of Inuit art
ACI Art Talk highlights the artist’s remarkable trajectory
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February 4, 2017
“Pulp + Process” opens at Madrona Gallery
Exhibit explores the versatility of works on paper
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January 25, 2017
The AGO and the Musée d’Orsay present “Mystical Landscapes”
Canadian artists featured alongside van Gogh and Monet
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January 11, 2017
Françoise Sullivan exhibit opens at Galerie de l’UQAM
Previously unseen works on display for the first time
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October 26, 2016
War Through Her Eyes
An ACI lecture on Paraskeva Clark and Canada’s Women Military Painters
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September 1, 2016
Celebrating Curnoe
Read the new online art book on Greg Curnoe by Judith Rodger
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May 19, 2016
General Idea: Inventing History and Making it Real
AA Bronson in conversation with Sarah E.K. Smith and Luis Jacob
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May 6, 2016
The Ashoona Legacy
ACI releases free ebook on Inuit artist Pitseolak Ashoona
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April 19, 2016
General Idea: Visionary Provocateurs
ACI releases e-book on General Idea
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April 6, 2016
Norval Morrisseau: A Complex but Critical Legacy
ACI releases e-book on Norval Morrisseau
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March 4, 2016
ACI on Wikipedia
The ACI is now on Wikipedia!
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February 26, 2016
Quebec City as Muse: The Paintings of Jean Paul Lemieux
ACI releases e-book on Jean Paul Lemieux
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February 18, 2016
Force of Nature
ACI launches ebook on Emily Carr
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January 20, 2016
Remembering Av Isaacs (1926–2016)
Champion of Michael Snow, Joyce Wieland passes away at the age of 89
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January 13, 2016
ACI hailed “the best news in Canadian art in a long time”
NGC Director Marc Mayer talks ACI in new magazine story
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November 23, 2015
Tom Thomson: Icon & Enigma
ACI releases free ebook on Tom Thomson
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November 2, 2015
Icons of Identity: Prudence Heward and Tom Thomson
An ACI panel discussion, featuring Dr. Julia Skelly and David P. Silcox; Moderated by Charlotte Gray
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October 28, 2015
Watch: ACI Massey Art Lecture on Oscar Cahén
Dr. Jaleen Grove and Dianna Symonds discuss the life and career of Oscar Cahén
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October 26, 2015
The Defiant Spirit of Prudence Heward
ACI releases free ebook on Prudence Heward
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September 21, 2015
Double Vision: The Oscar Cahén Story
ACI releases free ebook on Oscar Cahén
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June 11, 2015
Watch: ACI Massey Art Lecture on Pitseolak Ashoona
Christine Lalonde and Anna Hudson discuss the life and legacy of Inuit artist Pitseolak Ashoona
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June 1, 2015
Watch: ACI Massey Art Lecture on Yves Gaucher
Canadian art experts Roald Nasgaard and Adam Welch discuss revolutionary abstract artist Yves Gaucher
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April 30, 2015
Collection Cartography
Watch: ACI founder leads discussion on how to create a great Canadian art collection
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April 27, 2015
Bright Lights Dark City
CONTACT Photography Festival exhibition explores iconic Toronto film lab
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April 24, 2015
OCAD University Recognizes Achievements of Aboriginal Art Expert
ACI author wins Alumni Award for work as one of North America’s leading contemporary Aboriginal art experts
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April 13, 2015
Carr Comes Home
After four months in England the Emily Carr exhibition comes to Canada
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April 1, 2015
Leader of the Band
ACI launches free ebook on Yves Gaucher
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March 4, 2015
Watch: Sarah Milroy on “Indian Church”
Learn about one of Emily Carr’s most important works of art
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February 25, 2015
What makes a great Canadian collection?
UTAC panel investigates the issue
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February 16, 2015
Northern Lights
What Do Pitseolak Ashoona & Lawren Harris Have in Common?
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February 13, 2015
Carr and Burtynsky In Dialogue
Kelowna Gallery pairs works by Carr and Burtynsky in new west coast exhibition
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February 6, 2015
A Surrealist Perspective
Jock Macdonald’s first major retrospective in 30 years maps history of abstract art in Canada
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February 5, 2015
Watch: ACI Massey Art Lecture on Paul Kane
ROM curator Arlene Gehmacher discusses controversial Canadian artist Paul Kane
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February 4, 2015
Modern Art as Metaphor
Kent Monkman explores dynamics of the European gaze in BMO exhibit
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January 27, 2015
Emily Carr in Context
Canada’s experts on Carr’s emergence onto the international stage
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January 23, 2015
Filming Utopia
Art and Cinema at Expo 67
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January 9, 2015
Hart House Collects Canada at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
New exhibition spotlights U of T’s role in assembling Canadian art masterpieces.
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December 10, 2014
Travelling Man
ACI launches ebook on legendary painter Paul Kane
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November 17, 2014
Emily Carr Charms Prince Charles
ACI director Sarah Milroy gives the Prince of Wales a tour of her show
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November 10, 2014
True Patriot Love
ACI launches ebook on Joyce Wieland
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November 4, 2014
Carr Goes British
Dulwich Gallery Pays Homage to BC
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October 23, 2014
Morrice, Lyman, Matisse
We are mesmerized by the spectacular show that opened last week at the McMichael
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April 17, 2014
Watch Sarah Parsons on William Notman
In this ACI talk, Parsons explains how Notman became one of Canada’s greatest photographers
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April 17, 2014
Watch Gerta Moray on Harold Town
In this ACI talk, Moray discusses Town’s wildly provocative and patriotic art practice
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February 27, 2014
The Canadian War Museum honours A.Y. Jackson
In 2014, the Group of Seven founder will be paired with German artist Otto Dix in a unique WWI exhibit
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February 27, 2014
Watch Martha Langford on Michael Snow
In this ACI talk, Langford makes a passionate case for the work of the legendary Toronto artist
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November 28, 2013
The Art Canada Institute launches!
On a cold November evening, art lovers gathered to celebrate the future of Canadian art history
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