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Art Gallery of Alberta announces fall exhibition line-up

Exciting upcoming exhibitions feature Burtynsky, Matisse, Gaugin, Münch and Picasso as well as new works by Albertan artist Laura St. Pierre

BACKGROUNDER

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2010 Alberta Biennial artists to perform live on AGA terrace

The Cedar Tavern Singers help celebrate the closing of the exhibition TIMELAND with special musical performance

August 24, 2010

EDMONTON, AB – The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) invites the public to celebrate the last weekend of TIMELAND: The 2010 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art with a live performance by featured Lethbridge artists The Cedar Tavern Singers.

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Alberta artist materializes childhood memory in elaborate installation

New exhibition created specifically for RBC New Works Gallery

August 11, 2010

EDMONTON, AB – The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) is proud to premiere Jonathan Kaiser: Celestial Bodies on August 14, 2010 in the RBC New Works Gallery.

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Upcoming exhibition transforms AGA space into teen bedroom

Elaborate installation built on-site in gallery devoted to Alberta artists

July 26, 2010

EDMONTON, AB – The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) will be unveiling Jonathan Kaiser: Celestial Bodies in the RBC New Works Gallery from August 14 to October 11, 2010. In this exhibition, Kaiser creates an intricate installation based on his childhood bedroom using found and obsessively crafted objects and drawings. Since graduating from the University of Alberta in 2005, Jonathan Kaiser has exhibited his work both locally and internationally.

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Three-time Emmy award winner and underground comic star to speak at the Art Gallery of Alberta

Exclusive talk by Pee-Wee’s Playhouse set designer presented as part of Animation Week at the AGA

Monday, July 5, 2010

Edmonton, AB – The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) is proud to present an artist talk with renowned illustrator, painter, designer and comic world legend Gary Panter on Thursday, July 8 at 7 pm.

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New season of exhibitions launches at the Art Gallery of Alberta

AGA’s blockbuster summer features Escher, Piranesi and Warner Bros., along with works by some of Canada’s most important historical artists

June 15, 2010

EDMONTON, AB – Beginning Saturday, June 19, 2010, Albertans and visitors to our province will have the opportunity to see M.C. ESCHER: The Mathemagician, PIRANESI’S PRISONS: Architecture of Mystery and Imagination and The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons at the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA). One week later, on June 26, 2010, the AGA will also open Reframing a Nation, the first exhibition of works from the Gallery’s permanent collection since the opening of its new building in January 2010.

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Public Service Announcement

June 7, 2010
EDMONTON, AB – The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) invites the public to listen to local artist Sandra Bromley in conversation with the Gallery’s Deputy Director/Chief Curator Catherine Crowston on Thursday, June 10 from 5:30-6:30 pm.

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New exhibition at the Art Gallery of Alberta offers a closer look at Alberta’s art scene

The 7th Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art features 24 artists from the province

May 28, 2010

EDMONTON, AB – The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) is proud to present works by 24 emerging and established Albertan artists in TIMELAND: 2010 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art opening May 29 and running until August 29, 2010.

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Exhibition featuring 24 cross-generational Albertan artists to open at the Art Gallery of Alberta

May 26, 2010

EDMONTON, AB – The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) is hosting a media conference on Friday, May 28 at 11 am to launch the 7th Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art. All 24 featured Albertan artists and the guest curator will be in attendance to launch the exhibition and its accompanying website. The 2010 Alberta Biennial, titled TIMELAND, is sponsored by ATB Financial.

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Albertan artist behind renowned ‘Gun Sculpture’ opens new show at the Art Gallery of Alberta

Exhibition on view at the AGA’s RBC New Works Gallery, a space devoted to showing new works by Albertan artists

May 25, 2010

EDMONTON, AB – The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) is delighted to present the world premiere of Sandra Bromley: FIRE, running May 29-August 2, 2010 in the RBC New Works Gallery.

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