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The Art Gallery of Alberta respectfully acknowledges that we are located in Treaty 6 Territory and Region 4 of the Metis Nation of Alberta. We respect this as the traditional and contemporary  land of diverse Indigenous Peoples including the Plains Cree, Woodland Cree, Beaver Cree, Nitsitapi/Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Anishinaabe/Saulteaux/Ojibwe and Dene Peoples. We also acknowledge the many Indigenous, Inuit and Métis people who make Alberta their home today.

Exhibition Opening 2023 | Fall Exhibitions

Cannupa Hanksa Luger, Light Bison, 2021. Digital video and regalia on mannequins. Courtesy of the Artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. Photo: Brandon Soder, 2023.

Join us September 29 to celebrate the opening of our fall exhibitions, including: Second Skin, Boreal Barometer: The Art of Observation and Well-Being, Between Things: Alberta Ceramics and A Link With Nature: Early Botanical Photography, 1850 – 1950. 

From textiles and Boreal Forest-inspired art to ceramics and botanical photography, there is something for everyone! 

Members will have a preview of the exhibitions at 6pm with opening remarks to begin at 6:20pm. Light refreshments will be served and drinks will be available for purchase. 

The public will have access to the opening from 7:30 to 9pm. 

About the Exhibitions

Second Skin explores the symbolic potential of objects of adornment. This exhibition is presented by TD Ready Commitment. 

TD Ready Commitment logo

Boreal Barometer: The Art of Observation and Well-Being presents artworks from arts students and staff from Portage College, located in Lac La Biche, Alberta, an historically important and culturally rich community within the Natural Region of the Boreal Forest.  Organized by Portage College and Art Sales and Rental. 

Portage logo     Art Sales and Rental

Between Things: Alberta Ceramics includes sculptures and installations made by Alberta contemporary artists committed to clay to ask how ceramics can activate our experience of and relationship to the world around us. Presented by the Poole Centre of Design. 

poole centre of design logo

A Link With Nature: Early Botanical Photography, 1850 – 1950 traces the enduring influence of nature as photographic subject matter from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. 

All other exhibitions (including From Warhol to Banksy organized by the Kelowna Art Gallery) and our shopAGA will also be open. 

Dates and Tickets

6pm Members Preview (please login)
6pm Members Preview (please login)

7:30pm Public Preview
7:30pm Public Preview
No upcoming dates.
Show past dates
Audience: All ages

Hours

Monday: closed
Tuesday: closed
Wednesday: 11am-5pm
Thursday: 11am-7pm
Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday: 11am-5pm
Sunday: 11am-5pm

Admission

* Restrictions apply. Please see our Hours and Admissions page.

AGA members
$Free
Youth 0-17
$Free
Alberta students 18+
$Free
Out-of-province students
$10
General admission
$14
Seniors 65+
$10

Location

2 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T5J 2C1

780.422.6223
info@youraga.ca

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The Art Gallery of Alberta respectfully acknowledges that we are located in Treaty 6 Territory and Region 4 of the Metis Nation of Alberta. We respect this as the traditional and contemporary  land of diverse Indigenous Peoples including the Plains Cree, Woodland Cree, Beaver Cree, Nitsitapi/Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Anishinaabe/Saulteaux/Ojibwe and Dene Peoples. We also acknowledge the many Indigenous, Inuit and Métis people who make Alberta their home today.