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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.

The Collectors’ Cosmos: The Meakins-McClaran Print Collection

The Collectors’ Cosmos: The Meakins–McClaran Print Collection provides a glimpse into the making of what became one of the foremost private collections of European prints in Canada. Built over the course of four decades, the core of this collection comprises a wealth of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish prints. Drs. Jonathan Meakins and Jacqueline McClaran recently donated a significant portion of these works to the National Gallery of Canada, thus doubling the holdings of early Dutch and Flemish prints in the national collection. This generous gift advances the study of early Northern European printmaking, and includes an impressive number of print series depicting seasons or months of the year, times of the day, planets, elements, animalia and more. These works enrich our understanding of the role played by prints in Early Modern Europe, illustrating humanity’s quest to make sense of the world and find order in chaos.  

The exhibition features a wide variety of artists who played important roles in the flourishing of this art form, including, Rembrandt van Rijn, Hendrik Goltzius, and Jacob van Ruisdael.

Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

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Le cosmos des collectionneurs. La Collection d’estampes Meakins–McClaran propose une incursion dans le processus de constitution d’une collection d’estampes européennes, sans doute aujourd’hui l’une des plus importantes collections particulières à ce titre au Canada. Quoiqu’elle couvre plusieurs époques et écoles, cette collection assemblée sur quatre décennies a trouvé sa force dans les estampes néerlandaises et flamandes des XVIe et XVIIe siècles que les Drs Jacqueline McClaran et Jonathan Meakins ont récemment offertes au Musée des beaux-arts du Canada. Grâce à cet apport considérable, la collection d’estampes néerlandaises et flamandes du MBAC a doublé son fonds. Ce généreux don, qui fera particulièrement progresser la recherche dix-septiémiste sur l’estampe en Europe du Nord, comprend un nombre impressionnant de séries qui représentent entre autres les saisons ou les mois de l’année, les heures du jour, les planètes, les éléments et le règne animal. Ces estampes témoignent de la quête de sens de l’humanité et de son désir d’ordonner le monde et le vivant dans ce qui serait autrement chaos.

La version itinérante de l’exposition Le cosmos des collectionneurs organisée par le Musée des beaux-arts du Canada présente un aperçu de ce remarquable don, qui inclut notamment des œuvres de Rembrandt, d’Hendrick Goltzius et de Jacob van Ruisdael.

Organisée par le Musée des beaux-arts du Canada.

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Location
Second floor

Hours

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

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* 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
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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.