The Art Gallery of Alberta commissioned Canadian artist Damian Moppett to create an installation for long-term display in the AGA Atrium. This work is intended to be a scaled-up sketch that occupies the space in the AGA’s atrium as if it was drawn in the air. Shapes and lines are fabricated out of cut aluminum

Tiffany Shaw has mapped the section of the North Saskatchewan River that flows through the city limits of amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton) while thinking about the Métis scrip process. The undulating river is seen from above and references topical mapping and river lots but relies solely on the river itself as land marker. From the 1870s until

Celestial Passage is an augmented reality that uses the AGA’s Main Hall as a simulated observation site for viewing North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) satellite data in real-time. Visitors can navigate a data portrait of orbiting traffic amongst artificially-generated angels. The work blends fantasy with reality to address globalization and the complexity of space politics.

The works in this exhibition trace the boundaries of the body and reference garments and adornment in many forms. These literal and symbolic objects of attire allow their ‘wearer’ to explore a myriad of issues including identity and representation; objectification and empowerment; mythology and history; imagined futures and the afterlife. This exhibition is organized by

The Chronic Illness Art Project is a collaborative portrait series between visual artist and community arts facilitator Allison Tunis (she/they) and nine other individuals throughout Canada who identify as chronically ill. Over the course of three years, Tunis individually connected with each collaborator through a back and forth conversational process, discussing their illnesses and the

The Musée Héritage Museum (part of the Arts and Heritage Foundation of St. Albert) is pleased to present its latest exhibition that showcases the original oral nature of Indigenous languages, and the challenges of also transitioning them to written form. First Languages features two travelling presentations from the Canadian Language Museum, Beyond Words: Dictionaries and

Gisa Mayer was born in Bad Reichenhall, Germany.  She grew up in the Foothills of the Bavarian Alps, with beautiful landscapes, dramatic skies and Foehn Winds. She spent her youth hiking, skiing, climbing in the cultured landscapes of the country just north and south of the Alps. Living halfway between the great cities of Munich

In this exhibition, Ally McIntyre uses animal protagonists to explore human caused climate collapse. By presenting animals as central figures, McIntyre challenges the audience to reconsider their place and impact in the world. Although humans are not prominently depicted in this exhibition, their presence is palpable, and it is evident that human actions pose the

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.

Examining uncertainty in the face of an ever-shifting reality is central to Jacqueline Huskisson’s art practice. Her exhibition, Liminal Spaces, embraces the uncanny. Taking the familiar setting of a home, she unceremoniously nudges it off its axis—solid reality slips, with the fiction seeping in around the edges. Unsettled, we search the frames, looking for the

Globally Renowned Rock & Roll Artist STICKMAN’s work oozes swagger, and his energetic depiction of iconic and thematic Rock & Roll art is suffused with romanticism, opulence, and grit. STICKMAN’s extraordinary works stand out for their singularity and the artist has spent his entire career in the pursuit of creating the visual equivalent of Ted