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Montreal
Canadian Centre for Architecture
Being There: Photography in Arthur Erickson’s Early Travel Diaries
This exhibition examines Arthur Erickson’s exchanges with people, places, landscapes, buildings, rituals, and ideas during his early travels in Europe and North Africa between 1950 and 1952, and in Asia in 1961. (Nov. 14-March 16) www.cca.qc.ca
Museum of Contemporary Art
The Children Have to Hear Another Story
Presenting the work of Abenaki documentary filmmaker, activist, and singer Alanis Obomsawin, one of the world’s most renowned Indigenous directors, this exhibition is divided by decade. It presents a comprehensive overview of her cinematographic, visual, and musical work. (Sept. 26-Jan. 26)
www.macm.org
McCord Stewart Museum
Manasie Akpaliapik. Inuit Universe
In this exhibition by the contemporary artist from Baffin Island (Nunavut), Akpaliapik uses his favourite materials—whalebone, caribou antler and stone—to create works that are connected to oral tradition, cultural values, the supernatural world, and Arctic wildlife and environment. (Oct. 4-March 9)
www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Two by Two, Together:
Recent Additions to the MMFA’s Collection
This exhibition unveils a selection of artworks by 19 Canadian and international artists, acquired by the MMFA over the last five years, displayed in groupings that create a dialogue between the works through their subject, medium, form, function and time period. (Sept. 11-Oct. 5) www.mbam.qc.ca
POINTE-À-CALLIÈRE Museum
The Heart and Soul of Saint-Henri
Looking at the neighbourhood of Saint-Henri over 350 years through the eyes of the men and women who forged its soul, this exhibition highlights the many innovative community and artistic initiatives that are shaking up the neighbourhood today. ( Until May 11)
www.pacmusee.qc.ca
Galerie de l’Université de Montréal
Alexandre David. From One Place to Another
This major retrospective of Alexandre David’s work is presented at galleries in Montreal (i.e. the Gallery of the University of Montreal) and in Quebec City (Art Gallery of the University of Quebec and Criterium) including new installations, each of which reveals a distinct angle of approach. (Until Nov. 16)
www.galerie.umontreal.ca
Toronto
Royal Ontario Museum
Earth: An Immersive Journey
This exhibition presents a multisensory tour through several of the planet’s vibrant ecosystems from a windswept Arctic vista to a lush rainforest, showcasing the joyous interconnectedness of life. It offers a theatrical experience, bringing habitats to life through high-definition projections, scent diffusions, spatial audio, and atmospheric low lighting. (Until Jan. 12) www.rom.on.ca
Art Gallery of Ontario
Lucy Qinnuayuak
Featuring 20 works on paper by Inuit graphic artist and printmaker Lucy Qinnuayuak (1915-1982), whose work was included in every annual Cape Dorset print release until her death in 1982. The exhibition explores the evolution of Qinnuayuak’s style, from her concept drawings to stone-cut prints. (Opens on Oct. 9) www.ago.ca
Ottawa
Ottawa Art Gallery
Chaos Bloom – Tidal Wave
Presenting a work by EEPMON (Eric Chan), a digital artist and creative entrepreneur who merges code and creativity, exploring the micro and macro. Transcending digital boundaries, this mural delves into the beauty of flowers and their Fibonacci connections, as well as cosmic fascination and intertwining Earth and lunar rhythms. (Until June 6, 2026)
www.oaggao.ca
National Gallery of Canada
Stan Douglas: 2011 ≠ 1848
This exhibition by Stan Douglas, recognized as one of Canada’s most acclaimed contemporary artists whose multidisciplinary practice includes films, photographs and theatre productions, was originally featured at the Venice Biennale in 2022. It compares events of 2011 with those of 1848. (Until October)
www.gallery.ca
Calgary
Contemporary Calgary
Ghosts of Canoe Lake: New Work by Marcel Dzama
Working in myriad media drawn from folk vernacular as well as from art historical and contemporary influences, Dzama revisits themes of landscape from Canadian art history and from his own childhood in Manitoba and northern Saskatchewan, while confronting a natural world threatened by climate change. (Until Oct. 27)
www.contemporarycalgary.com
Vancouver
Vancouver Art Gallery
Emily Carr: A Room of Her Own
This exhibition features approximately 25 works drawn from the gallery’s Emily Carr Collection (the most comprehensive holdings of her work in the world). It maps key biographical moments in Carr’s practice. ( Until Jan. 5) www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver)
Kablusiak: Double Feature
Inuvialuk artist Kablusiak is a renowned multidisciplinary artist whose work embraces the wideness of Inuit experience including joy, despair, sexuality and, as an Inuk living outside Inuit Nunangat, displacement. Through drawing, sculpture, installation and video, Kablusiak pushes the conventions of modern Inuit art with wit and irreverence. (Until Jan. 5)
www.cagvancouver.org
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