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Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery ...

Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery ...

Diana Nemiroff

Exhibition catalogue for 'Land, Spirit, Power' at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, in 1992, a collection of contemporary art intended as a response and contribution to current discussions on questions of cultural identity, from the ...
Joyce Wieland: A Life in Art

Joyce Wieland: A Life in Art

Iris Nowell

"Joyce Wieland is one of Canada’s greatest artists of the last half of the twentieth century.” -- Pierre Theberge, director of the National Gallery of Canada.
Tate Gallery

Tate Gallery

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Features the Tate Gallery in London, England. Notes that the Tate Gallery houses the national collections of British art and international modern art. Provides access to major exhibitions currently at the Gallery.
The Building: National Gallery of Victoria

The Building: National Gallery of Victoria

Philip Goad

Features the newly refurbished National Gallery of Victoria at a cost of A$134 million and compares the building to 1968 when it first opened.
Katie and the National Gallery: Discover London with Katie

Katie and the National Gallery: Discover London with Katie

James Mayhew

Featuring paintings from the National Gallery's world famous collection, this sticker activity book will keep little Katie fans entertained for hours, whilst introducing them to the wonderful world of art.
Voices of Fire: Art, Rage, Power, and the State

Voices of Fire: Art, Rage, Power, and the State

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Also includes papers from a symposium organised by the National Gallery of Canada. Visual art, especially abstract art, functions a little like a time bomb.
Donald Friend, 1915-1989: Retrospective

Donald Friend, 1915-1989: Retrospective

Barry Pearce

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 9 Feb.-25 Mar. 1990, and then at the National Gallery of Victoria, 14 Apr.-6 June 1990 and at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 26 June-19 Aug. 1990.
National politics and community in Canada

National politics and community in Canada

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The authors in this collection challenge traditional notions of the 'minority' and explore Canada's national political system and institutions as a unit.
European sculpture of the nineteenth century

European sculpture of the nineteenth century

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

The National Gallery's collection of nineteenth-century European sculpture is dominated by 37 works by Auguste Rodin and more than 30 portrait busts by Honore Daumier.
Misled by Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque

Misled by Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque

National Gallery of Canada

Featuring the work of six Canadian artists, this publication examines a recurring facet of contemporary artistic production: material excess, accumulation, bravado, asymmetry, and theatricality.
Fabulous Fashion 1907-67: Exhibition from the Costume ...

Fabulous Fashion 1907-67: Exhibition from the Costume ...

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Exhibition held at National Gallery of Victoria and Art Gallery of New South Wales.
The Boreal Ecosystem

The Boreal Ecosystem

James A. Larsen

... single species without serious ambiguity. The nomenclature followed for the most part is that of H. J. Scoggan in “The Flora of Canada,” published in 1978 by the National Museum of Natural Sciences, National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
Passion to Dance: The National Ballet of Canada

Passion to Dance: The National Ballet of Canada

James Neufeld

This is the story of the National Ballet of Canada – the people, the determination, and how at sixty it is still creating new work while still representing the classics.
National Gallery of Canada: Ideas, Art, Architecture

National Gallery of Canada: Ideas, Art, Architecture

Douglas Ord

In showing how Canadian art came to be housed in a building whose architectural and ideological sources include Gothic cathedrals, Islamic mosques, Egyptian temples, St Peter's Basilica, and the squared-stone facades of the Holy City of ...
Daniel Dion: parcours

Daniel Dion: parcours

Jean Gagnon

"Daniel Dion: Paths" is the catalogue for the exhibit of Dion's video art at the National Gallery of Canada.

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