"Maud Lewis: Paintings for Sale accompanies a major exhibition of the artist's work at the McMichael Collection of Canadian Art and--featuring many paintings previously unseen by the public--is the most in-depth book on Lewis's art ever produced. The book features a 2,500 word cu...
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"A like vision is a lavish celebration of the legacy of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, Canada's canonical landscape painters. The Group's depiction of the rugged beauty of the Canadian landscape - from the coastal mountains of British Columbia to the north shore of Lake Supe...
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael, this collection gathers the insights of myriad Indigenous cultural stakeholders, informing us on everything from goose hunting techniques, to the history of Northwest Coast mask making, to ...
Based on the first full-scale solo museum exhibition and drawing from extensive interviews with the artist, this book presents the story of Dempsey Bob's life told his own way, including extensive and intimate reflections on the creation of particular works. Gorgeous photographs ...
Thomson's death in 1917 triggered the formation of the Group of Seven and the ascendancy of landscape painting as a national preoccupation. This is the first book to focus on Thomson's small-scale sketches and brings together a variety of voices to interpret his legacy with fresh...
A monument to the talent of Canadian women artists in the interwar period, 'Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment' provides a full and diverse cross-country survey of the art made by women during this pivotal time, incorporating the work of both settler and Indig...
William Kurelek (1927-1977) is a beloved figure in Canadian art, a revered Ukrainian-Canadian painter whose works express his deeply felt immigrant experience and his compassionate vision of humanity. In 1975, he created a suite of 16 jewel-toned paintings titled Jewish Life in C...
Over three generations, the Sobey family of Nova Scotia has stewarded the legacies of Canadian art. Accompanying a major exhibition at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the prestigious Sobey Art Award, Generations tells the s...
Published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Jack Chambers: Light, Spirit, Time, Place and Life is the first major volume to be published on the work of Jack Chambers, one of Canada's most recognized and broadly influential artists. Featuring a sel...
"While women artists of the early twentieth century were known for depicting interior spaces as places of privacy and domestic quietude, Margaux Williamson's interiors reveal spaces of creativity, subjectivity, and a kind of anarchic experimentation. Williamson has a distinctive ...
Co-founder and leader of the legendary Group of Seven, Lawren Harris has become the most valued artist in Canadian history. 'Where the Universe Sings' features over 130 of Harris' paintings, with highlights from family films, including Harris' own footage, and dozens of photograp...
Gathie Falk: Revelations, published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition curated by Sarah Milroy, will investigate the career of a legendary Canadian artist. Now in her nineties, Gathie Falk was born in 1928 in Brandon, Manitoba, settling finally in Vancouver, where sh...
"This catalogue accompanies the McMichael's exhibition Jon Sasaki: Homage. Each generation walks in the footsteps of the past while also finding ways to describe the world anew. In this series, Sasaki investigates cultures close to home. Jon Sasaki: Homage presents the full suite...
"The Art of Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, is a comprehensive and diverse examination of the impact and lasting influence of Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, the last member of the Group of Seven, joining in 1932, and the only member to live in western Canada. Co-curated by Sarah Milroy, C...
"Published to accompany an exhibition on Trinidadian-Canadian artist, Denyse Thomasos, co-curated by Sarah Milroy and Gaëtane Verna. Denyse Thomasos (1964-2012) was a leading Trinidadian-Canadian painter whose epic paintings gather imagery drawn from a range of sources: woven Ca...