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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2015, KLEINBURG ON —The McMichael Volunteer Committee (MVC) will celebrate its 30th anniversary on April 13, 2015. For three decades, the MVC has supported a wide variety of McMichael activities, including educational and exhibition programs, gallery events, appearances by guest artists, concerts, and special projects.  To celebrate volunteerism at the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2, 2015, KLEINBURG ON — Dr. Victoria Dickenson, Executive Director & CEO of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Stanners, PhD, to the position of Director, Curatorial & Collections at the McMichael, effective March 9, 2015. “We are delighted to have Sarah join the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2015, KLEINBURG ON—Celebrated abstract expressionist painter, Césan d’Ornellas Levine—who has exhibited across Canada, the United States, Mexico, and throughout Europe—has signed on to take part in the Art Mentorship Project, an initiative launched in 2013 by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and York Region Arts Council (YRAC). The Project’s last [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2015, KLEINBURG ON—The mystique and spiritual power of the North are explored in the McMichael Canadian Art Collection’s new exhibition Northern Narratives, opening on February 14, 2015 and running until May 17, 2015. The show features seventy works, including drawings, paintings, sculptures, and prints that address the cultural interchange between [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 23, 2014, KLEINBURG ON—The exhibition Morrice and Lyman in the Company of Matisse, now in its last weeks at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, has captivated visitors with its unique pairing of works by two pioneers of modern art in Canada, James Wilson Morrice (1865-1924) and John Lyman (1886-1967), and the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2014, KLEINBURG ON—The McMichael Canadian Art Collection has released four new publications highlighting several of the most original, highly acclaimed exhibitions to be displayed at the gallery in the past year: You Are Here: Kim Dorland and the Return to Painting (October 26, 2013 to January 5, 2014); Karine Giboulo’s [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2014, KLEINBURG ON—On January 31, 2015, the powerful and provocative exhibition Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775-2012 will open at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Since debuting in 2013 at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, Washington, the exhibition has garnered attention for its unique interweaving of art, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2014, KLEINBURG ON – The McMichael Canadian Art Collection has unveiled to the public the exhibition Eyes on Quebec: Treasures from the Andrée Rhéaume Fitzhenry and Robert Fitzhenry Collection, showcasing the art of Quebec and early Canadian modernism through an exceptional and rarely seen private collection that has now been [...]

mc FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2014, KLEINBURG ON - The McMichael Canadian Art Collection’s upcoming special exhibition entitled Eyes on Quebec: Treasures from the Andrée Rhéaume Fitzhenry and Robert...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2014, KLEINBURG ON – One of the most anticipated exhibitions of the fall season opens at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection on Friday, October 10, 2014. Morrice and Lyman in the Company of Matisse takes visitors on a pictorial journey through the sunbathed landscapes and bustling marketplaces of exotic painting [...]

September 25, 2014, KLEINBURG ON – The McMichael Canadian Art Collection’s Executive Director and CEO, Dr. Victoria Dickenson, and Chair of the Board, Upkar Arora announced today that Chief Curator, Katerina Atanassova will be leaving the McMichael to take on the position of Curator, Canadian Art at the National Gallery of Canada as of December [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2014, KLEINBURG ON – The McMichael Concert Series, developed in partnership with JAZZ.FM91, returns this fall with an eclectic lineup of top Canadian jazz musicians, including three of the country’s most engaging female vocalists: Florence K, Barbra Lica, and Emilie-Claire Barlow. The series continues on Friday, October 17 with a [...]