This Week at Agnes

In the galleries

Agnes has started to turnover a few of the galleries in anticipation of the winter season. Rembrandt and Company and Nocturne remain on view for you to enjoy. Visit soon, we are open through 23 December.

Bringing Rembrandt’s work together with stellar paintings by rivals as well as acolytes, Rembrandt and Company celebrates creative diversity and entrepreneurship at a singular moment in the history of European art. Nocturne explores the night in the Canadian artistic imaginary and traces the arc of night from sunset to sunrise. Both exhibitions draw on Agnes’s rich collections.

Building the Collection

We are thrilled to announce that Guardian Capital Group Limited has donated its Indigenous art collection to Agnes. Recognizing Agnes and Queen’s commitment to working alongside Indigenous communities and fostering Indigenous-led access to collections, Guardian Capital Indigenous Art Fund has been established to support ongoing research and engagement with this collection. The Guardian Capital Indigenous Art Collection is a coherent body of works of significant cultural value. On multiple levels, the collection allows for the research and interpretation of Indigenous works of art from Turtle Island and into the North, as well as an understanding of how a corporate collection, one with a focus on Indigenous art, is shaped.

There are sixty-four works in total from over ten different communities. These works constitute an important and nuanced record of the emergence and recognition of contemporary Indigenous art in the 1970s. Read more.

OAC Exhibition Assistance Grants

Agnes is a Recommender for the Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grants program. We invite visual, media and craft artists living in eastern Ontario (Region 4) to apply for financial assistance for costs ($500–$2000) related to a confirmed upcoming exhibition.

Submit your application to Agnes by 5 January 2021. See program guidelines.