
Glenbow Museum offers a range of special exhibitions each year welcoming the best of international traveling exhibitions as well as drawing from its extensive collections.
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is known for his
distinctive Haida Manga style which blends
Indigenous art traditions with the style of Asian
graphic novels known as manga or manhwa.
The exhibition will highlight his large-scale works
on paper along with some major sculptural
works that uniquely combine diverse media
such as car hoods, copper leaf and argillite dust.
This dynamic exhibition will also include an
installation of a Haida Manhwa Reading Room curated by Vancouver-based Liz Park. This
space will provide visitors with an opportunity
to become intimate with the artist’s graphic
works through his books and a selected
archive of his works on paper.
Michael N. Yahgulanaas, Coppers from the Hood- “Stolen But Recovered”, 2007, Collection of Glenbow Museum
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Connections to Collections: Jeff Thomas and Paul Wong
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Fall 2009
Artists Jeff Thomas and Paul Wong have been
invited to work directly with Glenbow’s diverse
collections in response to their own practice
and create work based on their explorations.
Jeff Thomas is a contemporary photographer,
curator and writer, currently based in Ottawa
and of Iroquois/Onondaga ancestry. Based in
Vancouver, Paul Wong is a video art pioneer
and an award-winning artist and curator.
Jeff Thomas, Folded Arms Visits Calgary (GPS: N51 02.637 W114 03.886), 2005, Collection of the Artist
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War Brides: One-Way Passage
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November 6, 2009–February 14, 2010
A compelling, moving and fascinating
exploration of the historical phenomenon of
the war brides, featuring beautiful installations
and portraits by Calgary artist Bev Tosh.
Bev Tosh,Should-to-Shoulder (detail), 2002-2009, Collection of the Artist
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Sam Steele: The Man and the Myth
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2012
Canada's most well-known Mountie comes to life in this spectacular exhibition celebrating the accomplishments of legendary military man, Sir Samuel Benfield Steele. It's your chance to see Glenbow's newly acquired Sir Sam Steele Collection - coming straight from Steele's descendents!
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