National Gallery of Canada
national gallery canada french musée de beauxarts du canada located capital city ottawa ontario canada national art museum museum building take square metre sq ft square metre sq ft space used exhibiting art one largest art museum north america exhibition space institution established second supreme court canada building moved victoria memorial museum building government canada passed national gallery act formally outlining institution mandate national art museum gallery moved lorne building gallery relocated new building designed purpose national gallery canada situated glass granite building sussex drive notable view canada parliament building parliament hill building designed israeli architect moshe safdie opened gallery permanent collection includes work european american asian canadian indigenous artist addition exhibiting work permanent collection gallery also organizes host number travelling exhibition gallery first formed canada governor general john campbell th duke argyll conjunction establishment royal canadian academy art moved first home parliament hill housed second supreme court canada building eric brown named first director gallery moved victoria memorial museum building sharing national museum natural science first national gallery act passed outlining gallery mandate resource building expanded art gallery given four floor separate entrance created art museum addition firewall built natural science museum national gallery gallery still temporary space victoria memorial museum building longterm plan move new permanent location space dedicated viewing art space victoria memorial museum building grown inadequate gallery collection gallery launched design contest architect design permanent home gallery gallery failed garner support government louis st laurent resulting gallery abandon winning bid provide workable compromise national gallery st laurents government offered national gallery eightstorey lorne building use national gallery moved nondescript office building elgin street lorne building since demolished replaced storey office building house federal finance department charles comfort gallery director criticized half work display exhibition walter chryslers european work exposed forgery american journalist comfort allowed gallery host exhibition despite warned work director montreal museum fine art national museum canada corporation nmc absorbed national gallery canada nmc diverted fund national gallery form regional gallery gallery completed renovation lorne building become apparent national gallery would need relocate given poor condition building historical use asbestos inadequate exhibition area provided enough space two per cent collection exhibited given time canada constitution patriated prime minister pierre trudeau announced shift policy focus towards creation nation priority given art effort enrich canadian identity year minister communication francis fox declared government commitment erect new permanent building national museum including national gallery museum man within five year director national gallery jean sutherland boggs chosen trudeau oversee construction national gallery museum gallery began construction permanent museum building sussex drive opened may diversion fund nmc help fund regional museum ended national museum canada formally dissolved result dissolution national gallery reacquired institutional independence along mandate power outlined formative legislative act prior canadian museum contemporary photography cmcp formerly still photography division national film board canada affiliated institution national gallery established cmcps administration amalgamated national gallery cmcp later moved new location rideau canal continued operate closure collection later absorbed national gallery december national gallery announced suspected approximately work collection plunder stolen nazi second world war gallery posted image work suspected stolen art online permitting last legal owner examine possibly lay claim work gallery returned painting édouard vuillard looted nazi alfred lindon salon madame aron lindons heir december national gallery canada art gallery alberta issued joint press release announcing threeyear partnership saw use art gallery alberta gallery exhibit work national gallery collection program first satellite program national gallery canada another institution similar initiative launched canadian art gallery following year marc mayer named gallery director succeeding pierre théberge january april succeeded alexandra suda appointed th director chief executive officer national gallery canada sasha suda gallery underwent major rebranding dubbed ankosé inclusive work towards reconciliation three year suda resigned angela cassie appointed interim director ceo july gallery present building designed moshe safdie associate construction beginning building opening building total floor area square metre sq ft royal architectural institute canada chose national gallery one top building produced canada last millennium national gallery canada housed building sussex drive adjacent byward market district building fourth edifice house art museum independent crown corporation canadian museum construction corporation established build gallery budget c million following canadian federal election prime minister brian mulroney dissolved corporation however groundwork building already completed mulroney chose continue funding construction gallery albeit reduced total budget c million building northern eastern western exterior facade made pinkgranite wall glasswindows southern exterior facade feature elongated glass wall supported concrete pylon grouped four profile southern facade designed mimic cathedral concrete pylon used similarly flying buttress found gothic cathedral eastern portion building southern facade transition lowlevelled crystalline glass cupola hold museum main entrance western portion feature threetiered glass cupola threetiered glass cupola formed rectangular glass narrow steel support second tier cupola formed rectangle equilateral triangle subdivided eight twelve smaller equilateral triangle glass piece joined steel strut third tier cupola formed similar design although triangular glass pane isosceles triangle isosceles triangle converge upwards apex towards centre building threetiered cupola positioned manner cupola would flanked peace tower library parliament west approaching museum east interior entrance lobby floored pinkgranite includes straight four metre ft wide ramp slope upward towards west safdie noted importance ramp design stating one go kind procession make way something important national gallery gave visitor feeling making ascent ritual ceremony wall entrance lobby lined rectangular cut pink granite excluding southern wall part glasswalled exterior facade glass steel ceiling reminiscent gothic cathedral architecture extends entire way ramp however opposed gothic cathedral ceiling several concrete column spaced support roof summit ramp lead towards great hall building situated threestorey glass cupola interior courtyard building includes taiga garden garden designed cornelia oberlander modelled painting terre sauvage jackson painting national gallery permanent collection garden attempt mimic landscape depicted painting canadian shield although limestone substituted place granite typically found canadian shield october national gallery canada permanent collection hold work representing several artistic movement era art history gallery large varied collection painting work paper sculpture photograph earliest work acquired museum canadian artist canadian art remaining focus institution however collection also includes several work artist around world gallery collection built purchase donation gallery organizes travelling exhibition exhibit collection travelling across canada abroad national gallery largest lender art canada sending approximately work year gallery print drawing collection includes work paper dating th century present day print drawing collection includes work paper canadian artist print drawing crafted inuit artist print drawing collection also includes drawing print american asian european artist gallery also approximately work asian artist dating ce th century gallery asian collection began early th century number work originating collection nasli heeramaneck gallery also collection photograph number photograph collection originated defunct canadian museum contemporary photography mids gallery mandate include collecting art indigenous people much critiqued led important change gallery onwards despite major rehang canadian gallery include indigenous art first time gallery continues work towards equitable representation indigenous art particularly historical gallery largest work gallery entire interior rideau street chapel formed part convent lady sacred heart interior decoration rideau street chapel designed george couillon chapel interior acquired gallery convent slated demolition piece interior dismantled stored reconstructed within gallery work art gallery canadian collection includes work dating th century new france collection includes painting preconfederation abstract painting postwar art henry birks collection canadian silver early preconfederation painting among first item canadian collection national gallery earliest work originating canadian artist royal canadian academy art gallery canadian collection hold large number work group seven gallery also hold large collection work tom thomson jack pine added collection gallery also hold largest collection work alex colville artist featured collection include william berczy jack bush paulémile borduas emily carr robert field vera frenkel theophile hamel joseph légaré cornelius krieghoff fernand leduc alexandra luke ken lum james wilson morrice john obrien antoine plamondon william raphael jeanpaul riopelle william ronald michael snow lisa steele jeff wall joyce wieland paul wong member regina five commemoration th anniversary canada gallery undertook c million renovation open canadian indigenous art time immemorial gallery gallery display progression canadian art history exhibiting canadian indigenous work side side work exhibited manner examines intertwined relation two group people indigenous collection includes work indigenous artist around world although emphasis work indigenous people canada gallery collection acquired first work first nation metis artist early th century however maker work often acknowledged indigenous gallery mandate include collection art indigenous people gallery acquired first inuit work crafted artist nunavik gallery acquisition inuit work time actively collecting art indigenous people related government promotion inuit art create job north assert canadian sovereignty henry birks bequeathed large collection ngc consisting primarily quebecois preconfederation silver bequest object included around work indigenous artist department indian affair northern development bequeathed work inuit artist number indigenous artist whose work featured collection include kenojuak ashevak kiawak ashoona qaqaq ashoona carl beam faye heavyshield osuitok ipeelee rita letendre norval morrisseau shelley niro david ruben piqtoukun abraham anghik ruben lucy tasseor tutsweetok jeffrey thomas john tiktak lawrence paul yuxweluptun gallery contemporary collection includes work artist since collection feature number work canada indigenous artist first indigenous canadian contemporary artwork acquired national gallery purchased piece called north american iceberg ojibwe artist carl beam bob rennie donated contemporary art collection national gallery honour canada th anniversary collection includes painting sculpture mixedmedia piece originating vancouverbased artist including geoffrey farmer rodney graham brian jungen ian wallace rennie collection also includes international contemporary work including doris salcedo gallery bought barnett newman voice fire million igniting storm controversy however since time value appreciated approximately c million gallery acquired sculpture giant spider maman louise bourgeois cost c million sculpture installed plaza front gallery gallery installed canadian sculptor joe fafards running horse next sussex drive entrance american artist roxy paine stainless steel sculpture one hundred foot line kìwekì point behind gallery contemporary artist whose work featured national gallery collection include david altmejd lee bul janet cardiff bharti kher christian marclay elizabeth mcintosh chris ofili paine ugo rondinone joanne tod european american asian collection area includes gallery work noncanadian artist gallery acquired first european work painting ignatius sancho thomas gainsborough conversely gallery begin develop collection american art gallery collection includes american european work dating renaissance th century addition western art collection also work india nepal tibet gallery european collection since expanded either acquisition gift work include la tour eiffel marc chagall acquired gallery c gallery planned sell work fund acquisition abandoned plan decision found unpopular public gallery acquired painting italian renaissance painter francesco salviati million gallery acquired partie carée james tissot collection david r graham putting display december third work tissot acquired museum since work collection include death general wolfe angloamerican artist benjamin west artist featured museum european collection includes alejo fernández vilhelm hammershøi gustav klimt élisabeth vigée le brun henri matisse charles meynier claude monet rembrandt vincent van gogh library archive national gallery canada hold extensive collection literature canadian art library archive established alongside gallery contains document western art late middle age present day collection includes book exhibition catalogue periodical documentation file microforms archive serf institutional archive gallery library archive special collection includes auction catalogue addition slide research photograph library archive exceptional material notable subject collection contains number rare imprint book bookplate canadian artist well item relating historian canadian art federal government assumed responsibility gallery enactment national gallery canada act gallery became crown corporation july proclamation museum act museum act serf museum governing legislation empowers board trustee serve gallery governing body board chair accountable minister canadian heritage ultimately responsible museum director ceo charged daytoday management gallery gallery affiliated several association including canadian museum association ontario association art gallery canadian heritage information network virtual museum canada following list director national gallery canada kathleen fenwick first gallery curator list art museum list largest art museum list museum ontario list national gallery national museum canada dymond anne diversity count gender race representation canadian art gallery mcgillqueens press isbn newland anne national gallery canada theme room exploring educational exhibition canadian journal education – doi jstor ord douglas national gallery canada idea art architecture mcgillqueens press isbn rybczynski witold national gallery looking around journey architecture toronto harpercollins pp – retrieved medium related national gallery canada wikimedia common official website national gallery canada structurae national gallery canada within google art culture