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Thursday

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Sunday

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Special Offer

25% Off All Membership
Exclusively available from Feb 9–Mar 29, 2026

Regular membership levels. Cannot be combined with any other promotion.

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Summer Camps

This summer, let your creativity run wild! This five-day camp is jampacked with art, games, and fun in the sun.

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Events and Activities

Two visitors viewing an artwork in the Indigenous and Canadian galleries.
Guided Slow Looking offers visitors an opportunity to come together, slow down, and spend a bit of extra time with individual works of art.
Mar 29, 2026
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EDT
National Gallery of Canada
A woman gestures to a painting on a dark green wall as she discusses it with a group.
SPARK! is a friendly, conversation-based, free program designed for individuals living with dementia and their caregivers.
Apr 7, 2026
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT
National Gallery of Canada
Visitors looking at a sculpture.
Join us on Saturday April 11, 2026 for Slow Art Day, a global event with a simple mission: to help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at...
Apr 11, 2026
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT
Scotiabank Great Hall
Sylvia Safdie
Join artist Sylvia Safdie in the exhibition space for a fascinating tour of Sylvia Safdie: TERRA.
Apr 16, 2026
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT
B107, B109

Plan your visit

Take in new exhibitions, enjoy artist talks, make some art, take a tour, and so much more. 

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NGC Magazine

Winter celebrated by Kathleen Moir Morris: A Recent Acquisition

As a pioneer of modern Canadian painting, Kathleen Moir Morris used bold, assured strokes, simplified forms and vibrant colours to create scenes of city life.

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NGC Boutique

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The ceiling of the Scotiabank Great Hall lit up with violet and cyan lighting.

Recent
Acquisition Highlights

Browse a selection of captivating artworks that have recently joined the Gallery’s collection. 

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Highlights from
the Collection

Janet Cardiff: Forty-Part Motet.

Forty-Part Motet

This brilliant sound sculpture by Canadian artist Janet Cardiff is a reworking of Spem in Alium, a piece by 16th-century English composer Thomas Tallis. 

Salon wall in the Canadian and Indigenous Galleries at the National Gallery of Canada.

Indigenous and Canadian Art

In these galleries the parallel and, at times, interrelated stories of Indigenous and Canadian art in Canada are brought together in one unforgettable display.

Louise Bourgeois, Maman, 1999, cast 2003. Bronze, stainless steel, and marble.

Inspired Words

Listen to leading authors speak about key artworks in the Gallery's collection.