By Sophie Becquet, McGill Visual Arts Collection Student Intern (2024-) The Jingjiao (景教) Stele, or Xi’an Nestorian Stele, holds far more than meets the eye, bridging East and West through its cultural and religious significance and its extraordinary journeys across …
The Journey of the Jingjiao Stele: From Tang China to Montreal Read More »
By Katelyn Jones, PhD Candidate, Art History, Max Stern Fellow, McGill Visual Arts Collection (2025-) A magnificent, embroidered banner titled Our Lady of the Snows hangs inconspicuously in the discrete location of the Royal Victoria College Residence Hall nicknamed the …
Warden and Witness: 118 years of the ‘Our Lady of the Snows’ banner at McGill Read More »
By Hi’iakalehuakaulei Hashimoto, Curatorial Intern for Indigenous Art (2023-), McGill Visual Arts Collection Many Indigenous peoples of the Northwest coast, including Kwakwaka’wakw, tell stories of the Bakwas, or Bookwus (wild man of the woods), a “supernatural” being who dwells in …
By Hugo Barsacq-Camard, McGill Visual Arts Collection Student Assistant, 2022-2025 Montreal artist Marian Dale Scott (1906-1993) was a pioneer of Canadian modern art, changing and adapting her art style and techniques across a seventy-year career. In 1934, having recently started …
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La version française suit Created by Ewalt Halfhide (1916-2002) in 1943, this pastel drawing of the first dusting of snow on our familiar campus is bustling with tiny figures – and some are even playing in the snow. Halfhide was …
By Julia Widing, McGill Visual Arts Collection Student Assistant, 2024 In 2017, the McGill Visual Arts Collection acquired something special from donor Katherine Smalley: a page from the sketchbook of a young Auguste Pierre Renoir (1841-1919). Renoir, famous for leading …
by Jenn Riley, Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives Indigenous Awareness Weeks, an annual celebration hosted by the Office of Indigenous Initiatives, showcases Indigenous academics, artists, and community members. The McGill University Libraires are participating in this year’s installment, held September 19 …
Celebrating McGill Indigenous Awareness Weeks at the Libraries Read More »
by Sophie Becquet, McGill Visual Arts Collection Student Assistant (2024-) Lire la version française Nancy Petry is one of the few artists who attended the Bachelor of Fine Arts program during its brief existence at McGill University between 1948 and …
Unveiling the Secret of Nancy Petry’s Bird of Paradise Read More »
by Jocelyn Campo, McGill Visual Arts Collection ARIA Intern (2023), Museum Database Assistant (2023-2024), Class of 2024 As a lover of contemporary art, I was intrigued by the McGill University Visual Art Collection’s array of large-scale tapestries. I walk by …
By Michelle MacLeod, Assistant Curator, Visual Arts Collection and Serene Mitchell, Intern, Visual Arts Collection (2022) Lire la version française An artwork in the McGill Visual Arts Collection (VAC) that celebrates paper is Winter Joy by Chinese-Canadian Elizabeth Quan (1921-2016). In this …
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