Last summer, local comics artist, writer, and illustrator Sylvia Nickerson became our new RBC Artist in Residence, occupying the space in our David Braley and Nancy Gordon Sculpture Atrium with a wide range of projects reflecting her decades-long artist practice. For this week’s AGH Magazine article, enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the work of this … Continued
Late last year, renowned Canadian artist Sandra Meigs brought a sense of joy and wonder to the AGH entrance with her Imaginal Worlds exhibition, offering a playful lightness welcoming in visitors from the outside world. While we remain closed and unable to view the exhibition in person, we filmed an interview with Sandra to capture … Continued
This week’s AGH Magazine article features two exciting new videos peeking behind the scenes of our stunning new lobby exhibition, Lester Coloma: Masquerade. Enjoy an interview with the artist himself, as well as a time-lapse video capturing the multi-day process of painting the work directly on the wall of our lobby. Lester … Continued
For this week’s AGH Magazine article, enjoy this recorded conversation between AGH Director of Programs and Education Tor Lukasik-Foss and current AGH exhibition artist Nora Hutchinson. This conversation occurred September 24, 2020 for a live audience in the AGH Joey & Toby Tanenbaum Pavilion, in alignment with the safety protocols and guidelines as … Continued
Back in April and August, we published the first two instalments in a trilogy of articles taking snapshots of Michael Snow’s long, prolific career. “Snow in April” and “Snow in August” explored the Canadian icon’s experiments on paper, film, and in sculpture, exhibiting his work on the grandest national and international stages. Before our landmark … Continued
Hamilton’s arts history is a rich and complex tale, chock full of fascinating characters vital to the growth of culture in the city. As you may recall from the AGH exhibition presenting the project, Hamilton Arts Council’s Building Cultural Legacies is a storytelling platform aiming to comprehensively collect the stories of Hamilton arts between the … Continued
Sandra Meigs: Imaginal Worlds opened just a couple short weeks ago, gracing the AGH lobby with two large works from the internationally-renowned artist Sandra Meigs – Elevators (2015), a series of circular paintings that celebrate and elevate the everyday, and the large red inner-smile mobile from Room for Mystics (2017). Bringing a sense of joy … Continued
Opening March 20, 2021, Esmaa Mohamoud: To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat will inhabit space on Gallery Level 1, presenting a powerful exhibition deconstructing Black life in contemporary culture. Focused in particular on the modern industry of professional sports, the exhibition features a dozen artworks ranging in media from sculpture and installation to … Continued
According to Kim Adams, the Bruegel-Bosch Bus is always on his mind, in his dreams, and if he could, he’d build a bunkie in the Gallery so that he could sleep nearby and work on the piece every day. The piece is the longest-ever work-in-progress—in the AGH collection, anyways. It has been installed at the … Continued
Melissa Bennett is the Curator of Contemporary Art here at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. Among her many duties, Melissa is responsible for curating some of this past decade’s most-memorable AGH exhibitions, such as are you experienced?, Graeme Patterson: Secret Citadel, and the recent Hamilton Now: Subject and Object, which featured eighteen local artists exploring … Continued