Patio Sweepers

Saturday, February 27 will be the second anniversary of Brian Jones's passing.   As a way to remember Brian, we will screening the 1980 documentary on Brian Jones, directed by Bob Pegg.   Film begins at 1pm.

Posters of Brian's 1987 exhibition at the Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery will also be available for $80.   100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society in Brian's memory.   The poster features a reproduction of the vibrant and whimsical painting "Patio Sweepers".


Order Poster here

   
Woodman Room Web During the month of January we launched a website for The Woodman Room, a unique meeting place in the lower level of the gallery.


The website tells the history of the room and provides us with information for future visitors.


Visit www.woodmanroom.com
   
Appraisal Web

We have also created a new website www.gibsonartappraisals.com specifically focused on our extensive appraisal services.

As a member of the International Society of Appraisers, and Art Dealers Association of Canada, the gallery writes professional appraisals for insurance, estate planning or donation purposes. 

We welcome inquiries about our appraisal services:

Please visit www.gibsonartappraisals.com

   
Gorlitz MOCCA Will Gorlitz's exhibition nowhere if not here opened on Saturday, February 6 at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto and closes on March 28, 2010.

This nationally-touring survey show was organized by the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery and includes paintings from the past 20 years as well as new work entitled Always Already featured in the MOCCA's Project Room.
   
Michael Smith invitation Michael Smith's exhibition "Wresting Vision, Conjuring Place" opens at the Art Gallery of Peel on Sunday, January 17, 2010 from 2-4pm.

Exhibition continues January 13 - February 28, 2010.


Click here for more information about the exhibition
   
Collaborations Catalogue Aganetha Dyck's exhibition catalogue "Collaborations" from the Burnaby Art Gallery is now available. Essays by Robin Laurence and Darrin Martens.

In the exhibition Dyck created a diverse body of new work, including works combining cloth, thread, acrylic, ink, and honeycomb as well as mountings of a Braille version of a poem by Di Brandt incorporating bee-made chew marks.

$23.95 + postage

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Aqua Art Miami

Aqua Art Miami 2009 is going great!

Art enthusiasts from around the world are gathering in Miami. Michael Gibson Gallery's booth is at the Aqua Warehouse in the heart of Miami's Wynwood gallery district, during the week of the prestigious international event Art Basel Miami Beach.

View booth images here

   
TIAF2009

This year's Toronto International Art Fair was a great success!  Artists featured in our booth were: Melanie Authier, Aganetha Dyck, Will Gorlitz, Wanda Koop, Ron Moppett and Diana Thorneycroft.

Gallery artists were also featured in Jeffrey Spalding's curated HEARTlands exhibition at the entrance of the fair.


View booth images here

   

 

Diana Thorneycroft's exhibition Canada, Myth and History opened on July 23 at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg.  The complete Group of Seven Awkward Moments series was exhibited along with some of the original Group of Seven paintings.

Click here to see installation shots



The catalogue for Canada, Myth and History is now available here at the gallery - $15 plus postage. 

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Over the past year the gallery has been active acquiring works of art by important Canadian artists.

Artists include Betty Goodwin, Greg Curnoe, Harold Klunder, John Scott and Tony Scherman.

Click through the arrows to view images of selected works