Thorneycroft @ The Cotton Factory

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Diana Thorneycroft is part of “Revenge of the Golden Girl” at The Cotton Factory in Hamilton.

REVENGE OF THE GOLDEN GIRL: THE WINNIPEG SHOW 2.0

All this time
Lingers, undefined
Someone choose
Who’s left and who’s leaving
–the Weakerthans

The first Winnipeg Show debuted at the city’s art gallery in 1975. A curation of the most significant artists of the time, it made reputations and solidified the Centre of North America as a place to which people needed to pay attention.
REVENGE OF THE GOLDEN GIRL: WINNIPEG SHOW 2.0 honours that legacy, including significant work made in Winnipeg since the beginning of the twentieth century. And it also brings to light a group of yet unrecognized artists that have been practicing over the years.

As John K Samson writes, the tension that is central to the id of the artists of Winnipeg is who leaves, and who are leaving, and who is left behind. And the art they make reflects the paradoxical relationship its citizens have to being part of “ONE GREAT CITY”.

Curated by ​Michael Schellenberg

Michael Schellenberg brings decades of experience in publishing and the arts to Revenge of the Golden Girl: The Winnipeg Show 2.0. Formerly with Knopf Canada, Penguin Books, and the Magenta Foundation, Schellenberg now turns his keen eye to curating a landmark exhibition that both honours Winnipeg’s storied art history and shines a light on emerging voices.

Continues to December 8, 2025