Current Exhibitions

Carol Wainio: The Book

Curated by Diana Nemiroff

22 February – 11 April 2010

Illustrated books are the focal point for reflections on the changing and contradictory role of representation in this ten-year survey of the work of Ottawa-based painter Carol Wainio.

Lucas van Leyden: The Passion

Curated by Randi Klebanoff

22 February – 11 April 2010

Lucas van Leyden’s Passion series of extraordinary engravings (1521) depicts fourteen events from the end of the life of Christ. CUAG’s set of Passion engravings is the only one in Canada believed to be from van Leyden’s own hand.

Eros and Endearment: The Look of Love in 18th-Century French Prints

Curated by Adrienne Foster

22 February – 11 April 2010

Eros and Endearment looks at how different types and degrees of love were portrayed in 18th-century French art, and the important role that prints played in disseminating these images throughout Europe.