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You’ll Photography: Eric Au Studios, the most up-to-date information. receive notices of upcoming PORTAGE Ernest Mayer, Leif Norman, exhibitions, events, and Colony and Studio Martin Lussier programs. The WAG doesn’t Entrance (unless otherwise noted). sell, lend, or share its lists. St Mary DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE As fortune would have it, planning had deeds through representation in already begun to bring a group of these stone, bronze, and terracotta. Objects classical treasures to Canada with an spanning centuries also mark the exhibition proposed for the Musée de birthplace of architecture, language, la civilisation in Québec City. My own law, medicine, sport, theatre, and discussions with Québec and Berlin much more that has come to define began in earnest, and after a number the heartbeat of modern culture. of trips to both cities to meet with The arrival of Olympus in Winnipeg colleagues, the Olympus exhibition ends a 50-year antiquities drought was secured for the WAG. in the city. In December 1964, the Olympus is an exhibition of over 160 WAG presented The Treasures of works dating from the seventh century Tutankhamun, an exhibition of 34 BC to the second century AD, including artifacts from the tomb of King Tut. marble statues and reliefs, bronze More than half a century later, a statuettes, terracotta vases, and breathtaking exhibition of classical Leif Norman : jewellery. Rarely seen outside of antiquities has come to Winnipeg, Europe, the collection is one of the marking a momentous occasion for the PHOTO most significant classical antiquities WAG, and the first time a major The roots of the Olympus: The holdings worldwide. This comprises exhibition from the Antikensammlung Greco-Roman Collections of Berlin over 4,400 stone and bronze der Staatliche Museen zu Berlin has exhibition reach back to June 2013, sculptures, 9,000 Greek vases, and been presented in North America. 14,000 gems and cameos, spanning when I travelled to Berlin for the As you flip through the pages of 12 millennia. Originating in the 17th Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Inuit Art Centre myWAG, you’ll read about many other century with the Electors of project—meeting with colleagues and exhibitions, programs, and events in Brandenburg, the Antikensammlung looking at examples of new and store for you at the Gallery this spring. was built over three centuries and renovated museum buildings that Aside from the ongoing presentation completed largely by 1900. Key set new standards in architectural of the permanent collection, including archaeological excavations were design, object display, and program selections from the world’s largest undertaken in Italy, Greece, and Asia development. collection of contemporary Inuit art, Minor at such sites as Olympia in 1845, there is an enticing array of historical The Berlin excursion presented Vulci in 1852, and Pergamon in 1878. and contemporary shows featuring the many cultural offerings, none more The collection survived the Napoleonic work of artists from Winnipeg to impressive perhaps than the Wars, two world wars, and the fall of London to Iqaluit. I hope you can find Antikensammlung (Collection of the Berlin Wall. Classical Antiquities), housed in the the time to spend a few hours at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Olympus explores the fascinating WAG, once, twice, or perhaps three Museums in Berlin). The Altes world of classical Greek and Roman times if you really want to catch all Museum, Neues Museum, and the art, mythology, and religion, reflecting of Olympus. Pergamonmuseum—all situated on the universal preoccupation with Berlin’s Museumsinsel (Museum creation, the nature of deities and Island), a UNESCO World Heritage humankind, and the afterlife. Viewers Site—are home to this world-renowned have the unique opportunity to antiquities collection. discover the twelve Olympian gods— the Dodekatheon—and learn about Stephen Borys, PhD, MBA their personalities, attributes, and Director & CEO • @stephenborys MyWAG | 1 EXHIBITIONS Latreille Delage Photography Latreille : PHOTO Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15 Canada’s Entry to the 2014 Venice Biennale in Architecture Until May 3 • Gallery 5 Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15 offers visitors a unique look at the relationship between architecture, land, climate, and culture. The project was first presented as Nunavut, which means “our land,” Canada’s official exhibition at the prestigious 2014 Venice Biennale in Architecture, was established as a Canadian where it was honoured with a Special Mention. territory on April 1, 1999. Celebrating Nunavut’s 15th anniversary as a territory, Arctic Adaptations is a team- 33,000 people (Nunavummiut) live based project initiated and led by Toronto-based design-research studio Lateral Office. in 25 communities in Nunavut, It surveys a century of Arctic architecture, an urbanizing present, and a projective across a massive two million near future of adaptive architecture in Nunavut. square kilometres. The exhibition comprises three integrated elements: 1) soapstone carvings of Over 60% of the population is significant works of architecture; 2) topographic models and photographs of each under the age of 25. of the 25 communities in Nunavut; and 3) a series of 15 architectural models with This region is above the tree line integrated animations projecting a 15-year vision for addressing current challenges and has no highways connecting in access to housing, health, arts, education, and recreation. communities. Following the launch in Winnipeg, Arctic Adaptations will travel nationally to the See related event on page 18 Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehouse (June–Aug 2015); the Museum of Vancouver and 21. (October–December 2015); and the Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary (January–March 2016), with additional venues to be added in 2016–17. The tour is co-organized by Lateral Office and the WAG. 2 | SPRING2015 EXHIBITIONS Elisapee Ishulutaq Until May 31 • Gallery 4 Curated by Darlene Coward Wight Everyday life in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, is drawn out before you in Elisapee Ishulutaq’s six-metre mural, commissioned by the WAG in 2014. Buildings, games, household jobs, and transportation dot the lively mural depicting spring and winter life. Using oil sticks on paper, Ishulutaq’s summer scene reflects her early life on the land. It includes a qammaq, a semi-permanent dwelling used year-round, with a frame of bones covered with scraped and fur-covered sealskins and insulated with peat moss in the winter. The more modern winter scene on the other side shows people entering and exiting buildings, such as a co-op store and a church, while an airplane and a helicopter take off from the runway in the background. Two themes of past and present revolve around a lake inhabited by humans and animals. The clear blue water connects visually with the sky, framing the mountains of the Cumberland Sound. Darlene Coward Wight, WAG Curator of Inuit Art, travelled to Pangnirtung with art supplies for the project and worked with Ishulutaq for five days in October 2014. The artist worked for two more days to finish the whimsical drawing. Ishulutaq is known for recording the intimate details of everyday life as she has lived it.