Located in the heart of Downtown Fredericton, the world-class and recently renovated Beaverbrook Art Gallery houses one of Canada’s most impressive and varied art collections with new and exciting exhibitions presented on a rotational basis.
Current and upcoming exhibitions include:
wesuwe-tpelomosu - Wesuwe-tpelomosu examines modern matriarchy from examples of Indigenous women's leadership, self-determination, and activism within their families and communities. In Wolastoqey latuwewakon (our language), wesuwe-tpelomosu translates to "returning to a former condition in being responsible for oneself." Featuring the art of Lisa-Maude Aubin, Shirley Bear, Chief Lady Bird, Catherine Blackburn, Samaqani Cocahq (Natalie Sappier), Vienna Francis (Sanipass), Larissa Kitchemonia, Caroline Monnet, David Neel, and Roger Simon, this group exhibition considers the gendered experiences of Indigenous mothers and grandmothers and how they utilize their voices to rally against settler colonialism.
On display October 18, 2023 - February 12, 2024
Joseph Kashetsky: T-Shirts and Sweatshirts, 50 Years on - Saint John’s Joseph Kashetsky (1941-1974) was an artistic genius, his career cut short by a tragic early death at the age of 33. His modern graphic creations ranged from rich and sometimes disarmingly simple abstract drawings and paintings, to lovingly-rendered pointillist landscapes, and these buoyant, colourful hand-painted T-shirts. On display December 1, 2023 - April 7, 2024.
Greg Charlton: Attic - During a time of personal re-direction and re-assessment, Fredericton-based visual artist Greg Charlton was in need of a sanctuary, a place for introspection and reflection. He found this sanctuary in the abandoned attic of an 1880s Fredericton house where he rented an apartment. This attic became his work space and a visual repository for his memories. On display January 12, 2024 - June 1, 2024.
(In) Between: Jewish Artists from the Beaverbrook Collection - (In)Between presents the works of Ashkenazi-Jewish artists from the permanent collection of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Unveiling both personal and communal pain, not just of the Holocaust, but before and beyond, this exhibition also shows the joys, wit, and rich culture of their makers. From strength to suffering, pain to humour, and everything in-between, these artworks were created by both religious and non-religious (secular/ethnic) Jews, and those from interfaith families. On display January 1, 2024 - May 1, 2024.
Kenojuak Ashevak: Life and Legacy - With a career spanning more than five decades, Cape Dorset artist Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013) was part of a pioneering generation of Arctic creators. She enjoyed an illustrious international career and continues to be recognized as one of Canada's preeminent artists and cultural icons. The exhibition presents never-before-seen drawings, from the archives of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, that inspired some of Kenojuak's most emblematic prints in stonecut, lithography and etching. On display from January 1, 2024 - April 1, 2024.
Ian MacEachern: Black and White is Like Radio - Ian MacEachern’s penetrating eye probes what is happening. Over his 60-year photographic career he captured exceptional moments throughout Canada and the United States. Black and White is Like Radio presents his unique ability to characterize people and places unaffected by lens. This collection of images – all full-frame and unmanipulated – shows his life-long passion for social documentary street photography, as well as his perceptive observing of odd juxtapositions, quirky signs, humour, and a quiet humanity. On display from January 7 - April 16, 2024.
Graeme Patterson: Strange Birds - Strange Birds is Sackville, New Brunswick artist Graeme Patterson’s third thematic exhibition. In Strange Birds, his sculptures are also the settings for both a projected animation and a virtual reality environment. The starlings in Strange Birds are an invasive species, propagating uncontrollably until they overwhelm the fragile eco-system of the marshland. Eventually the sea overwhelms the world constructed by these strange birds, erasing all evidence of their presence, leaving just the water and a great blue heron who has acted as a kind of observer of the antics of the birds who settled in its ecosystem. These avatars reflect two aspects of the artist, and through his vision, we viewers can slip into his world, one which eerily mirrors our own. On display January 16 - May 12, 2024.
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