The Barbara Edwards Contemporary lecture series is a forum offering insight on the exhibitions at the gallery, and discussions around issues in contemporary art.

PAST LECTURES:

SILENT SCARS: The Late 60s Paintings of Sorel Etrog
By Roald Nasgaard, O.C.
SATURDAY JUNE 17, 2023 @2pm
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THE POLATAIKO PROJECT
Mirrors, Scars, Ghosts: Taras Polataiko's Radical Visual Thinking
By Professor Mark A. Cheetham
26 November, 2022
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Mark A. Cheetham on "Ecologies of Landscape"
24 November, 2018
BEC Project Space
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Alma Mikulinsky on Sorel Etrog
17 November, 2018
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Sorel Etrog's Spiral, Screening and Talk by Izabella Pruska-Oldenhoff
12 April 2017
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Gregory Humeniuk on "Sorel Etrog: The Existentialist"
1 April 2017
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Jeffrey Spalding on "Sorel Etrog: The Evolution of the Figure"
29 October, 2016
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Conversation with Master Printmaker, Jillian Ross
14 May, 2016
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Gary Michael Dault in Conversation with Diane Landry
19 March, 2016
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Kim Dorland in Conversation with Erik Olson
12 March, 2016
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Rick Rhodes on William Kentridge
14 November, 2015
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Sara Diamond in Conversation with Tyler Bright Hilton
20 June, 2015
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Nickle at Noon
An Artist Talk and Conversation with Taras Polataiko, Elysia Turner-Lechelt and Lindsay V. Sharman
22 May, 2015
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Mark Mullin in Conversation with Kristopher Karklin, Calgary
18 April, 2015
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Jonathan Lippincott in Conversation with Robert Murray, Toronto
21 March, 2015
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Laura Millard in Conversation with Medrie MacPhee, Toronto
7 February 2015
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A Curatiorial Discussion with Naomi Potter (on William Kentridge and Robin Rhode)
8 October, 2014
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Alexander Neef in Conversation with Sarah Milroy, Toronto
17 June, 2014
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Murray Whyte in Conversation with Juliette Moir, Toronto
7 June, 2014
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Mark Mullin in Conversation with Shawn Evans, Calgary
May 24, 2014
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Stephen Smart on Ray Mead, Calgary
March 29, 2014
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Betty Ann Jordan on Jared Sable, Toronto
February 22, 2014
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Jessica Stockholder, Calgary
December 12, 2013
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Robert Enright on Eric Fischl, Toronto
November 30, 2013
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Robert Enright in Conversation with Eric Fischl, Calgary
October 5, 2013
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Sarah Milroy and Jessica Stockholder in Conversation
April 20, 2013
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Ron Graham in Conversation with Tim Zuck
March 2, 2013
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Philip Ottenbrite in Conversation with Medrie MacPhee
December 8, 2012
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Robert Enright in Conversation with April Gornik
April 28, 2012
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Terrence Heath on Robert Murray
November 5, 2011
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Stephen Smart on Ray Mead
June 18, 2011
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Ben Portis with Tim Zuck
March 19, 2011
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Sarah Milroy with Eric Fischl
September 25, 2010
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Steve Smart in Conversation with Tim Zuck
April 24, 2010
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Of/By/For: A Dialogue on Representation (Taras Polataiko)
December 1, 2009
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David Silcox on Robert Murray
November 14, 2009
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