The Canada Council
Art Bank
The Canada Council Art Bank makes contemporary artwork available to a wide public across the country through our three programs: corporate art rental, loans to museums and outreach. With more than 17,000 artworks by over 3,000 artists, the Art Bank has the largest collection of contemporary Canadian art anywhere. It houses paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs and prints by emerging and established artists, including a significant number of Indigenous artworks. The entire collection can be explored on our website.
PCL Construction: Building Culture
The Canada Council Art Bank rental program is one of the simplest ways to make a workplace more engaging, and PCL Construction has taken full advantage of it, decking out its offices with art from the Art Bank’s extensive collection....
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Listen to the Earth
Over the summer, the Art Bank teamed up with the National Arts Centre to put together a selection of artworks from the collection that relate to NAC Sphere festival being presented throughout this month. In Deep: Reflections on Grief and the Climate Crisis, curated by Amy Abraham, considers climate change as a symptom of the symbiotic yet toxic relationship between humankind and Mother Earth....
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Madweyàshkà | Like a Wave
Curated by Olivia Kristoff, Madweyàshkà | Like a Wave features 25 works of art by First Nations and Métis artists. ...
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