Uncovering Lost or Forgotten Stories in Art History

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is a Provincial art gallery nestled in acres of forest in Kleinburg, north of Toronto. For more than fifty years the McMichael has been recognized and beloved for its remarkable and comprehensive collection of works of the Group of Seven, Tom Thomson, Emily Carr and David Milne. However, in recent years, the gallery has expanded its vision to allow for the research and exhibition of works by lesser known artists. Such recent projects included Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment, a major survey exhibition of Indigenous and settler women artists from the early 20^th century working in such media as painting, sculpture, photography, beadwork, basketmaking and more. Other recent exhibitions include Ann MacIntosh Duff, a solo exhibition of the late watercolour artist who painted the location around her family’s cottage in Georgian Bay for more than seventy years