Exhibitions and Events
Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century
Now in its fourth season, the groundbreaking PBS series Art 21 - Art in the Twenty-First Century provides a behind the scenes view of a diverse range of contemporary artists. Viewers observe intimate footage of artists at work in their homes, studios and communities and speaking in their own words about their practice.
The Future of Medicine
SCREENINGS AT 8 PM | FREE ADMISSION
3 November - Fantastic Voyage
Richard Fleischer, USA, 1966, 100 mins. A team of scientists is miniaturized to enter a stricken man’s bloodstream in this famous Sci-Fi thriller from the 1960s. Rachel Welch and Donald Pleasance star.
10 November - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Nocturne at the Dalhousie Art Gallery
The Dalhousie Art Gallery will be open to the public for Nocturne Art at Night running from 6pm to midnight. The exhibitions Drawings From the Heart: Reproductions, The Directed Lie and From the Vault: The Oldest Patient will be up until November 22nd.
Dalhousie Art Gallery and Halifax Ink at the Vancouver Art Book Fair
The Dalhousie Art Gallery will be participating in the 4th Vancouver Art Book Fair in conjunction with Halifax Ink, a publishing consortium located in Halifax.
For more information please visit: http://2015.vancouverartbookfair.com/
Thierry Delva: Artist talk and tour with Dr. David Murphy
THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER AT 6PM | FREE ADMISSION
The Dalhousie Art Gallery is pleased to present a guided tour and discussion of the exhibition Drawings from the Heart: Reproductions with the artist, and retired cardiac surgeon and artist David Murphy.
Admission is free and light snacks and refreshments will be provided.
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Going Dutch
SCREENINGS TUESDAYS IN OCTOBER AT 8 PM
FREE ADMISSION
6 October - Nightwatching
Peter Greenaway, Netherlands/UK, 2007, 134 mins. Maverick filmmaker Greenaway dramatizes the period in Rembrandt’s life when he painted his masterpiece The Night Watch.
13 October - Rembrandt’s J’Accuse
Altered States: Transformation in Science Fiction Films
Aristotle states, famously, in his Poetics, that “Characters must change”. In Science Fiction, sometimes everything changes. In this film program we look at a series of transformations, from Fritz Lang’s memorable 1927 film Metropolis to two recent adaptations of stories by the maverick Sci-Fi author Philip K. Dick: Minority Report and A Scanner Darkly.
The Directed Tour of the Directed Lie
Join artist Paulette Phillips on a guided tour of her exhibition "The Directed Lie". The tour will be followed by a conversation between Phillips and the Gallery’s Director/Curator Peter Dykhuis, and Joanna Erdman, Assistant Professor of Law and MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University.
