AbEx to PoMo (by way of Nova Scotia)

In 1953, the year that the Dalhousie Art Gallery was officially named, Abstract Expressionism was in full swing throughout North America. 50 years later, despite perennial announcements of its demise, painting has demonstrated the capacity to reinvent itself again and again, and remains a force to be reckoned with in the protean world of Post-Modernism. This exhibition presents paintings, both figurative and abstract, produced by Canadian artists and acquired for the Dalhousie Art Gallery’s permanent collection during the last 50 years.

Francisco Goya y Luicentes The Sleep of Reason produces Monsters Plate 43 from Los Caprichos c1797-1799 Prints Division, New York Public Library

GOYA: Los Proverbios: Marvels and Monsters

The great, late-eighteenth-century Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes is famous for his court portraits and his monumental print series The Disasters of War.

Walk Ways

Curator Stuart Horodner wrote that the exhibition Walk Ways "brings together a selection of works by a diverse group of artists who have focused on the theme of walking, a purposeful or meandering activity that unites bodily and mental freedom.

Reel Dance on the Road: Selections from the 11th Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film and Video

Thursday, 13 February - Global Moves

International Showcase featuring short works from the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, the US and the Netherlands.

And Atlantic Shorts TBA

Friday, 14 February - Dance of the Warrior