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Quest Art School and Gallery Lecture, April 10, 2024 "Jackson's Wars" at Quest When: April 10, 7 pm Where: Quest Art School and Gallery, Midland, ON, Midland Cultural Centre. Details: Register here "Jackson's Wars" at Shellbacks Hamilton When: May 16. Lunch served at 12:05. Presentation at 12:40. Where: Royal Hamilton Yacht Club Details: Open to... Continue Reading →
I look forward to seeing people at my (co) curator's talk at the opening of the Jackson's Wars exhibit at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection on 25 May. Please note that the gallery asks you to register for the talk.
There is a strong review of Jackson's Wars by Ken Atkinson in the British Journal of Canadian Studies (vol. 36, no. 1, 2024), published by Liverpool University Press for the British Association for Canadian Studies. The journal is paywalled, but I can share the following extract: "[A] comprehensive and intelligent portrayal of the artist and... Continue Reading →
On Saturday May 25, you're going to want to be at the McMichael Canadian Art Centre for my lecture/talk to mark the opening of the exhibition "Jackson's Wars," based on my book of the same name. I've finally talked curator/executive director Sarah Milroy into being credited as my co-curator, as she has put an amazing... Continue Reading →
"Houses at Ypres" (1917) will be one of several Jackson paintings in the collection of the Canadian War Museum included in the exhibition. The exhibition based on my recent biography of artist A.Y. Jackson at the McMichael Canadian Art Centre in Kleinburg, Ontario, has a new opening date, Saturday 25 May, and I'll be giving... Continue Reading →
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection exhibition based on my book Jackson's Wars is coming together nicely, and there's an important update. An October 2024 opening had initially been discussed, but it will now open 29 June and run to January 2025 in conjunction with a major survey of Quebec Impressionism. At last count there will... Continue Reading →
Douglas Hunter 