As you plan your spring and summer holidays this year, consider visiting one of the following exhibits at these smaller museums across North America.
Douglas Coupland at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Vancouver artist and writer Douglas Coupland takes on Canadian identity and modern life in his exhibit "everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything" at the Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art in Toronto.
From a crumpled hydro tower referencing the 1998 Toronto ice storm to towering Lego skyscrapers mimicking our modern living spaces, Coupland's pieces are bright, thoughtful and uniquely Canadian.
(Photo courtesy Peter Andrew Lusztyk)
(Photo courtesy Peter Andrew Lusztyk)
(Photo courtesy Peter Andrew Lusztyk)
The exhibit runs until April 19, and admission to the museum is free.
A collection of Coupland's pieces are also on display at the Royal Ontario Museum until April 26.
"Medium-Based Time" at Vancouver's Contemporary Art Gallery
Catch the last few days of the Jeremy Shaw exhibit "Medium-Based Time" at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver.
The exhibit features HD video installations exploring science fiction narrative themes, light-activated UV prints and a special black-and-white film of transgender dancer Leiomy Maldonado.
(Photo courtesy Johann König, Berlin and Macaulay & Co. Fine Art, Vancouver)
The film explores themes of subculture, dance, gender, power and special effects.
The exhibit closes on April 19, and admission to the gallery is free.
"The Disappearance of Darkness" at the Art Gallery of Hamilton
Canadian photographer Roberty Burley's exhibit at the Art Gallery of Hamilton documents the downturn of film-manufacturing facilities and industrial darkrooms around the world, as digital photography became the industry standard.
Burley's photos feature many of large-scale film plants around the world, photographed before they were decommissioned and destroyed.
#AGHBurley's exhibition 'The Disappearance of Darkness' studies the demise of analogue photography. Until May 24! pic.twitter.com/pqvFbuGfBE
— ArtGalleryofHamilton (@TheAGH) April 12, 2015
The exhibit includes photos of the Kodak Canada plant in Toronto, along with plants belonging to manufacturers Agfa-Gevaert, Ilford and Polaroid.
(Robert Burley / Courtesy of the Ryerson Image Centre)
The exhibit runs until May 24.
'America is Hard to See' at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Make time to visit the Whitney Museum in New York City this spring, as it opens a massive new exhibit entitled "America is Hard to See."
The exhibit features close to 700 pieces of art by 400 different American artists, spanning the period from 1900 to the present.
The collection will also be the first to be held in the museum's new location in New York City's Meat Packing district.
“America is Hard To See” runs from May 1 to Sept. 27.
