Alberta and Saskatchewan 1905-2005: A Centennial Celebration

Three installations mark the occasion of these two provinces’ entry into Confederation. The National Gallery presents Janet Cardiff and George Bures-Miller’s award-winning media work The Paradise Institute (ends Oct. 10) in the Contemporary galleries, along with works by First Nations and Métis artists Faye Heavyshield, Bob Boyer, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Alex Janvier and Jane Ash Poitras (end Aug. 21). The Canadian galleries will feature paintings, prints and watercolours from the 1930s to the 1960s, including the superb landscapes of Walter J. Phillips and Illingworth Kerr, and William Kurelek’s series The Ukrainian Pioneer (ends Oct.2). The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography presents the West through the lenses of Hubert Hohn, Orest Semchishen and George Webber, along with Robert Van Schaik and Douglas Curran’s works paying homage to the Aboriginal peoples of Alberta (ends Aug. 28).