Here are some of the new and/or temporary exhibits featuring Inuit art happening now or coming up in the next few months – MOST OF WHICH ARE CLOSING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS! Check our Resources page for a list of other galleries that have permanent collections of Inuit art on display.
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Current Exhibits
At the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto: Bill Nasogaluak carvings (ongoing) and New Acquisitions from the Haynes Collection (thru April 12)
The AGO has an extensive collection of Inuit art, with more than 5,000 pieces in their collection. That means you’ll always find something good on display in long-term exhibits. But there is also usually a special exhibit (or two) that features a particular artist or theme. Currently, there are two small ones.
Bill Nasogaluak carvings
“Born in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT in 1953, Bill Nasogaluak grew up during a time when traditional Inuit life was colliding with Southern culture. This collision informs the materials and tools he uses, as well as the content of his work. With an unwavering clearsightedness, he expresses the pain and consequences of colonialism in the North, addressing suicide, alcoholism in extraction industry workers, and the devastation of climate change for Inuit and the animals that surround them.
Nasogaluak’s carvings also materialize spiritual and cultural aspects from Inuvialuit ways of being; his hope is to inspire the next generations to keep Inuit culture central to who they are. He follows the stone and the stories wherever they want to take him.“
Check the AGO website for more information on the Bill Nasogaluak exhibit.
Selections from the Dr. Ronald M. Haynes Collection – Part 2
Featuring 22 works by 16 Inuit artists, including works on paper by renowned artists Pitseolak Ashoona, Jessie Oonark, and Pudlo Pudlat, as well as small soapstone sculptures by Mathew Aqigaaq, George Arluk, Seepee Ippellie, and Nootaraloo. Check the AGO website for more information.
At the Eiteljorg in Indianapolis: “Voices from the Arctic – Contemporary Inuit Art” (thru July 5)
Voices from the Arctic: Contemporary Inuit Art at the Eiteljorg includes sculptures, prints, and drawings from the 1960s to today.
“Through this collection, visitors will experience the evolution of Inuit art, from traditional depictions of hunting, dogsledding, and spiritual narratives to contemporary reflections on technology, changing lifestyles, and the pressing impacts of climate change. These works not only celebrate the ingenuity and resilience of Inuit artists but also shed light on their intimate connection to the land and their role as witnesses to the dramatic environmental changes affecting not only the Arctic, but the world.”
IAS members Lou Jungheim and Thalia Nicas helped make this exhibit happen and have pieces from their wonderful collection included in the exhibit.
Basic information on this exhibit is currently available on the Eiteljorg website. For a deeper dive, watch Lou Jungheim’s talk recorded at the museum.
At the WAG-Qaumajuq in Winnipeg: A Retrospective of Abraham Anghik Ruben’s Visionary Art (thru May 31, 2026)
A massive exhibit of Abraham Anghik Ruben’s work fills the massive 8,000 square foot main gallery in Qaumajuq until next spring. That gives you plenty of time to get up to Winnipeg to see this stunning exhibit.
“Abraham Anghik Ruben was born in 1951 and spent his early years on the lands north of Paulatuk and east of the Mackenzie Delta, in the Canadian Western Arctic. His family engaged in the seasonal cycle of hunting, fishing and trapping, and his recollections of early childhood are filled with memories of the land and his extended family. Life on the land ceased at the age of eight when he was sent to residential school in Inuvik. He made the decision to become a full-time artist in 1975. In 1986, he made the decision to move to Salt Spring Island, where he carves in an outside studio year round.”
The WAG featured Ruben’s sculpture in a major solo exhibition in 2001. The current exhibition is a retrospective of his work from 1975–2025. It includes over about 90 sculptures of various sizes and a few large-scale paintings inspired by the colors in medieval manuscripts. Many of the items in the exhibit are on loan from private collections, making this possibly the only time you and I will be able to enjoy them.
Check the WAG/Qaumajuq website for more information.
Upcoming exhibitions
At Museum London in Ontario: “Worlds on Paper: Drawings from Kinngait” (April?- Sept 2027)
No real information on this yet, but it appears that some or all of the incredible work displayed at the McMichael last year will be on display again in London, Ontario. But maybe not until April of 2027.
There’s no information on their website yet, but if you missed this exhibit when it was at the McMichael, you need to start planning a trip to see it at Museum London.
