Exhibitions in Calgary

Gallery shows, museum exhibitions and temporary installations in Calgary.

• Art Exhibition: "In Motion — The Art of Intentional Camera Movement"Exhibition · Sat, Oct 10In Motion — The Art of Intentional Camera Movement By David Richardson / ICM Photo MagicThis exhibition invites you to discover a different perspective and experience the beauty in the ordinary through David’s lens. His intentional camera movement transforms familiar scenes into one-of-a-kind works of art, offering expressive interpretations of movement and place through the combination of colour, light, and motion.After more than 40 years as a photography enthusiast, David discovered Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) about 18 months ago through the Photo Mentor Monthly Photography School. The connection was immediate, inspiring him to explore ICM as a serious art form.Since then, he has created more than 20,000 ICM images, experimenting almost daily with movement, light, colour, texture, and timing. What began as experimentation has evolved into a thoughtful and intentional creative process.
• Exhibition - collectif DevenirExhibition · Wed, Oct 14Discover the exhibition Evolution by the collective Devenir between October 14th and November 7th. For a better understanding join us for the Artist Talk on November 6th.
• TOUR – Held. Together.Exhibition · Wed, Oct 14Join curator Jenelle M. Pasiechnik for an indepth tour of Nickle Gallerie’s latest exhibition, Held. Together. The exhibition considers the ecological intelligence of grassland species, drawing on art works by Glenna Cardinal, seth cardinal dodginghorse, Dwayne Martineau, and Amanda McCavour. Held. Together.honours the enduring relationships Indigenous Peoples have maintained with these grasslands and waters since time immemorial, while inviting those of us who have settled here to consider how we are situated within these living ecosystems and what responsibilities arise from that relationship.Meet at the entrance to Nickle Galleries, ground floor, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary.Always free. Everyone welcome.
• Nickle at Noon – Ash Slemming: Creating Beyond CategoryExhibition · Thu, Oct 15Creating Beyond Category: Building an Independent Creative Practice Through Collaboration, Curiosity, and CommunityA career in the arts rarely follows a straight line. Through stories from curated exhibitions, freelance projects, artist collaborations, and unexpected opportunities, Ash Slemming explores how curiosity, community relationships, and a willingness to work across disciplines can become the foundation for an independent creative practice. This talk offers practical insights for emerging artists and creative thinkers exploring career options and finding their own path. Ash will share how they built a career by following a path of curiosity and aligning their goals with their personal values.Ash Slemming is an interdisciplinary creative based in Treaty 7 Southern Alberta working across exhibitions, public programming, writing, design, and community engagement. Through their independent practice, ‘Do the Art Thing’, they collaborate with artists and organizations locally and internationally to develop projects that foster curiosity, reflection, and meaningful dialogue.Always free. Everyone welcome.
• Cozy Community Night: Cozy Community NightExhibition · Thu, Oct 15Join us for a drop-in evening of gallery tours, fun activities for all ages, and cozy beverages!Hello Friends and Neighbours! Come warm up with us at Esker Foundation for a free special and cozy evening of all-ages exhibition tours; fun in-gallery activities for kids, youth, and adults; and complimentary cozy refreshments provided by our good friends and local partners at Lina's Italian Piazza and Gravity Coffee Roasters.Plus a special one-night-only 15% Community Discount at The Bookshop at Esker!Bring your friends and family, and drop in if you are in the neighbourhood!
• All Netted Together: Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and the Social Life of a TheoryExhibition · Fri, Oct 16This exhibition draws upon Libraries and Cultural Resources recently acquired D. Hall Darwin-Wallace Collection, which brings together over one hundred works by and about Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), the British naturalists who independently formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection in the late 1850s.Highlights include first editions, original Darwin letters, and a rare 1868 photograph of Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron.The emergence of natural selection, the mechanism by which biological evolution occurs, was among the most momentous and destabilizing scientific events of the nineteenth century. Readers who opened Darwin’s On the Origin of Species found themselves confronting a new account of their own origins, one that displaced humanity from the centre of creation and bound every living thing into a single, branching family tree.All Netted Together traces that upheaval through the works that made it possible and the works it provoked: the earlier scientific writing that shaped Darwin and Wallace’s thinking, and the critiques, celebrations, and rebuttals that followed. Together, they invite visitors to revisit a theory that chan
• Platfight Gaming Championships 2026Exhibition · Fri, Oct 16Platfight 2026 is Calgary’s premier platform fighting esports event, bringing together competitors, fans, creators, and communities from across Canada and beyond for a weekend dedicated entirely to platform fighters.Taking place October 16-18, 2026 at the Genesis Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Platfight features a diverse lineup of competitive platform fighters, including Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Rivals of Aether II, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, Brawlhalla, Super Smash Bros. 64, and more.Beyond the competition, attendees can experience an event built around the broader gaming community, featuring exhibitors, vendors, an artist alley, trading card activities, recreational spaces, and opportunities to meet players and creators from across the scene.With top-level competitors, rising talent, local players, and communities coming together under one roof, Platfight aims to showcase Calgary as a destination for esports while creating a welcoming environment for both longtime competitors and newcomers.Whether you're competing for the podium, discovering a new game, supporting your favourite players, or simply looking for a weekend of gaming and community, Platfig
• Upcoming Art Show in Calgary 2026Exhibition · Fri, Oct 16Next Art Exhibition & Sale October 16 to 18, 2026 at Crescent Heights Community Centre 1101 2nd St NW.
• ExhibitionsExhibition · Sat, Oct 17Norberg Hall is a commercial gallery in Calgary with a focus on contemporary Canadian art. Click to explore current and upcoming exhibitions.
• Youth Sleepover ProgramExhibition · Sat, Oct 17Heritage Park invites you to step back in time and spend the night in the historic Burns Barn! In the evening, let our Educational Interpreters guide your group through several hands-on and engaging activities the old-fashioned way! When it’s time for bed, your group will “hit the hay” in one of our twenty-two bunks. In the morning, enjoy a continental breakfast, an interactive scavenger hunt in our historical village, and free time to explore exhibits in Gasoline Alley Museum. Your youth group will love spending the night in this unique setting! Program Includes:Evening walking tour in the village (with optional ghost stories). Weather permitting.Mystery Artifacts ActivityHistoric Crafts & Activities (tailored to the age of your group)Evening Snack: Hot chocolate, popcorn, and assorted pre-packaged snacksSleepover in historic Burns’ Barn, in our renovated bunkhouse.Breakfast: Alberta Bakery pastries – muffins, danish, scones and croissants, butter and fruit preserves, fresh fruit, yogurt, juice and coffeeVillage Scavenger Hunt in the morningAdmission to Gasoline Alley Museum for a self-guided visit the next dayDates: October 16, 2026 to June 12, 2027Time and Location: Sleepover pr
• Jack Bishop: In The PinesExhibition · Sat, Oct 17Newzones is pleased to present "In The Pines" a solo exhibition of new work by Canadian contemporary painter, Jack Bishop.In these new paintings segments of the Trans-Canada are like a topiary, where the tree lines carve out an ornamental landscape the highway cuts through. The liminal space through the wilderness in a commute. For a fleeting moment the light changes, and the familiar surroundings emote a sense of nostalgia, romanticism or déjà vu.Inspired by scrubby roadside foliage, these landscapes reimagine surrounding ditches and medians into nuanced spaces where color, light, and gesture take center stage. Moving away from realism and photographic references, my paintings embrace an intuitive approach from memory and lived experience. The tree lines become embellished forms, while thick impasto and fluorescent palettes activate the painted surface, creating landscapes that oscillate between figuration, abstraction, and sensation.Jack Bishop was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and currently lives and works in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from NSCAD University in 2007. He is a three time recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts Creation Gran
• The Spade & The SoilExhibition · Sat, Oct 17Please join us at the Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre (KOAC) for a sculpture park tour and a roundtable discussion inspired by Katie Ohe’s living legacy and Elaine Cameron Weir’s solo exhibition, Bookends on view at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery, AUArts (September 18 – November 21, 2026).The Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre is now a year-round, sustainable, art-in-nature destination dedicated to research, exhibitions, education, and documentation of contemporary visual arts. Visitors experience large, medium and small-scale outdoor sculptures and site-specific commissions under the open sky, with the focus of the sculpture park’s distinguished permanent collection being Canadian and European modern sculpture, largely abstract works from the 1960s to the present.
• The Art Social. An Evening of Art and Conversation.Exhibition · Sat, Oct 17Event in Calgary, AB by Julie Melnick on Saturday, October 17 2026Group Art Exhibition and Sale.Local artists. Unique art.Come by to meet your local artists!Showcasing paintings, pottery, jewelry, paper art, woodworking, photography and more.Ranchlands Community Centre (7713 Ranchview Dr NW, Calgary)In support of the Ranchlands Community Pantry.We encourage donations of non-perishable food items to help stock their shelves.Everyone welcome!
• Reconciliation Through ArtExhibition · Tue, Oct 20<p>Reconciliation Through Art project includes screenings of A Tale of Two Qallunaat and Silent Cries – Kiajunik Tuhanak and a Susan Ross visual art exhibit.</p>\n
• The Soil Memory Atlas: Reading the Social and Material Histories of PlaceExhibition · Thu, Oct 22This talk introduces the Soil Memory Atlas, a transdisciplinary research methodology and research-creation practice for reading the social and material histories of place. Blending soil data, cultural archives, and living knowledge, the Atlas traces how human-environment relations accumulate, persist, and transform across time and translates those traces into interactive digital forms and gallery exhibitions.Katherine Lawless is an Assistant Professor of Transdisciplinary Environmental Communication at the University of Calgary and Director of the Relational Ecologies Lab. Her research examines how communities understand and transform their relationships with land, soil, and other ecological systems. Working across environmental communication, cultural geography, and research-creation, she collaborates with scientists, artists, and communities to develop new ways of studying and representing human-environment relations.
• Otipemisiwak Fantasy by Riel StarrExhibition · Fri, Oct 23In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition tour, starting at 6:30 pm.Accessibility Notes: https://thenewgallery.org/AccessibilityImage: Otipemisiwak Fantasy. Riel Starr. Photo courtesy of the artist.
• ICAI's 7th Year Anniversary CelebrationExhibition · Fri, Oct 23Join us to celebrate ICAI's 7th Year Anniversary — a night to look back on how far we've come and look forward to what's next.Expect performances that'll move you, an exhibition, exclusive merch, food that'll fill you up, music that'll get you dancing, and plenty of good conversation with familiar faces (and new ones too!)This one's for our members, our supporters, and everyone who's been part of the journey. Without you, there's no story to celebrate.Come celebrate with us. Bring your energy, bring your people, and let's make it a night to remember.
• Interactive Exhibition, What does Canada Mean to You?Exhibition · Thu, Oct 29Every Canadian alive right now is shaping this country. Not passively but actively. Through the choices we make, the communities we build, the conversations we have or avoid, and the Canada we hand to the people who come after us. This exhibition asks you to sit with that.What version of Canada are you building?Numerous Calgarian artists have responded to the question at the heart of this series - What does Canada Mean to Me? Their work lines the walls as a reminder: Canada is not finished.But this show isn't just something you watch. It's something you contribute to. Woven throughout the exhibition are interactive survey stations where you'll be asked to weigh in.Your responses become part of a growing national dataset we're building across every city in this series. By the time the tour is complete, we aim to have over one million Canadian voices on record. The largest open conversation about Canadian identity ever assembled.
• TREX SW Exhibitions 2026Exhibition · Thu, Nov 12
• Opening Reception for Zachari LoganExhibition · Fri, Nov 20Enjoy the opening reception for the exhibition 'Sing My Petalled Skin' by Zachari Logan.
• Performance | Brendan Fernandes: Noise SeeExhibition · Sat, Nov 21Noise See is a performance work by Canadian visual artist and choreographer Brendan Fernandes. Originally commissioned by The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, the work explores themes of visibility, protest, the legacy of empire, and embodied resistance.Central to the performance are vibrant quilted tapestry costumes that evoke textiles commonly associated with contemporary Maasai culture in Kenya yet rooted in British colonial influence.Presented alongside the exhibition Other Moves, Noise See is performed as a duet: two dancers engage in a choreographic dialogue—merging and separating, concealing and revealing—through their bodily interaction with one another and their own biomorphic form as they inhabit their costume. These dynamic textiles become agents of action, shaping and being shaped by the dancers’ movements.Noise See reclaims a colonial textile legacy and transforms it into a site of protest, protection, and presence. Here, Fernandes insists that silence is not absence but a resonant and radical form of resistance.No registration required; just drop by the exhibition.
• Past Exhibitions ArchiveExhibition · Thu, Nov 26
• Conversational Exhibition TourExhibition · Fri, Nov 27THIS PROGRAM WILL LAUNCH, AND FREE TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER, 12 NOON.
• Behind The Scenes Exhibitions TourExhibition · Fri, Dec 11THIS PROGRAM WILL LAUNCH, AND FREE TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER, 12 NOON.