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Tuesday to Friday: 11 am to 5 pm
Weekends: noon to 5 pm
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The Dalhousie Art Gallery is a public art gallery, an academic support unit within the educational and research context of Dalhousie University, and a cultural resource for the whole community. In our role as a public art gallery, we offer a balanced program of travelling and in-house curated exhibitions of both contemporary and historical artworks, and a related program of artists’ presentations,

lectures, panel discussions, films and videos, and other special events. As an academic support unit, we provide the University with a fine arts component that would otherwise be absent: a location where aesthetic appreciation and criticism may develop and where related cultural issues may be examined. Professional Gallery staff conduct an ongoing program of research, display, and interpretation of artworks, and publication of scholarly catalogues, exhibition brochures and educational materials. We are the custodians of a rich and varied Permanent Collection which we hold in trust for the enjoyment and education of the whole community, actively documenting, preserving, presenting, interpreting and adding to this collection. Our immediate audience is the University community and the alumni, but it extends to people living in, or visiting, Nova Scotia and the Atlantic regions, and through our dissemination and traveling exhibition programs, to wider audiences in Canada and internationally.

09/01/2026

Join Dalhousie Art Gallery and Halifax Public Libraries for SoundBites: Music, Memory and Black Canadian Archives, a free public panel examining how Black Canadian music histories are documented, preserved, and shared across generations.

Wednesday, September 9, 2026
6:30–8:00 p.m.
Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library
5440 Spring Garden Road
Free admission

Moderated by DJ, scholar, and curator Mark V. Campbell, the conversation brings together multidisciplinary artist Roger Mooking, African Nova Scotian Music Association Executive Director Julien Matwawana, and Canada Black Music Archives co-founder and Executive Director Phil Vassell.

Drawing together African Nova Scotian and national perspectives, the panel will consider cultural memory, community stewardship, creative practice, and the role of artists, publications, festivals, and digital archives in sustaining Black musical heritage across genres.

The program will also include introductory reflections from Donna McCurvin, co-founder of the Canada Black Music Archives and former co-publisher of WORD, the award-winning magazine that documented Black arts and culture in Toronto for more than two decades.

The event takes place the evening before the opening of Roger Mooking: SoundBites, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Atlantic Canada. SoundBites opens alongside Burnt Sugar Blue, curated by francesca ekwuyasi, at Dalhousie Art Gallery on Thursday, September 10. The free public reception (in partnership with Prismatic Arts Festival) runs from 6:00–8:00 p.m., with remarks beginning at 6:30 p.m. Both exhibitions are on view from September 11 to November 8, 2026.

Co-presented by Dalhousie Art Gallery and Halifax Public Libraries, with support from Dalhousie University’s Office of the President, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Black and African Diaspora Studies Program, and Killam Research Chair in Black Reparative Futures. Additional support provided by the Afrosonic Innovation Lab.

08/20/2026

Dalhousie Art Gallery is currently closed as we prepare for our upcoming exhibitions. Join us on Thursday, September 10, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. for the opening reception of Roger Mooking: SoundBites and Burnt Sugar Blue, curated by francesca ekwuyasi and featuring Stina Baudin, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Bushra Junaid, and Christina Leslie. Opening reception co-presented with Prismatic Arts Festival. Stay tuned for more details!

08/11/2026

to the winners of our Ed Pien Present: Past/Future book giveaway! Winners have been contacted and may pick up their copies at the reception guest during Gallery hours: Wednesday to Friday, 11:00am - 5:00pm; Saturday and Sunday, 12:00pm - 5:00pm, and Thursday until 8:00pm.

Thank you to everyone who participated. If you missed the chance to win, we have limited copies available for purchase at the gallery for $35.00.

This publication focuses on Pien’s current and ongoing project Present: Past/Future. In this exhibition, Pien follows the lives of elders living in the community of San Agustín, Cuba, through video, photography, sound, and installation. The show is an ongoing project developed over a decade by Pien. The exhibition explores care, aging, memory, domestic life, and the passage of time through the experiences of the elders. The catalogue features an interview with the artist by Catherine Sicot, an essay written by Renée Van Der Avoird, various photographs and documentation, and an introduction by the artist, Ed Pien. The catalogue is trilingual in English, French, and Spanish.

07/30/2026

Experience Ed Pien's Present: Past/Future wherever you are.
The exhibition is now available as a virtual tour on the Dalhousie Art Gallery website, offering an immersive 3D exploration of the installation. Whether you're unable to visit in person, are outside Halifax, or would simply like to experience the exhibition again, you can explore it through the link in our bio.

07/24/2026

Collection Focus | Rosalie Favell: How Could I Go On

In recognition of Halifax Pride, we are highlighting a significant work from the Dalhousie Art Gallery’s permanent collection by celebrated Métis multidisciplinary artist Rosalie Favell.
Favell’s practice explores identity, family history, memory, intimacy, and popular culture through photography, installation, and storytelling.

Featured here is How Could I Go On from her Living Evidence series. Created in 1994, the series reflects on an important relationship with another woman and on the vulnerability and complexity of expressing same-sex love in the early 90s. The black tape obscuring her partner’s eyes suggests both intimacy and the need to protect her identity.

Rosalie Favell
How Could I Go On, from the Living Evidence series, 1994
Colour photograph with adhesive tape, mounted on matboard
Gift of Ingrid Jenkner, 2009
Explore more works from the Dalhousie Art Gallery Collection through the link in our bio.
https://rosaliefavell.com/

07/23/2026

We're excited to be giving away three copies of Present: Past/Future, the beautifully illustrated catalogue accompanying Ed Pien's exhibition currently on view at the Dalhousie Art Gallery.
The publication focuses on Pien's ongoing project Present: Past/Future, developed over more than a decade through repeated visits to the community of San Agustín, Cuba. Through video, photography, sound, and installation, the exhibition explores care, aging, memory, domestic life, and the passage of time through the experiences of the community's elders.
Produced by Le Centre SAGAMIE and curated by Catherine Sicot, the catalogue features beautiful installation photographs from the exhibition's presentation at the Art Gallery of Ontario, along with an interview with the artist by Sicot, an essay by curator Renée van der Avoird, and an introduction by Ed Pien. Published in English, French, and Spanish, it offers a rich exploration of the ideas and relationships that shape this remarkable body of work.
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The giveaway closes at 11:59 p.m. AST on August 7, 2026. Winners will be notified on August 10 by direct message from the official account.

07/21/2026

Currently on view: Ed Pien: Present: Past/Future
In this installation, Ed Pien focuses on the birthdays of the elders who have participated in his long-term project. In Cuban culture, birthdays, particularly milestone birthdays and celebrations of older family members are important occasions that bring together family, food, music, and dancing. Pien uses these celebrations as markers of time, reflecting on aging, memory, and the passage of life. Through home videos and personal reflections, the installation offers an intimate glimpse into moments of joy, resilience, and connection amid uncertain times.
The exhibition is on view until August 16.

07/17/2026

ALAN SYLIBOY: The Journey So Far.
Published by Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press Dalhousie Art Gallery

POWERFUL. INSIGHTFUL and RICH in colour and detail and light and life. This beautiful book needs to find a place in your home. I assure you it will find a place in your heart when you read about Alan's journey.

Full of Spirit, story and creativity each page holds a piece of this artist's history.

There are brilliant flashes of colour. There is an undertone of appreciation for the artist's history and family and those who have supported him every step of the way.

Alan's insights are both heartwarming and heartbreaking. This book gives "voice" to his place in Canadian art history, in particular Nova Scotian art history. It shows his distinctly Mi'kmaq way of seeing that moves across generations and needs to be celebrated.

I felt a glorious feeling of comfort and joy as I read through the pages. I felt sadness at the pain Alan's identity caused him at the beginning of his journey and elated that he has embraced his ancestor's story with honour and shared so willingly and beautifully with us.

07/16/2026

Dalhousie Art Gallery is delighted to welcome Alenne Adekayode as our new Young Canada Works Communications and Community Engagement Coordinator. A recent Communication Studies graduate from Concordia University, Alenne brings experience in media production, social media, and community-engaged communications, informed by her creative practice as a visual artist and filmmaker from Halifax. We are very pleased to have Alenne join us in this role and look forward to the energy, perspective, and experience she will bring to the Gallery’s work.

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Thursday	11am - 8pm
Friday	11am - 5pm
Saturday	12pm - 5pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

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