Art Tour: David Garneau Dark Chapters and Reading the Ruins (25 Apr)

Join curator Dick Averns for a tour of the recently opened exhibitions:

David Garneau Dark Chapters and Reading the Ruins

Sat April 25 at 11am - 12pm
UCalgary Founders’ Gallery

The Military Museums, 4520 Crowchild Trail SW, Calgary

Tour included with paid admission to TMM. Everyone Welcome.

David Garneau: Dark Chapters and Reading the Ruins comprises a pairing of exhibitions by Canadian Métis artist and scholar, David Garneau.Dark Chapters, curated by Arin Fay, uses metaphorical still life paintings to share the lived experience of contemporary Indigenous people contending with the legacy of colonialism and institutional containment.

Reading the Ruins, curated by Dick Averns, continues the vein of still life paintings to contemplate current conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine, and the ongoing legacy of the Dark Times that followed the repression of Métis people. Reading the Ruins, includes new paintings featuring NWMP-era artefacts from the holdings of University of Calgary Libraries, Special Collections and Archives. The re-contextualized paramilitary artefacts are also displayed.

This exhibition will be at Founders’ Gallery from March 19 - August 30, 2026.

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Included with regular admission. Registration not required.