David Garneau: Dark Chapters and Reading the Ruins
March 20, 2026 – August 30, 2026
Exhibition Details
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.
EXHIBITION TOUR Friday March 20, 2026, 3:30 – 4:30pm. Free
Join David Garneau and curators Arin Fay and Dick Averns for a tour of the newly opened exhibition: Register below:
OPENING RECEPTION Friday March 20, 2026, 5:30 – 8:00pm (6 pm remarks). Free
Celebrate the opening of this major exhibition, meet the artist and curators. Light refreshments and cash bar. Register below:
BOOK READING & SIGNING Saturday March 21, 2026, 1:00pm (60 – 75 mins). Free
From the book Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau, with artist David Garneau and contributing authors Dick Averns, Arin Fay and Tarene Thomas. Register below:
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