‘Huge movement’ to connect North reflected in Ottawa exhibition
The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa has opened 'Qillaniq,' the largest circumpolar Indigenous art exhibition ever staged, featuring over 80 works by nearly 70 artists from Alaska, Inuit Nunangat, Greenland, and Sápmi. Curated entirely by an Indigenous team from the North, the show includes a woven grass basket qaggiq (igloo) by Inuk artist asinnajaq and Métis architect Tiffany Shaw, contemporary jewellery, a recreation of a 19th-century amauti, and a papier-mâché sculpture. Planning began in 2024 with a weeklong brainstorming session in Iqaluit.