A new commercial gallery, Cowley Abbott Fine Art, is opening in downtown Calgary with a three-day public preview starting April 23, 2026. The gallery will showcase rare masterworks by artists including Vincent van Gogh, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Canadian icons like Emily Carr and Lawren Harris of the Group of Seven. Notably, an Emily Carr painting from the 1930s, last exhibited nearly a century ago, will be on view.
The opening signifies a major development for Calgary's visual arts scene, bringing historically significant international and Canadian art to a city not traditionally known as a primary art market hub. It provides local collectors and the public direct access to high-caliber works, potentially elevating the city's cultural profile and creating a new destination for art enthusiasts in Western Canada.