McMaster Archive

November 6, 2019

McMaster Museum of Art partners with Hess Street School

Teresa Gregorio, the McMaster Museum of Art's education officer, has developed a collaborative project with two Hess Street Elementary School teachers to use McMaster’s significant art collection to teach visual literacy skills.

April 17, 2019

McMaster Museum of Art receives major grant for Indigenous/American art project

The McMaster Museum of Art has received more than $100,000 from the Chicago-based Terra Foundation for American Art to fund an upcoming exhibition and publication.

February 1, 2019

Hamilton artist brings Dürer’s 1514 print to life

A single 500-year-old engraving by German artist Albrecht Dürer has inspired an ambitious body of sculptural work by Hamilton artist Michael Allgoewer.

January 15, 2019

Angela Grossmann’s Troublemakers comes to McMaster Museum of Art

Canadian artist Angela Grossmann and curator Lynn Ruscheinsky to open major exhibition and present public talk

August 20, 2018

New work of art sails onto campus

The 27-foot vessel was created by mid-career Canadian artist Ernest Daetwyler. It is built from large pieces of scavenged driftwood.

August 9, 2018

Exploring how to be Indigenous allies through art, thanks to a Renaissance Award

For the past four months, Alexia Olaizola and Emily Siskos have crossed Canada from east to west and back again, exploring how Indigenous visual art is being used as a form of cultural reclamation and resistance.

May 3, 2018

Artist Dianne Bos installing Star Shed on campus

Canadian artist Dianne Bos is building Star Shed, a multi-aperture camera obscura chamber, in front of the McMaster Museum of Art.

April 12, 2018

McMaster Museum of Art receives “extraordinary” gift of 250 plus works

Douglas Davidson, professor emeritus of biology, recently gifted his extensive collection of art to the McMaster Museum of Art, which includes works by internationally renowned First Nations and Inuit artists, as well as pieces by European and post-War artists.