Events

Event

Thierry Delva: Artist talk and tour with Dr. David Murphy

15 October, 2015

THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER AT 6PM | FREE ADMISSION

The Dalhousie Art Gallery is pleased to present a guided tour and discussion of the exhibition Drawings from the Heart: Reproductions with the artist, and retired cardiac surgeon and artist David Murphy.

Admission is free and light snacks and refreshments will be provided.

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Film

Going Dutch

6 – 27 October, 2015

SCREENINGS TUESDAYS IN OCTOBER AT 8 PM

FREE ADMISSION

6 October - Nightwatching

Peter Greenaway, Netherlands/UK, 2007, 134 mins. Maverick filmmaker Greenaway dramatizes the period in Rembrandt’s life when he painted his masterpiece The Night Watch.

13 October - Rembrandt’s J’Accuse

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Film

Altered States: Transformation in Science Fiction Films

30 September – 16 December, 2015

Aristotle states, famously, in his Poetics, that “Characters must change”. In Science Fiction, sometimes everything changes. In this film program we look at a series of transformations, from Fritz Lang’s memorable 1927 film Metropolis to two recent adaptations of stories by the maverick Sci-Fi author Philip K. Dick: Minority Report and A Scanner Darkly.

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The Directed Tour of the Directed Lie

22 September, 2015

Join artist Paulette Phillips on a guided tour of her exhibition "The Directed Lie". The tour will be followed by a conversation between Phillips and the Gallery’s Director/Curator Peter Dykhuis, and Joanna Erdman, Assistant Professor of Law and MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University.

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Dalhousie Art Gallery and Halifax Ink at the New York Art Book Fair

18 – 20 September, 2015

The Dalhousie Art Gallery will be participating in the 10th Annual New York Art Book Fair in conjunction with Halifax Ink, a publishing consortium located in Halifax. 

For more information please visit: http://nyartbookfair.com/

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Art and Neuroscience + Teaching the History of Medicine using Great Art Works

5 March, 2015

TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY to THURSDAY 5 MARCH

Lectures and artist talks begin at 7PM | FREE ADMISSION 

Art and Neuroscience

Richard Brown, Department of Psychology, Institute of Neuroscience, Dalhousie University.

Teaching the History of Medicine using Great Art Works

Jock Murray, former Dean of Medicine and Professor Emeritus of Medical Humanities, Dalhousie University.

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Artist talks and tour of works - with Sarah Maloney Knitted Anatomy and Lisa Nilsson Tissue Series

3 March, 2015

TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY to THURSDAY 5 MARCH

Lectures and artist talks begin at 7PM | FREE ADMISSION 

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Lecture: Modern Research Imaging Techniques: A Renaissance for Optical Microscopy

26 February, 2015

TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY to THURSDAY 5 MARCH

Lectures and artist talks begin at 7PM | FREE ADMISSION 

Modern Research Imaging Techniques:  A Renaissance for Optical Microscopy

William Baldridge, DGJ Campbell Professor & Head, Medical Neuroscience and Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University.

Dalhousie Anatomical Laboratories: Modern Medical Models and Teaching

Robert Sandeski, Coordinator of Anatomical Laboratories and Human Donation Program, Dalhousie University. 

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Lecture and tour of Anatomica with Cindy Stelmackowich

24 February, 2015

TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY to THURSDAY 5 MARCH

Lectures and artist talks begin at 7PM | FREE ADMISSION 

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Still from Dee Rees' film Pariah, 2011.
Film

Black Directors for African Heritage Month

3 – 24 February, 2015

3 February - Camp de Thiaroye

Ousmane Sembene, Senegal, 1988, 157 minutes. The renowned director tells an epic story of French African Colonial troops and how they were treated during and after World War Two. (In French and Wolof with English subtitles)

10 February - Faat Kiné

Ousmane Sembene, Senegal, 2001, 117 minutes. In this modern-day urban tale of the title character, a woman rises to run a gas station in a traditionally patriarchal society that resists female aspirations. (In French and Wolof with English subtitles)

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