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Exhibition Opening: David Garneau - Dark Chapters and Reading the Ruins
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DEADLINE: August 30, 2026 - 5:00 pm
Opening Reception for David Garneau: Dark Chapters and Reading the Ruins
Friday, March 20, 2026 from 5:30 to 8 pm
The Military Museums
4520 Crowchild Trail SW, Calgary AB T2T 6E8
Free Parking and Admission
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's Archives & Special Collections. The re-contextualized paramilitary artefacts are also displayed.
This exhibition will be at Founders’ Gallery (The Military Museums) from March 19 to August 30, 2026.