Monumental Grandeur: Canadian Sculptors & Their Iconic Public Art

Join the Art Canada Institute for their Spring art talk

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | 6:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto
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This event explores the work of four eminent Canadian sculptors. Set in stone and metal, their works document history, evoke a collective identity, and serve as symbols of Canadian memory, cultural heritage, figures, and values.

Featuring:

Bill Reid
Gerald McMaster, author of Iljuwas Bill Reid: Life & Work on the revered Haida artist and activist

Sorel Etrog
Alma Mikulinsky, author of Sorel Etrog: Life & Work on the internationally celebrated Romanian-born, Israeli-Canadian sculptor

Walter S. Allward
Philip Dombowsky, author of Walter S. Allward: Life & Work on the creator of the acclaimed Vimy Memorial

Eli Bornstein
Roald Nasgaard, author of Eli Bornstein: Life & Work on the prolific Saskatchewan structurist

In conversation with Sara Angel, ACI Founder and Executive Director

Presenting Sponsor:
Power Corporation of Canada

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Image credits:
Top row (left to right): Sorel Etrog, Moses (detail), 1963–65, at Expo 67, Montreal. Sorel Etrog Fonds, Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, gift of The Estate of Sorel Etrog. © The Estate of Sorel Etrog (2020). Photo illustration of Bill Reid’s The Raven and the First Men, 1980, photograph by Jim Cox. Courtesy of Jim Cox. Bottom row (left to right): Eli Bornstein, Quadriplane Structurist Relief No. 15-II (detail), 2016–17. The Mendel Art Gallery Collection at Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Gift of the artist, 2017 (2017.12). Courtesy of Remai Modern. Photo: Blaine Campbell. Walter S. Allward, Vimy Memorial, 1921–36. Photo: Dean MacDonald, Veterans Affairs Canada.