Walter Phillips Gallery

Meet Our Contemporary Indigenous Voices Speakers

This Spring, we are pleased to welcome Indigenous artists, thinkers, and performers to speak at Banff Centre about their practices, their cultures, and why they

Julia Crabtree and William Evans, "Studio view", 2015. Courtesy of the artists and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

Walter Phillips Gallery celebrates 40th anniversary

Walter Phillips Gallery celebrates 40 years with "No Visible Horizon", October 7, 2016–January 22, 2017.

Nadia Myre, “Decolonial Gesture or Doing it Wrong? Refair le chemin 2016”.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity commissions new video work by Indigenous artist Nadia Myre

Visual artist Nadia Myre is the inaugural recipient of the Walter Phillips Gallery Indigenous Commission Award at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Some Thoughts on Unthinking

Walter Phillips Gallery curator Peta Rake's "things you can't unthink" exhibition essay.

Art Gallery of Alberta

24 Alberta Artists Announced for 2017 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art

24 Alberta artists have been selected for the 10th Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art set to open in the summer of 2017 at the Art Gallery of Alberta and Walt

Banff Systems Infinite: Curated Listening in the Library

Walter Phillips Gallery practicum Magnus Tiesenhausen listening program, Banff Systems Infinite, was an evening of aural awakening.

Marlene Yuen, No Gold Found on Railroad (pg. 2) (2017).

Post-Residency Award Winner Announced!

Learn about the winner of our inaugural Post-Residency Award!

Many Ways to Be Lost

An essay by Walter Phillips Gallery curator, Peta Rake, included in our 2015 Walter Phillips Gallery Fall exhibitions publication.

Tyler Los-Jones, detail view of "held above our heads in stone" (2015). Fiberglass, foam, paint, glitter, dimensions var

held above our heads in stone: An Interview Between Tyler Los-Jones and Benedict Fullalove

Calgary-based artist Tyler Los-Jones discusses levitation, land art and artifice with Alberta College of Art and Design professor and art historian Benedict J.

Counting on People at Walter Phillips Gallery

New works by Neïl Beloufa featured in "Counting on People" at Walter Phillips Gallery

Walter Phillips Gallery, in collaboration with the Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, presents an exhibition of new work by the French and Algerian

Brian Jungen, The ghosts on top of my head (2010-11)

Brian Jungen unveils Banff Centre-commissioned sculpture June 16

Vancouver-based artist and Banff Centre alumnus Brian Jungen unveils "The ghosts on top of my head": three benches made of white, powder-coated steel, they take

Melanie Gilligan: Popular Unrest

Melanie Gilligan opens film narrative on the global financial crisis at Banff’s Walter Phillips Gallery

London-based Canadian artist Melanie Gilligan brings her latest multi-part film project, "Popular Unrest" to Walter Phillips Gallery.

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