Fast Ponies and War Bonnets: A Lakota Look at Ledger Art
Donald Ellis Gallery is excited to announce that critically acclaimed artist and filmmaker Dana Claxton is curating an online exhibition of historical Lakota Ledger Art
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Donald Ellis Donates $1.5M to the Vancouver Art Gallery
The Vancouver Art Gallery has announced a gift of 1.5 million dollars from Donald Ellis for its new building that will include a dedicated gallery showcasing historical Indigenous art
Donald Ellis Repatriates an Important Sun Mask to BC
Marsha Lederman of the Globe and Mail reports that a rare sun mask seized from the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw First Nations is heading to the U’mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay, B.C.
Masterpieces Donated to the Vancouver Art Gallery
The Vancouver Sun reports that Donald Ellis has donated five masterpieces by legendary Haida carver Charles Edenshaw to the Vancouver Art Gallery
Fast Ponies and War Bonnets: A Lakota Look at Ledger Art
Donald Ellis Gallery is excited to announce that critically acclaimed artist and filmmaker Dana Claxton is curating an online exhibition of historical Lakota Ledger Art
Repatriation of a Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw House Plank
After 127 years, an extraordinary Sisiutl house plank finds it’s way home to the Umista Cultural Center in Alert Bay
Plains Ledger Drawings 1870-1920
The gallery is pleased to announce that this fall STANDARD (Oslo) will present Plains Ledger Drawings 1870-1920, an exhibition in collaboration with Donald Ellis Gallery
Native American Art Receives Broad Reassessment Across American Museums
An article in Forbes coincides with a groundbreaking exhibition of Indigenous art in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Di Donna Publishes Moon Dancers: Yup’ik Masks and the Surrealists
Accompanying the eponymous exhibition organized jointly with Donald Ellis Gallery, Di Donna Galleries publishes Moon Dancers: Yup'ik Masks and the Surrealists
Moon Dancers: Yup’ik Masks and the Surrealists
This spring, Di Donna Galleries and Donald Ellis Gallery will jointly present an exhibition exploring the rich historical, visual, and ideological connections between Yup’ik masks and Surrealism
Picturing History: Ledger Drawings of the Plains Indians
This September, the Fairfield University Art Museum, Connecticut, will present Picturing History: Ledger Drawings of the Plains Indians, with works on loan from Donald Ellis Gallery
Art of the Arctic: Reflections of the Unseen
Donald Ellis Gallery is excited to announce the publication of Art of the Arctic: Reflections of the Unseen, Masks and Ivories from the Bering Sea
New Director
Donald Ellis Gallery is pleased to announce that Aniko Erdosi has joined the gallery as Director. She brings more than 15 years experience in the international art market.
Native American Treasures Recognized as American Art
The New York Times reports that the Diker Collection of Native American art, formed with the assistance of Donald Ellis, will be exhibited in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
