Repatriation of a Kwakwaka’wakw House Plank
After 127 years, an extraordinary Sisiutl house plank finds it’s way home to the Umista Cultural Center in Alert Bay
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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 Kwakwakaʼwakw First Nations is heading to the U’mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay, BC
Masterpieces Donated to the Vancouver Art Gallery
The Vancouver Sun reports that Donald Ellis has donated five masterpieces by legendary Haida artist Charles Edenshaw to the Vancouver Art Gallery
Outsider Art Fair 2022
Donald Ellis Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the 30th Anniversary edition of the Outsider Art Fair New York, February 3–6, 2022
Beau Dick Memorial Award for Indigenous Students
An annual award for a female student from the Kwakwaka’wakw Nation has been made available at the University of British Columbia through a gift from Donald Ellis
A New Perspective on Historical Native American Art at the Met
An article in The New York Times reviews a new rotation of Art of Native America by Patricia Marroquin Norby, the museum’s first curator of Native American art
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 Kwakwaka’wakw House Plank
After 127 years, an extraordinary Sisiutl house plank finds it’s way home to the Umista Cultural Center in Alert Bay
Sir Norman Rosenthal Highlights Ledger Drawing by Nah Hi Yurs
Exploring the premise that great art is forever, Sir Norman Rosenthal has selected a Ledger Drawing attributed to Nah Hi Yurs (Carl Matches) for Frieze’s curated section
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
