Community Projects and Restitutions
Donald Ellis Gallery is featured in the first issue of Convergence Magazine for giving back through community-oriented projects and restitutions in the Pacific Northwest
News
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
Important Sun Mask Repatriated to BC
Marsha Lederman of the Globe and Mail reports that a rare Sun Mask seized from the Kwakwakaʼwakw First Nations is headed 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
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
Northwest Coast First Nations Art is Vital and Ever-Changing
An article in Art and Antiques examines the millennia-old visual language of First Nations art from the Pacific Northwest Coast
Keeping Time: Plains Indian Ledger Drawings
The gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition Keeping Time: Plains Indian Ledger Drawings (1865 – 1900), a collaboration with Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany, June 4-July 17
The Audain Art Museum
The Audain Art Museum, which houses an exceptional collection of historical Northwest Coast art largely acquired through Donald Ellis Gallery, will open in Whistler, BC, in March 2016
