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EXHIBITIONS
Nerine Cavadias | i thought long and hard about it, and this is what i came up with
April 11 - July 5, 2026.
Curator: Olinda Casimiro
Guest Writer: Ruth Jones
Opening Reception: April 11 at 1 p.m.
Main Gallery
Exhibition Overview
What do we get from our families? As questions go, inheritance is a complicated one. I look like my mother; you look like your dad. My uncle and his grandson look nothing alike but put them together and they are they are each other’s mirrors: mannerisms and quirks perfectly repeated across time and generations.
The complications of inheritance refract the images in Nerine Cavadias’s work, as she probes questions of legacy and identity, disability and mental health through the scattered moments and candid scenes of her family’s photo archive. In works conceived following a series of mental health diagnoses that shifted her understanding of herself, Cavadias intervenes in her family history, editing, adjusting, and layering her own images on top of ones taken by others to create new stories, new scenes. She brings the viewer with her as she thinks long and hard about what features tie her family together and threaten to pull it apart, features that she also carries forward, flaws and all.
Narrative and Nourishment
Selections from the Permanent Collection
January 10 - July 4, 2026.
Curator: Olinda Casimiro
Permanent Collection Gallery
Featuring works drawn exclusively from the Art Gallery of Northumberland’s Permanent Collection. This exhibition explores how food in painting becomes a way to tell stories about identity, memory, and connection.
Exhibition Overview
Morus Hummel | Overskate
January 10 - April 4, 2026.
Curator: Olinda Casimiro
Sculpture Gallery
Exhibition Overview
Working in mixed media, Hummel layers energetic lines and textured surfaces to create a scene that feels both spontaneous and deliberate. The work’s title hints at motion and imbalance, suggesting a moment caught between action and misstep-an everyday drama rendered with humour and humanity.
Hummel, known for his expressive drawings, paintings, and prints, consistently explored gesture as a way of understanding character. In Overskate, he transforms a simple movement into an imaginative narrative, revealing his instinct for turning the ordinary into something quietly theatrical. The result is a work that captures Hummel’s distinct blend of wit, warmth, and keen observational insight.
Built Legacy | The Clench Family
On Now.
Guest Curator: Zoey Chevalier
James Cockburn Room
Exhibition Overview
The James Cockburn Room offers visitors an intimate connection to one of Canada’s founding figures. Named after James Cockburn—a prominent Cobourg lawyer, Father of Confederation, and Canada’s first Speaker of the House of Commons—the space has been carefully restored to reflect how his legal office may have appeared in the 1860s and 1870s.
Furnished with period objects and archival elements, the room provides a tangible sense of the professional and civic life that once animated Victoria Hall, a building that has served as the cultural and administrative heart of the community since its opening in 1860. Today, the Art Gallery of Northumberland (AGN) is reimagining the James Cockburn Room as an active site of interpretation and engagement. Building on its historic character, the AGN is programming the space with rotating exhibitions, curatorial interventions, and educational experiences that connect contemporary audiences with the region’s layered histories. Through thoughtful activation, the room is evolving from a static historical display into a dynamic micro-gallery—one that bridges past and present, and invites visitors to explore the intersections of art, history, and community within the unique setting of Victoria Hall.
A Collection Built on Relationships | Inuit Art
This is a travelling exhibition, currently at Kawartha Museum and Archives until October 31, 2026.
Co-Curators: Olinda Casimiro and Felicity Pope
Opening Reception: April 30 at 6 p.m.
On Tour
Exhibition Overview
In 1976, the AGN, then the Art Gallery of Cobourg, received a gift of approximately sixty Inuit carvings, sculptures, and materials collected from 1900 to 1970. These works offer a glimpse into the artistic expressions and lived experiences of the Inuit during a period of rapid cultural change.
The collection, sourced from communities across the Inuit Nunangat (Inuit Homeland), are presented alongside a map reflecting the Inuit-Crown land treaties, using their original Inuktut place names as part of the ongoing process of decolonization. This exhibition honours not only the artistic legacy of the Inuit but also the resilience of their culture.
