Red Deer | Red Deer’s Arts and Culture Needs Open House

Have you had your say yet?

The City of Red Deer is undertaking a Cultural Facilities Needs Assessment to better understand the future of arts and cultural needs in our community. You may have already participated in our online survey – which had a great response rate – but that was just one component of our engagement process. We’re now ready to present some of the findings to make sure what we heard rings true and that we’re on the right path.

On November 1, we’ll be sharing our initial findings and asking for input from stakeholders and the community on key areas. Much like during the survey, it’s important that we hear from the people like you, who live, work and take part in Red Deer’s cultural offer. Please join us at this open house to help us better understand the needs, challenges and opportunities for arts and culture in Red Deer and the broader region.

Thursday, November 1

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The Monnaie de Paris opens Grayson Perry's first major solo exhibition in France

The Monnaie de Paris is organising the first major solo exhibition in France by the celebrated British artist Grayson Perry (born 1960, lives in London). Perry’s works in traditional materials such as ceramics, bronze, cast iron, printmaking and tapestry, offer an ironic and darkly humorous look at universal topics such as identity, gender, class, religion and sexuality. Perry’s honest and candid unpacking of his own identity is part of what drives his appeal far beyond the confines of the art world. Autobiographical references – to the artist’s childhood, his family and his transvestite alter ego Claire – can be read in tandem with questions about décor and decorum, class and taste, and the status of the artist versus that of the artisan. In several of his works he challenges traditional masculinity and demonstrates how its values and traits have been eroded. These themes are further explored in his book The Descent of Ma

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Alte Pinakothek opens 'Florence and its Painters: From Giotto to Leonardo da Vinci'

The first presentation in the newly renovated exhibition space in the Alte Pinakothek is dedicated to the painters of Florence from the 15th century. With some 120 masterpieces, the show presents the groundbreaking artistic innovations at the birthplace of the Renaissance, with an exemplary juxtaposition of paintings, sculptures and drawings. A comprehensive selection of exquisite panel paintings, made for the churches and palaces of the Tuscan trading centre, transports visitors back to the time of the Medici and traces the development of painting in the modern age, from its beginnings with Giotto’s work to Leonardo da Vinci’s creations. Thanks to numerous international loans – especially from major collections in Florence, London, New York, Washington, Vienna and Berlin – together with highlights from the holdings in Munich, characteristic works are represented in the exhibition by the most prominent Florentin

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Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' to be restored – live at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Like watching paint dry? Soon art lovers will be able to watch one of the world’s most famous paintings being restored live and online. Rembrandt’s masterpiece “The Night Watch” will undergo a years-long, multi-million-euro overhaul at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum under the full gaze of the public. Restorers will work in a “state of the art clear glass chamber” so visitors can see the 17th century classic receive its makeover — a process that normally happens in secret. The unique project starting in July 2019 is the biggest in the Rijksmuseum’s history, General Director Taco Dibbits said on Tuesday. “The Night Watch by Rembrandt is one of the most famous paintings in the world and we feel we have to preserve it for future generations,” Dibbits told AFP. “Over two million people a year come to see The Night Watch, it’s a paintin

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