‘Huge movement’ to connect North reflected in Ottawa exhibition – Nunatsiaq News
Jun 12, 2026
More than 80 works from circumpolar regions on display at National Gallery of Canada
Visitors entering the National Gallery of Canada’s newest exhibition in Ottawa will be able to sit inside a large qaggiq — or igloo used for community gatherings — reimagined as a woven grass basket.
It was designed by Inuk artist asinnajaq and created by Métis architect Tiffany Shaw.
Inspired by the baskets that asinnajaq’s grandmother and great-grandmother have made, the structure is a part of Qillaniq, touted by the National Gallery of Canada as the largest circumpolar Indigenous art exhibition ever, bringing together more than 80 works by nearly 70 artists from across the Arctic.
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