Bridget Anne Sack, Elizabeth Styring Nutt and Selena Irene Sparks Drummond changed the visual art game in Canada. Now, the National Gallery is giving them their flowers.
It feels like the sort of art show Hannah Gadsby would love, an antidote to the male-focused visual histories the comedian spent ample time dismantling in her 2018 breakout special, Nanette: This women’s history month, the National Gallery of Canada is highlighting what it bills as “a lesser known chapter of art history”—that is, the many contributions made to modern art by women—with the exhibition Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists In The Modern Moment. The Ottawa venue’s latest showcase—on view all March long—skips across medium from photography to quillwork…