MacKenzie Art Gallery
Saskatchewan's largest public art gallery, with eight galleries on the edge of Wascana Centre.
The gallery grew out of the bequest of Norman MacKenzie, a Regina lawyer who left his collection and an endowment to Regina College on his death in 1936. It opened in 1953 as the Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery on the university campus. In May 1990 it separated from the University of Regina, became an independent community institution and moved into enlarged premises in the T.C. Douglas Building on Albert Street, at the western edge of the Wascana Centre parkland.
Eight galleries give some 2,200 square metres of exhibition space, making this the largest public art gallery in Saskatchewan. The permanent collection of more than 5,000 works ranges from European old master paintings inherited from MacKenzie to a strong holding of contemporary Indigenous art, including the Kampelmacher Memorial Collection. The gallery runs an artist-in-residence programme, a learning centre and a year-round schedule of changing exhibitions drawn from the collection and from touring shows.
Highlights
- Eight galleries with 2,200 square metres of exhibition space
- Norman MacKenzie's founding collection of European paintings
- Kampelmacher Memorial Collection of Indigenous Art
- Artist-in-residence studios open to visitors
