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October 21, 2025 to December 20, 2025

Diving into the WAG’s permanent collection, Staycation asks: what can be discovered when we stop searching for distance and instead turn our gaze inward, toward the everyday, the regional, the domestic, and the local?

Through a focused selection of Manitoban artworks from the last fifty years, the exhibition invites viewers to experience their surroundings through new eyes—offering both a playful escape and a grounded sense of belonging. This iteration of the exhibition will be divided into a selection of distinct thematic sections exploring subjects like place, representation, collecting, the macabre, signs and symbols, spirituality, and materiality.   

The title, Staycation, relates to Canada’s current political and economic climate, marked by rising trade tensions with the United States, ongoing tariff disputes, and broader questions about national self-reliance and cultural sovereignty and asks: what does it mean to remain here, to create here, and to see value in the cultural ecosystems that already exist within our borders?