The Tom Thomson Art Gallery has announced the opening of its Winter 2026 exhibitions: Forecast – January to June and Harold Klunder: The Dance of Life. Both exhibitions opened with a public reception on Saturday, January 24.
Harold Klunder: The Dance of Life presents paintings from over seven decades of Klunder’s practice, where works are built, dismantled, and rebuilt through layers of gesture and time. Hovering between abstraction and figuration, his paintings explore the inner psyche and collective unconscious, pulsing with rhythm, tension, and emotion. The exhibition places works from different periods in conversation, presenting his career as a living continuum shaped by intuition and experience.
Forecast draws from the Tom Thomson Art Gallery’s permanent collection to explore attentiveness to weather, atmosphere, and seasonal change. Anchored by Tom Thomson’s sketches and paintings, the exhibition captures fleeting shifts in light and landscape, extending into the present through bioclimatic attunement—our bodily and emotional responsiveness to the atmosphere. Works from the Gallery’s collection trace seasonal progressions across the exhibition’s run, inviting visitors to engage with changing skies, light, and climate.
Together, these exhibitions activate the Gallery’s collection while bringing historical and contemporary perspectives into dialogue, inviting visitors to consider cycles of time, perception, and lived experience.
“Together, Harold Klunder: The Dance of Life and Forecast reflect the Gallery’s commitment to presenting art as a living, evolving conversation. By bringing historical and contemporary works into dialogue, we offer exhibitions that engage with cycles of time, perception, and lived experience while activating the strength and relevance of the permanent collection,” said Aidan Ware, Director and Chief Curator.
