News

Please call us (212 879 1782) or email us (alaskaonmadison@gmail.com) to order your 2015 Cape Dorset Calendar.

Our June Newsletter features new acquisitions, links to our ongoing online exhibitions, and information about a not-to-be-missed exhibit of Charles Edenshaw's wor

Click here to read our March-April newsletter, which features works by Henry Evaluardjuk. 

Itee Pootoogook, one of Cape Dorset's most promising graphic artists, died this week at age 63.  He pioneered drawings using colored pencil on black paper, creating subltle luminous effects.  His work is featured in the gallery's current exhibition Views from the North: Original Drawings from Cape Dorset.  Click here to read his obituary from Nunatsiaq News.

Views from the North:  Original Drawings from Cape Dorset has been extended to March 30, 2014.  Read about two exquisite wooden bowls.  Click here to read the full newsletter.

Our January Newsletter features a rare Bella Coola carpenter mask, and introduces a selection of books for a collector's library. Click here to read the January Newsletter.

We have a selection of books that will enhance your appreciation of your collection. They include cornerstones like George Swinton's seminal "Sculpture of the Inuit," Leslie Boyd Ryan's comprehensive "Cape Dorset Prints: A Retrospective," Aldona Jonaitis' excellent survey "Art of the Northwest Coast," and Alan Wardwell's definitive "Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait." They also include a number of published collections and more specialized books. Click here for a list.

Our December Newsletter introduces our upcoming exhibit, Views from the North:  Cape Dorset Drawings, and provides a link to a selection of works priced at $1000 or less.  Views from the North will open with a preview reception on January 9, 2014 from 6-8:30 pm, and will be on view until February 28, 2014.

Read our November newsletter at www.lesk.com/gallery/news-nov2013.html 

It features an extraordinary igloo scene by master carver Axangayu Shaa, and previews our upcoming exhibit of original drawings from Cape Dorset.  Views from the North: Drawings from Cape Dorset will present original one-of-a-kind drawings by established and emerging artists in the gallery January-February 2014.

This month marks the release of the 2013 Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection.    Cape Dorset is a community of about 1200 Inuit (Canadian Eskimo) that describes itself as the “Capital of Inuit Art.”  Every year since 1959, Cape Dorset has released a set of limited edition prints created by artists from the community.  Click here for purchase information.

Cape Dorset prints originated through serendipity. For more background and for information about the artists represented in this year's collection, read our blog . . .