By Patrick Quinn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The National Gallery of Canada’s newest exhibition explores perspectives of the winter season across diverse cultures and artistic expressions. Comprising more than 160 works spanning two centuries, Winter Count: Embracing the Cold marks the first major collaborative project between the gallery’s Canadian, European and Indigenous curatorial departments. “Winter will never stop being our first common language,” wrote director Jean-François Bélisle in the exhibition catalogue. “A tongue of resilience, imagination and kinship. Winter Count reflects the Gallery’s desire to weave together multiple art histories around a theme that has been extremely impactful in Canada.” The exhibition is named for the tradition among many Plains peoples to record the passing of each year with the painting of its most significant event onto buffalo hide….
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