Art Gallery sights in Ottawa
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National Gallery of Canada
Canada’s largest art gallery is a must, housing the largest collection of Canadian and Inuit art in the world. The structure is a piece of art in itself – one of Ottawa’s modern architectural gems. The striking ensemble of glass and pink granite was concocted by Moshe Safdie, a noted architect who also created Montréal’s well-known ‘Habitat’ (a unique apartment complex). His emphatic glass spires at the museum’s rear echo the ornate copper-topped towers of the Parliament nearby. The dialogue between the heavy metallic roof and the floating crystalline steeple is magical even on the dreariest of days.
On the interior, the vaulted galleries display classic an…
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