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Magnetic North: The Enduring Pull of the Arctic, is a unique and collaborative exhibit featuring TD Bank Group’s collection of contemporary Canadian art and Toronto Public Library’s Special Collections of Arctic art and writings. A blend of modern carvings and drawings with historical maps, illustrated texts and photographs highlight the Arctic’s culture, people, landscape, wildlife and its stark vastness, isolation and beauty.                                                                              

Eating Seal Meat (2007), Copyright by Annie Pootoogook, Coloured pencil on paper, Collection of TD Bank Group

Woman in a Toque (1983), Copyright by William Eakin, Pigment print, Collection of TD Bank Group

Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio (1613)     Map by Gerard Mercator, 1512-1594

Icebergs. From: Log of Samuel Smith, 1857

To see more contemporary Inuit paintings, photographs and sculpture visit The TD Gallery of Inuit Art.

Magnetic North is currently on display in the TD Gallery on the 1st floor of the Toronto Reference Library.  The exhibition runs until July 19, 2014.

Magnetic North: The Enduring Pull of the Arctic, is a unique and collaborative exhibit featuring TD Bank Group’s collection of contemporary Canadian art and Toronto Public Library’s Special Collections of Arctic art and writings. A blend of modern carvings and drawings with historical maps, illustrated texts and photographs highlight the Arctic’s culture, people, landscape, wildlife and its stark vastness, isolation and beauty.                                                                              

Eating Seal Meat (2007), Copyright by Annie Pootoogook, Coloured pencil on paper, Collection of TD Bank Group

Woman in a Toque (1983), Copyright by William Eakin, Pigment print, Collection of TD Bank Group

Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio (1613)     Map by Gerard Mercator, 1512-1594

Icebergs. From: Log of Samuel Smith, 1857

To see more contemporary Inuit paintings, photographs and sculpture visit The TD Gallery of Inuit Art.

Magnetic North is currently on display in the TD Gallery on the 1st floor of the Toronto Reference Library.  The exhibition runs until July 19, 2014.