Kissing Cousins: New Acquisitions in Context 

Kissing Cousins: New Acquisitions in Context pairs recent acquisitions with historical works from AWE’s collection, highlighting how Canadian artists have always been in dialogue with the issues of their times. Artists include Caven Atkins, Matt Bahen, Krystal Bigsky, Robert Burley, Greg Curnoe, Patricia Deadman, Paterson Ewen, Betty Goodwin, Adad Hannah, Lawren Harris, Catherine Heard, Prudence Heward, James Kerr Lawson, Wyndham Lewis, Sylvia Matas, Isabel McLaughlin, Kristine Moran, Jon Sasaki, John Scott, Arthur Shilling, Richard Storms, Tom Thomson, and Mary Wrinch.

This exhibition was organized collaboratively with Ella Chiang, Zoe Port, and Lana Zagoric, three dedicated Art Windsor-Essex interns who have quietly and assiduously helped grow AWE’s collection over the past few years. These interns help prepare research files and write reports for AWE’s board, hard work that often goes unseen by the public. In Kissing Cousins, they reveal how connections are found between works in AWE’s collection and proposed acquisitions, showing the care and intention behind collecting activities.