Dear friends,

Please visit us in person or online to see our new acquisitions. Of course, we can only highlight a fraction of our selections in newsletters and on the website. If you are looking for a particular artist, subject or community, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.

Revenge

Whalebone Wonders
Opening reception Thursday

September 17, 2015

6-8 pm

Whalebone Wonders showcases three masterworks in whalebone - Revenge by Manasie Akpaliapik, Shaman Playing String Game by Nick Sikkuark, and Shaman Hunter by Augustin Anaittuq - and surrounds them with a number of smaller examples of Inuit artists' ingenious use of whalebone. The whalebone used in these sculptures is archeological whalebone - hundreds of years old. (Raw whalebone is too oily to be carved until it has aged for a hundred years or more.)

Revenge is a superb example of Manasie Akpaliapik's ability to discover figures in the bone. Created from part of a whale's pelvis, a caribou antler, and a few inlaid additions, Revenge's central character screams in rage. All of the pictures in this item show details from the sculpture -- the angry face, a magnificent eagle, an owl in full flight, and two spirit heads.

2015 Cape Dorset Print Collection

On sale beginning Saturday, October 17, 9:30 AM.

Shuvinai Ashoona, Global Currents

Alaska on Madison is honored to be one of two co-host galleries in North America for the 2015 Cape Dorset Print Collection.

Cape Dorset has released a Print Collection every year since 1959. This year's collection includes prints by established artists like Shuvinai Ashoona (above) and Ningeokuluk Teevee(below)

Ningeokuluk Teevee, Raven Meets the Owl

and newcomers like Samayu Akesuk (below). Prints will go on sale at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 17. To preview the collection, click here.

Saimaiyu Akesuk, Purple Bear

2016 Cape Dorset Calendars are here!

About Us

Alaska on Madison is a gallery of indigenous art of Alaska and Canada run by collectors for collectors. We feature Inuit art of the twentieth and twenty-first century Canadian Arctic, two-thousand-year-old objects from the Old Bering Sea cultures, and nineteenth century art from the Northwest Coast peoples and Yup'ik Eskimos. Our collection ranges from museum-quality works to more modest but still excellent works for private collectors, whether novice or sophisticated. We also have a selection of books that will enhance your appreciation of your collection.

Baffled by syllabic signatures? Learn how to interpret them by using our guide, Deciphering Inuktitut Signatures, and our Inuit Artist Search Tool.

Regular gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday 1:30 - 6:00 pm, but it's always a good idea to call or email in advance in case we have an appointment out of the gallery.

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