New years always bring new events, and it looks like the coming year is chock-full of Inuit and circumpolar Indigenous art happenings across the world. From exhibitions to new books, festivals, anniversaries and annual traditions, we’re bringing together 25 of the events we’re most excited about in 2025.
Read on to learn about the next 5, and keep an eye out for the others coming in the series to catch all 25!
Linda Infante Lyons Kal’ut Madonna (2022) Oil 76.2 x 76.2 COLLECTION ANCHORAGE MUSEUM © THE ARTIST
Alaska Triennial 2025 Anchorage Museum
Anchorage, Alaska
Feb 7, 2025–Sept 7, 2025
Surveying contemporary art in Alaska, celebrating place and encouraging the creation of new artworks, the Alaska Triennial will take place again in 2025 at the Anchorage Museum. Certain to include works from a range of Indigenous artists living across the state, this year’s exhibition is juried by Mary Bradshaw, Director of Visual Arts and the Yukon Arts Centre. Variations on this theme have been organized at the museum for 30+ years, most recently in 2022.
Installation view of ᐆᒻᒪᖁᑎᒃ uummaqutik: essence of life (2024) at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts COURTESY MMFA PHOTO JEAN-FRANÇOIS BRIÈRE
Ivigait: Art in Words Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Montreal, QC
March 12, 2025
A programming companion to asinnajaq’s ᐆᒻᒪᖁᑎᒃ uummaqutik: essence of life, the newly installed permanent collection of Inuit art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Ivigait: Art in Words will be an evening of poetry held in the newly curated space and hosted by 2024 Sobey shortlisted artist Taqralik Partridge, herself a notable spoken word poet from Nunavik. The night will feature readings from other Inuit artists, including Janice Grey, Phebe Bentley, Aedan Corey, Ulivia Uviluk and Niap.
Darcie Bernhardt Laundry Day in Husky Lakes (2024) COURTESY FEHELEY FINE ARTS © THE ARTIST
Art Toronto Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, ON
October 23–26, 2025
Self-styled as “Canada’s Art Fair,” Art Toronto is sure to return to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in October 2025 with a renewed crop of Inuit art to see. While art from artists across Canada and internationally will be on display, this fair has become a notable event in the Inuit art calendar due to the high number of Inuit works present and the potential for significant sales for these artists. From our booth in the content gallery last October, we watched the McMichael Canadian Art Collection acquire a painting from Darcie Bernhardt and a wallhanging from Sophie Nagyougalik and saw the National Gallery of Canada make deals to acquire four large-scale sculptural works from Couzyn van Heuvelen. Check it out in 2025 to see which artists will be next!
Riddu Riđđu Festival participants gather for a group photo COURTESY RIDDU RIĐĐU FESTIVAL
Riddu Riđđu Festival Manndalen, Kåfjord municipality
Nord-Troms county, Norway
July 2025
An international Indigenous festival that’s been held for over 30 years, the Riddu Riđđu Festival is an outdoor celebration of Sámi art and culture that includes musical performances, art exhibitions, courses, seminars and fairs, with the goal of creating stronger awareness and pride in Sámi peoples. The festival was started by Sámi youth in 1991 and in 2009 became one of 12 festivals in Norway with a permanent fixed item on the state budget. While the 2025 theme has yet to be announced, the 2024 festival featured a particular emphasis on queer Indigenous people, with a drag show featuring Indigenous performers from Canada, New Zealand and Sápmi. Stay tuned to see what’s coming to Manndalen in July 2025!
Louisa Pauyungie Woman Transforms Into a Wolf (2017) Linocut 10.16 x 15.24 cm COURTESY AVATAQ CULTURAL INSTITUTE PHOTO MARIE-CHRISTINE COUTURE
Revival: Printmaking in Nunavik (2014-2019) Ottawa Art Gallery
Ottawa, ON
April 11–August 24, 2025
Organized by the Avataq Cultural Institute and curated by Qumaq M. Iyaituk, Maggie Napartuk and Lyne Bastien, Revival: Printmaking in Nunavik (2014-2019) is a travelling exhibition that showcases the resurgence of linocut printmaking in Nunavik in recent years, following a series of workshops held in the region. The show features the work of 27 artists from across Nunavik, including Passa Mangiuk, Mary Paningajak and Leah Qumaaluk, whose works depict everything from the telling of legends, customs of the past, artistic renditions of Inuit objects, and everyday observations. First exhibited at the Musée d’art de Joliette in 2022, the exhibition will make its Ontario debut at the Ottawa Art Gallery this year for a five-month stay, beginning in April.