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No Happy Paintings: Dozens of Art Works by Canadian War Artist Bill MacDonnell on Exhibit in Calgary

  • Canadian war artist Bill MacDonnell’s exhibit at Calgary’s Military Museums portrays the grim aftermath of conflicts, capturing destroyed landscapes and somber cultural memories.
  • His paintings address themes of cultural amnesia, documenting-sites-of-atrocities like Bosnia’s mined churchyards and mass graves in Kyiv.
  • The exhibit emphasizes the haunting impacts of war, serving as a reminder of histories at risk of being forgotten.