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Presented by BMO & BMO Nesbitt Burns
September 25, 2026
Night at The Whyte is the signature fundraising dinner and cultural celebration hosted in the heart of Banff. Join us for an intimate evening of art, dining and live performance in support of The Whyte. Experience the summer exhibition Thick as Thieves after hours, enjoy dinner and wine pairings by hospitality sponsor The Rimrock Banff, attend a live musical performance by Broadway performer Laird Mackintosh and take part in a reverse raffle featuring exceptional prizes.
Proceeds from Night at The Whyte support The Whyte’s exhibitions, programming, and preservation efforts.
CURRENT EXHIBITION
Thick as Thieves
May 1 - November 8, 2026
How is an exhibition like a plot? The interrelations between artworks, like the artists who make them and the public who encounter them, yield conspiracies and allyships. Each object can be an agent – a powerful symbol of the various bonds that we nurture or conceal throughout our lives. From an early age we learn that resilience comes from connection, whether with other living beings, to a particular context, or as part of an exclusive network. Thick as Thieves brings together works forged in intense, and often covert forms of connection. Drawn largely from the MacKenzie Art Gallery's Permanent Collection, this selection of works invites us to consider how themes of fidelity, mutual desire, and fraternity formed by circumstance or power have held the interest of contemporary artists.
This exhibition is organized and circulated by The MacKenzie Art Gallery and is curated by Crystal Mowry.
Esmaa Mohamoud, Deeper the Wounded, Deeper the Roots (1), 2019
archival pigment print on paper, edition 1 of 5 (1 AP)
Collection of the MacKenzie Art Gallery. Photo: Don Hall
UPCOMING EXHIBITION
I AM
Indigenous Artist Mentorship
Opening November 19th!
I AM: Indigenous Artist Mentorship is an exhibition featuring 13 Indigenous artists spanning nations, generations, and career stages. Each artist has created new work in response to The Ancestors Are Talking, a 2025 exhibition at The Whyte that was curated by Joseph M Sanchez, the last surviving member of the “Indigenous Group of Seven.” For Sanchez, this was an opportunity to help foster the next generation of notable Indigenous artists in Canada. A year-long intensive mentorship program has resulted in I AM, an exhibition exploring a range of subject expressions – from kinship to pop culture, from spirituality to self-representation. Through diverse practices, the artists in this exhibition have declared: I AM… I am here, I am multifaceted, I am the past, present, and future of Canadian art.
This exhibition is organized by the Whyte and curated by emerging Métis curator Emma De Sousa, who embodies a curatorial philosophy rooted in kiyokewin (visiting methodology) and wahkohtowon (kinship and reciprocity praxis).
This exhibition is supported by
