MSVU Art Gallery

05/22/2026

MSVU Art Gallery is currently closed for install - we have two great exhibitions opening soon: Allyson Mitchell's Brain Child on June 13, and George Bernard Jr.'s Light & Legacy on June 20. See you then!

05/06/2026

Exhibition Ending Soon! "Hannah Epstein: Plato's Goon Cave". Only a few days left to visit this exhibition before it is gone.

The Art Gallery is open to visit this exhibition Wednesday -Sunday 12:00 pm - 5:00pm, but only until May 17.

image: installation detail, MSVU Art Gallery, 2026
photo: Wiebke Schroeder

05/04/2026

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If you're passionate about the topic of AI slop, come check out From Slop to Broth to hear from NS artist Hannah Epstein and our panelists!

Wednesday, May 6, 11am-12pm, Faculty Lounge (Seton 407)

04/29/2026

Hannah Epstein combines textiles and digital media to create characters, immersive environments, and stories that explore contemporary desires and anxieties through a folkloric lens. In her dizzying installation, Plato’s Goon Cave, she stages a slippery allegory of epistemic uncertainty in a media-saturated present.

Hannah Epstein: Plato's Goon Cave
Curated by Blair Fornwald

Visit this exhibition until May 17.
Open Wednesdays through Sundays from 12:00pm – 5:00pm

Images: Hannah Epstein: Plato’s Goon Cave, installation details, MSVU Art Gallery, 2026
Photos: Wiebke Schroeder

04/23/2026

04/22/2026

Have you had a chance to stop by and see "Hannah Epstein: Plato’s Goon Cave"? Just 4 more weeks!

Visit our website to plan your visit: https://www.msvuart.ca/about/plan-your-visit/ We hope to see you soon!

Images: Hannah Epstein: Plato’s Goon Cave, installation views, MSVU Art Gallery, 2026. Photos: Wiebke Shroeder.

04/13/2026

Plato’s Goon Cave is both a funhouse-mirror inversion of Plato’s allegory, where the cave has become chaotic, fascinating and deeply stimulating, and a logical, if speculative, continuation of the tale. The goons—hulking, but flaccid monsters collectively named after the practice of sustaining a euphoric, trance-like state through prolonged ma********on or other self-soothing, repetitive behaviors—are unchained, complacent, and oddly self-sufficient, goggle-eyed and grinning.

Continuing to May 17
Hannah Epstein: Plato’s Goon Cave
Curated by Blair Fornwald

MSVU Art Gallery is open Wednesdays through Sundays from 12:00pm – 5:00pm

Image: Hannah Epstein: Plato’s Goon Cave, installation view. MSVU Art Gallery, 2026.
Photo: Wiebke Schroeder

04/07/2026

Hannah Epstein: Plato's Goon Cave
on exhibition until May 17, 2026
Curated by Blair Fornwald

Epstein’s installation is populated by hulking, effigy-like monsters, with grinning rug-hooked faces, and monumental yet flaccid bodies assembled from castoffs from the consumer waste stream—bits of fabric and yarn, old clothing, and ratty plush toys. Some are propped up with scaffolding, while others slump lazily in secondhand chairs or against the walls, while AI-generated video projections wash over the walls and across the figures’ limp bodies, animating them with narrative complexity, ontological ambiguity, and something approaching vitality.

Image: Installation detail, MSVU Art Gallery, 2026
Photo: Wiebke Schroeder

04/01/2026

Have you had a chance to stop by to see “Hannah Epstein: Plato’s Goon Cave”? Continuing on view until May 17. And check out the website https://www.msvuart.ca/exhibition/hannah-epstein-platos-goon-cave/ for an exhibition audio tour by Hannah Epstein (with transcription available)

Photo: Wiebke Schroeder