Vancouver Art Gallery

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The Secret Garden exhibition is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Vancouverites

EIC September 25, 2017

By: Yelin Gemma Lee Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG), in collaboration with Le Musée Marmottan Monet, brings the well-known impressionist artist Claude Monet to our doorstep with the Secret Garden exhibit. The exhibit is up until October 1 and has been an attraction for both locals and tourists.      According to the VAG, the exhibit boasts to be “the most important exhibition of French painter Claude Monet’s work in Canada in two decades” and as ignorant as I am to art history, I will say that the 38 paintings that were flown in from Paris were absolutely breathtaking. I loved…

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Latest VAG exhibition tells the story of Vancouver photography

Peak Web June 8, 2017

By: Oscar Alfonso This summer, the Vancouver Art Gallery presents Pictures From Here, a survey of photography in Vancouver from the 1950s to the present. Situated on the gallery’s second floor, the exhibit runs from May 19 until September 4.…

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The Vancouver Art Gallery reveals the design for its new location

EIC October 9, 2015

A dream 10 years in the making, the architectural proposal for a new Vancouver Art Gallery was unveiled on September 29 to a full house at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The current heritage courthouse location was originally leased in 1978;…

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Renaissance paintings, multi-media installations, and photography at the Vancouver Art Gallery

EIC June 29, 2015

The three current exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums, How Do I Fit This Ghost In My Mouth? An Exhibition by Geoffrey Farmer, and Residue: Persistence of the…

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Cézanne, The Poetics of Space, and Unscrolled impress at the Vancouver Art Gallery

EIC March 30, 2015

[caption id="attachment_1973" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Photo courtesy of The Georgia Straight.[/caption] Last Wednesday, I had the pleasure of visiting the Vancouver Art Gallery and seeing its three stunning exhibitions: Cézanne and the Modern, The Poetics of Space, and Unscrolled. On the…

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