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Exploring the Vaults and Catacombs Beneath the Vancouver Art Gallery

Underneath the exhibitions, the unseen collections buzz with activity.

Will the Vancouver Art Gallery’s New Director Finally Secure Its New Home?

“It doesn’t make sense to turn back now,” says Anthony Kiendl.

Artists Light Up the Vancouver Art Gallery at Night

Be sure to catch the Façade Festival’s final weekend.

“Claude Monet’s Secret Garden” at the Vancouver Art Gallery

A life in painting.

The most important Canadian exhibit of his work in two decades.

Vancouver Art Gallery Triennial: “Vancouver Special”

Barometer.

It brings together 40 of the city’s most compelling artists.

Go Below the Vancouver Art Gallery

Down under.

An exclusive look at what lies beneath.

“MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture” at Vancouver Art Gallery

Presenting the present.

The exhibition showcases not only fine and modern art in the traditional sense of sculpture, print, and painting, but also in its broader definitions including film, music, literature, and fashion.

FUSE at Vancouver Art Gallery

Here’s to a decade.

The art gallery’s late night art and live performance party, which recently celebrated 10 years, is about the amalgamation of old art and new, the smashing together of yesterday and tomorrow.

Geoffrey Farmer at Vancouver Art Gallery

Kaleidoscopic carnival.

“How Do I Fit This Ghost in My Mouth?” is a carnival of our personal and collective memories, morphing and rearranging what we recognize into something difficult to decipher.

Italian Painting at the Vancouver Art Gallery

Of Heaven and Earth.

One of the key charms of the exhibition is being able to tangibly trace not just the evolution of technique in Italian art, but how influences are exerted.

“The Forbidden City” at the Vancouver Art Gallery

Inside the court of China's emperors.

For half a millennium, the Forbidden City, the largest enclosed palace complex in the world, was inaccessible to the public. What lay beyond the vermillion walls, nearly eight metres high, could only be imagined.

Vancouver Art Gallery Exhibitions

The year ahead.

This year, the Vancouver Art Gallery will continue to do what it does best: find that perfect balance between acclaimed local and international artists, unique specially-commissioned works, blockbuster collaborations with other international institutions, and selected works from the permanent collection.

Contemporary Art Gallery Vancouver Night School

Getting it.

Entering its fourth semester this March, the program partners academic rigour with field experiences, offering a series of seminars and studio visits with local, prominent artists.

19 of Our Favourite Arts Stories From 2023

Painters, novelists, photographers, singers, and other creative people share the how and the why of what they do.

The Vancouver Athlete Taking Breakdancing to the Olympics

The tenacity of Phil Wizard.

Riley Park⁠—The Lofty History of Vancouver’s Central Neighbourhood

Where East meets West.