Design Main Street’s Antique Row Coming to collect. These pieces were witness to myriad events and scenes. If only they could talk.
Arts Contemporary Ceramics Challenging convention. Long regarded as a “minor craft”, ceramics have emerged from the annals of antiquity and shelves of granny’s china cabinet to become a platform for social commentary, a place to confront tradition, and a medium in which to explore form over function.
Community Philip Francis’s Postcard Collection Post script. Pick a card, any card—there are about 15,000 of them to choose from. But this isn’t a tarot reading and it’s far from a card trick. No, it’s a close look at early British Columbia through a private collection of postcards.
Design Collecting Antiques Fantique roadshow. For those who have clambered from the depths of a garage sale to the dusty hallways of second hand shops, the journey is full of excitement.
Arts Surfing for Art Buying art online. When selecting a new painting for the wall, a prospective buyer typically migrates toward an art gallery, art fair, or an auction house to fit the bill. But Amazon.com and other online platforms want buyers to consider another option.
Arts Five Years of Collecting Collections—no matter how small or large—don’t happen overnight. But they do start simply, with a single artifact or a small group of objects, and an interminable fascination with a certain something.
Arts Care Tips for Art Collectors Valuable advice. Occasionally, and despite our best efforts, damage suffered by art and antiques is beyond our control. But not always.
Design Renew Gallery Renew, redux. Since landmark destination Vancouver Architectural Antiques on Main and 8th Avenue shuttered its doors last winter, it may be a popular belief that treasure hunter extraordinaire Eric Cohen has retired. This is not true. Enter Renew Gallery.
Design The Mission Hill Family Estate Antique Collection The story is in the telling. Its diverse collection of unique items would be at home in any well-curated antiques store, yet each treasure is hand-selected for the wine shop at Mission Hill Family Estate Winery.