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A framed piece of textile art hanging on a white wall.

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A Vancouver Artist Unstitches the Border Between Arts and Crafts

Mallory Donen’s cross-stich works ask us to reconsider whose labour has value in fine arts.

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Piecing Together the Life, Art, and Legacy of Jack Shadbolt

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Ren Zhong’s Art Bathes Us in Nature

Vancouver’s Sunzen Art Gallery hosts the acclaimed Chinese artist’s first exhibition in Canada.

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Artists Light Up the Vancouver Art Gallery at Night

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

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Dog Days

<em>Captivating Canines.</em>

A photography exhibition at the Polygon Gallery explores the relationship between humans and their best friends—and your pet pooch is welcome, too.

Julia Mior

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Julia Mior

Negotiation for space.

Part of what sets Mior’s textiles apart from contemporary museum discourse is that she actually wants people to use them.

Ola Volo

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Ola Volo

From the ocean to the moon.

Born in Kazakhstan and raised in Vancouver, rising art star Ola Volo whimsically combines the folklore of her heritage and the sentimentality of her upbringing into her paintings. Thanks to this rich cultural conversation, her style has become known across the continent as distinctly hers.

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Ed Spence

Body pixels.

The Vancouver artist’s new works are an invigorating development in his practise.

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Yoko Ono’s “Mend Piece” at the Rennie Museum

Questions of healing.

The piece was first conceptualized by Ono in 1966 when politics in the United States had begun to turn to the anti-Vietnam War movements. Today, it takes on a new layer of socio-economic criticism.