Vancouver ArtΒ Gallery
Art gallery Β· Downtown Β·
Western Canada's largest art museum with diverse exhibits
Western Canada's largest art museum with diverse exhibits
"The de facto hub of art and culture in Vancouver, the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) is also the cityβs gathering place for political protests, rallies, and small-scale demonstrations. Art and politics do often go hand-in-hand, but at the VAG it makes even more sense given the buildingβs history. The collection has for decades been housed in the old city courthouse. Built in 1905, the neoclassical building straddles the two main thoroughfares of downtown, with public spaces on each side. Feel free to linger with the locals on the steps beneath the Ionic columns and watch the world go by.Slowly underway is a Herzog & de Meuron structure located a few blocks away near the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, one of the cityβs top concert venues. Years from now, the new building will house the VAG permanent collection. Highlights include the Group of Seven in the permanent collection, while rotating exhibits at the VAG span space, time, and genre including multimedia FUSE events." - MATADOR_NETWORK
"Western Canadaβs largest public art museum weighs inat almost 12,000 works. The collection here is strong on Emily Carr, a modernist compatriot of the Group of Seven (Canadian landscape painters from the 1920s who were deeply influenced by European Impressionism). Donβt miss her lush, moody depictions of the Pacific Northwest coast, especially its temperate rain forests and totemic carvings of indigenous peoples. Also worth seeing are the exhibits of cutting-edge contemporary masters like Jeff Wall and Stan Douglas. Housed in an old courthouse, the museum hopes to move into fresh digs designed by the Pritzker Prizeβwinning Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron by 2021.Admission is by donation on Tuesday evenings."
"Western Canadaβs largest public art museum weighs inat almost 12,000 works. The collection here is strong on Emily Carr, a modernist compatriot of the Group of Seven (Canadian landscape painters from the 1920s who were deeply influenced by European Impressionism). Donβt miss her lush, moody depictions of the Pacific Northwest coast, especially its temperate rain forests and totemic carvings of indigenous peoples. Also worth seeing are the exhibits of cutting-edge contemporary masters like Jeff Wall and Stan Douglas. Housed in an old courthouse, the museum hopes to move into fresh digs designed by the Pritzker Prizeβwinning Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron by 2021.Admission is by donation on Tuesday evenings."
"Located in a former courthouse in the heart of downtown Vancouver, the Vancouver Art Gallery is the cityβs largest. It has an expansive collection of more than 12,000 artworks ranging from historical masterworks to visionary contemporary pieces, photography by Diane Arbus, Eadweard Muybridge, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, plus Vancouver School photo-conceptualists such as Stan Douglas, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, and Roy Arden. Pop art by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol are also in the mix." - Jennifer Van Evra
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