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Children and Youth Visit the Vancouver Art Gallery for Free Starting July 1

by Inside Vancouver in Family Friendly, Insider on June 2, 2022

Jan Wade: Soul Power, Family Day at the Vancouver Art Gallery, February 2022,
Photo: Anita Bonnarens

Today, the Vancouver Art Gallery, one of North America’s most innovative visual arts institutions, is thrilled to announce that, starting July 1, all children and youth 18 years old and under will receive complimentary admission to the Gallery. This initiative has been made possible by a generous $1 million gift from the April 1 Foundation of Vancouver and will be in place over the next five years as the Gallery prepares to move to a new building, planned to open in 2027.

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Children and Youth Visit the Vancouver Art Gallery for Free Starting July 1

This summer, the VAG features Vancouver’s first major exhibition of work by Alberto Giacometti

by Shawn Conner in Insider on May 31, 2019

Rue Hippolyte Maindron. Alberto GIACOMETTI, Swiss painter and sculptor, at his studio. Alberto Giacometti in his studio, 1960. Photo: Rene Burri/Magnum Photos.

More Than 130 works showcase the genius of Alberto Giacometti in A Line Through Time. The Vancouver Art Gallery (750 Hornby St.) presents this special exhibition of work from June 16 – Sept. 29.

Along with work by the renowned artist, the VAG will feature examples of “ancient inspirations” and work by his contemporaries. See below for more details.

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This summer, the VAG features Vancouver’s first major exhibition of work by Alberto Giacometti

Painting Canada’s Arctic

by Inside Vancouver in Town on January 24, 2018

Ontario artist Cory Trépanier has spent the past decade travelling the Arctic painting Canada’s wildest places in the farthest reaches of the frozen North. The wilderness he travelled is so remote and untouched that many of its landscapes have never before been documented.

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Painting Canada’s Arctic

Last chance to see Monet’s Secret Garden at the Vancouver Art Gallery (plus fall exhibition preview!)

by Tara Lee in Entertainment on September 14, 2017

This year, in the heat and never-ending sunniness of summer, I spent most of the time out of doors. However, with the return of cooler weather and rainy days, I’ve started to long for contemplation in galleries once again.

Claude Monet’s Secret Garden at the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) has been on my do-list for quite some time. With the exhibition closing in just over two weeks, I managed to fit in a visit. I’d highly recommend doing the same before it ends.

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Last chance to see Monet’s Secret Garden at the Vancouver Art Gallery (plus fall exhibition preview!)

Susan Point Whorls the Imagination in Current Vancouver Art Gallery Exhibit

by Inside Vancouver in Uncategorized on March 20, 2017

Susan Point - Salish Vision and Ravens and Moon

Left: Salish Vision, 2002. Courtesy of the Museum of Anthropology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. | Right: Ravens and Moon, 2001. Collection of George and Christiane Smyth. Both photos: Janet Dwyer

An exhibit of work that elevates the importance of women and Indigenous women that merges spirituality with practicality and pairs tradition with playfulness is on at the Vancouver Art Gallery right now, and until May 28th, 2017.

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Susan Point Whorls the Imagination in Current Vancouver Art Gallery Exhibit