Vancouver Art Gallery
The Vancouver Art Gallery is a charitable not-for-profit organization supported by its members, individual donors, corporate funders, foundations, the City of Vancouver, the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Founded in 1931, the Vancouver Art Gallery is recognized as one of North America’s most innovative visual arts institutions. The Gallery’s celebrated exhibitions, extensive public programs and emphasis on advancing scholarship focus on historical and contemporary art from British Columbia and around the world. Special attention is given to the accomplishments of Indigenous artists, as well as to those of the Asia Pacific region—through the Institute of Asian Art founded in 2014. The Gallery’s exhibitions also explore the impact of images in the larger sphere of visual culture, design and architecture.
The Vancouver Art Gallery commits to five core values that guides all that it does:
We are respectful of the unceded Indigenous territory upon which we are situated.
We are committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment.
We believe that curiosity is a pathway to innovation.
We establish clear goals and expectations to cultivate a culture of accountability.
We foster successful collaboration through thoughtful communication and active listening.
After celebrating 90 years of operation, we are now embarking on one of the most significant cultural projects undertaken in Canada to date. We are building a new, purpose-built home in the heart of downtown Vancouver—one that will serve as a model for what a 21st century museum can be. We held a Ground Awakening ceremony on September 15, 2023 and we anticipate opening our doors to the public in 2028.
Our vision for the new Gallery takes into consideration how society has evolved into a global, interconnected network. We believe that art museums are uniquely positioned to engage communities in creating a better world by providing the resources and opportunities necessary to face the challenges of our time with purpose, hope, playfulness and creativity.
For tickets, a complete list of current and upcoming exhibitions, and events, please visit vanartgallery.bc.ca
For more information on the new Gallery, please visit newvanartgallery.ca
The 2024 fest’s closing celebration hears from Vancouver Art Gallery’s deputy director and director of curatorial programs
Event will feature a red carpet, live performances, complimentary drinks, exclusive lounge access, and more
Pantea Haghighi, Makiko Hara, and Nya Lewis join the gallery’s curatorial department immediately and will remain through 2025
Late conceptualist pioneers Lawrence Weiner and Garry Neill Kennedy, friends in life, are celebrated in twinned posthumous exhibits
A massive ode to zine culture, plus Ian Wallace, Pussy Riot, and more
Lawrence Weiner’s poster archive, a colour-coordinated ode to monochrome, the first career survey on Dominican-American painter Firelei Báez, and more
Award-winning Afro-Caribbean-Canadian multidisciplinary artist has previously worked with the Vancouver Writers Fest and Verses Festival of Words
Show celebrates work of Coast Salish weavers qʷənat, Angela George, Chepximiya Siyam’ Chief Janice George, Skwetsimeltxw Willard “Buddy” Joseph, and Qwasen, Debra Sparrow
Unusual exhibit shows the way microscopic paint analysis and art-historical expertise reveal donated sketches were not created by Group of Seven founder
In Vancouver Art Gallery retrospective, late Trinidadian-Canadian’s canvases allude to slavery, mass incarceration, and housing projects
Vancouver Writers Fest highlights the long-time collaborators’ new book, The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island
With more than $340 million raised of the gallery’s $400-million goal, the building’s estimated completion is now set for 2028
Local icons Kendall Gender, Jaylene Thyme, and Norma Lize are photographed in the gown made of flags from countries where being LGBTQ2SIA+ is punishable by law
Guest curator Amber-Dawn Bear Robe spotlights designers who are taking painstaking traditional techniques into the future of fashion
Visual artists recognized by Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation work across disciplines, while Augaitis is best-known for her long tenure as Vancouver Art Gallery chief curator
VAG employees to receive wage increases, provisions around remote work
The VAG’s Sirish Rao explains how the multisensory event will enliven the venue from rotunda to rooftop, in conjunction with new Fashion Fictions exhibition
New exhibition features an ambitious site-specific project co-created by the non-visual artist and others in social activism
The Northwest Coast artist of Haida and Tlingit descent is featured in Guud San Glans Robert Davidson: A Line That Bends But Does Not Break
Video- and photo-based works created in Canada and South Korea take form in the flowing, curving About Time exhibition
Coast Salish artists Debra Sparrow, Skwetsimeltxw Willard (Buddy) Joseph, Hereditary Chief Chepximiya Siyam’ Janice George, and Angela George collaborated with architects on the design of the building façade
Funding supports sustainable, Passive House goals for site aiming to open in 2027
Many new names to discover in expansive exhibit of early-20th-century work that offsets the all-male Group of Seven’s centenary
Immersive experience set to live music lets people move through Keith Langergraber’s installation at the VAG’s Offsite space
Iconic shots of New Orleans, Berlin, and Barcelona pair with the photo-conceptual and the irreverent
The playful, youth-focused Kids Take Over combines with restless new Asian art and a tribute to photo collector and donor Andrew Gruft
Robots “collaborate” with painters, while machines generate surreal visual worlds
It’s tea for two at the Vancouver Art Gallery restaurant, which draws inspiration from GROWING FREEDOM: The instructions of Yoko Ono / The Art of John & Yoko
Shakespeare’s famous love story marks Valentine’s Day at the exhibition
The Vancouver- and Kelowna-based visual artist hiked to over a dozen fire towers throughout the Pacific Northwest as part of the research behind The Dusk Meridian
Find Vancouver Art Gallery at
750 Hornby Street
Vancouver
V6Z 2H7