Vancouver Invested/40 examines creating craft for craft’s sake Although a few of the pieces on display are potentially usable, most of them exist as vehicles for their own beauty, wit, and, yes, craftsmanship. There’s craft and then there’s craft. Oh, and then there’s craft. At the Pendulum Gallery until November 9. Georgia Straight, October 29, … Continue reading
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Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library, October 30, 2013
Vancouver Emily Carr work to be auctioned. “A classic Emily Carr canvas featuring one of her trademark depictions of a West Coast aboriginal community – with dramatic splashes of Pacific greenery, a crooked staircase and a looming totemic figure – is set to fetch up to $1.6 million as the highlight of Heffel’s fall sale … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library October 29, 2013
Vancouver Water colourist Sartain was prodigious painter News articles about the Victoria artist Emily Sartain frequently appeared in The Vancouver Sun between 1939-1990.Four thousand water colour paintings by Sartain hang on walls in homes in Vancouver and other places in British Columbia. Her first one-week exhibition in Canada was at the Vancouver Art Gallery in … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library October 25-28, 2013
Vancouver Haida master carver gets his due more than 90 years after his death The first career survey of Mr. Edenshaw’s work opened this weekend at the Vancouver Art Gallery, curated by Ms. Augaitis and Robin K. Wright, who has been studying Mr. Edenshaw since 1969 and is now director of the Bill Holm Center … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library, October 24, 2013
Vancouver Legendary Haida artist Charles Edenshaw finally gets his due at the VAG. “The first major survey of the artist’s work, the exhibit includes a full range of the types of objects Charles Edenshaw produced in his 50 or so years of carving. The artist, who died in 1920 at the age of 81, carved … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library October 23, 2013
Vancouver This Week Highlights the photographs of Desiree Palmen, the opening of the Charles Edenshaw exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Wrong Wave festival, also at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Vancouver Sun, October 23, 2013 Mexico beyond Frida and Diego Museum of Anthropology’s latest show explores country’s rich, vital movement. Museum of Anthropology’s … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library October 22, 2013
Vancouver A rare look at China’s imperial treasures The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China’s Emperors will include about 180 items hand-picked to tell the intimate stories of how China’s dynasties lived in luxurious seclusion for 500 years. Vancouver Sun, October 22, 2013 Forbidden City announcement as much about business as art and cult … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library October 18-21, 2013
Vancouver Why the BC NDP should pay attention to Christy Clark’s newfound … On Monday (October 21) morning, Premier Christy Clark will be at the Vancouver Art Gallery along with Mayor Gregor Robertson to announce a major Chinese art exhibit. It’s part of her government’s ongoing efforts to woo the arts community. But unlike her … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library, October 17, 2013
Vancouver The Voyage, or Three Years at Sea Part VI addresses the mystery of the maritime world. “The salty sea runs in our veins and through our imaginations. And the lore of life near, in, and upon the great oceans—of sailors, whalers, pirates, and mermaids, of magical realms, man-eating monsters, lost treasures, and legendary islands—is … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library, October 16, 2013
Regina Artist Andrew Salgado on what may be the most important show of his life. “Salgado marks his triumphant hometown return with dramatic brush strokes and a textured, energetic confidence in eight large-scale paintings, which also represent a departure. Much of his work to date has stemmed from a 2008 hate crime, when he and … Continue reading
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