Vancouver Plenty of room for improvement at Vancouver Art Gallery The most important public space in Vancouver has never looked worse. But plans are under way to redesign the north plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery and make it once again the preeminent place for the city to meet. It’s about time. Vancouver Sun, October … Continue reading
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Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library, October 10, 2013
Vancouver Kimsooja unfolds a fascinating body of work. “Kimsooja performs in many of her videos, yet we seldom see her face. And even though this internationally acclaimed artist employs the body as a metaphor for the human condition in much of her work—which also includes brilliantly coloured textile bundles, mixed-media installations, photography, and altered found … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library October 9, 2013
Vancouver This day in History: October 9, 1911 A new provincial courthouse opened downtown 102 years ago. after new law courts were built at Robson Square in the late 1970s, another prominent B.C. architect, Arthur Erickson, converted the 1911 Rattenbury courthouse into the home of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Vancouver Sun, October 9, 2013 Cold … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library October 8, 2013
Toronto Techie Cracks The Code: How Vermeer Did That Tim Jenison “believes he has solved one of the greatest mysteries in art: how did 17th-century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography?” Hyperallergic, October 7, 2013 Lisa Steele Box Set Grows Canadian Canon – Canadian Art In recent … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library October 4-7, 2013
Vancouver This day in history: October 5, 1931 Henry Stone thought Vancouver needed an art gallery. So, in 1925, he put up $50,000 toward the construction of one. It took six years to get it built, but on Oct. 5, 1931, the Vancouver Art Gallery opened at 1145 Georgia. Several other local philanthropists (including the … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library, October 3, 2013
Vancouver This Week At the Vancouver Art/Book Fair, check out flip books, accordion books, books unbound in boxes, and books bound in velvet and leather. There are more than 100 printed books and digital or other experimental forms of art publications, as well as performances, at the only international art book fair in Canada. Oct. … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library October 2, 2013
Vancouver City eyes facelift for plaza at Vancouver Art Gallery The City of Vancouver is planning a facelift for the lacklustre plaza in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery. The north plaza fronting on Georgia Street was slightly spruced up for the 2010 Olympic Games, but the city is interested in long-term improvements. The area … Continue reading
Visual Arts News from the Vancouver Art Gallery Library October 1, 2013
Vancouver At the Vancouver Art Gallery. Getting ready for the new exhibition KIMSOOJA Unfolding the Preparation department was required to bring an ancient truck into the second floor gallery. Here’s the record of their successful navigation of our loading bay, basement and freight elevator. A fabulous accomplishment! http://vimeo.com/75460703 Regina Ruth Cuthand, Andrew Salgado Win Sask. … Continue reading
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