Our Exhibits

The Vancouver Art Gallery presents exhibitions of work by artists ranging from historic masters to leading-edge contemporaries. These include major thematic exhibitions, presentations of solo artists and smaller, more focused showcases. In a typical year, 2 to 3 exhibitions are borrowed from other institutions and 10 to 12 exhibitions are developed in-house, drawing on our permanent collection and loans of works from around the world. In addition, the Gallery tours a few of its exhibitions each year.

Current Exhibitions

In Dialogue with Emily Carr

In Dialogue with Carr: Douglas Coupland, Evan Lee, Liz Magor, Marianne Nicolson

July 1, 2010 to January 3, 2011

This exhibition strategically pairs the work of Emily Carr with key contemporary BC artists–Douglas Coupland, Evan Lee, Liz Magor and Marianne Nicolson-to draw out a dialogue between Carr’s legacy and the myriad ways in which artists respond to it. Read more...
The Modern Woman

The Modern Woman: Drawings by Degas, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Other Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris

June 5 to September 6, 2010

The first major exhibition of drawings ever organized from the renowned collection of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris will assemble more than 90 works by 19th century artists, including Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Pissarro, Redon, Renoir, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, Vuillard and others. The exhibition will explore innovations in technique and subject matter through a focus on one of the museum's most popular subjects: depictions of women. Read more...

Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Musée d'Orsay.

Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall

Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall

May 8 to September 6, 2010

Fiona Tan will present her most recent video installations in this first North American survey of her work, including a new project commissioned by the Vancouver Art Gallery. Read more...

This exhibition is touring internationally and is accompanied by a major publication. Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, and curated by Bruce Grenville, senior curator, Vancouver Art Gallery.

Kerry James Marshall

Kerry James Marshall

May 8, 2010 to January 3, 2011

Internationally renowned for his large-scale paintings that draw critically from both African-American history and classical painting traditions, this exhibition will present a selection of remarkable canvases by Kerry James Marshall that exemplify his artistic practice. Read more...

Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Kathleen Bartels, Director, Vancouver Art Gallery, and artist Jeff Wall.

Bearing Witness: Works from the Collection

May 8, 2010 to January 3, 2011

This exhibition featuring works from the Gallery’s collection presents art that reflects a number of social and political conditions. The subject matter ranges from the effects of war, government action and industrial exploitation, to the social dynamics of society especially in relation to gender and identity politics.
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Offsite Ken Lum

Offsite: Ken Lum

January 23 to September 6, 2010

For the Offsite, the Gallery’s public art space in downtown Vancouver, the artist is creating new work based on huts that were erected on the Maplewood mudflats in North Vancouver during the second half of the twentieth century...Read more