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

MadeIn Company

MadeIn Company

April 26 to September 29, 2013

For the latest installation at Offsite, the Gallery's outdoor exhibition space near Georgia and Thurlow streets, MadeIn creates a fiction that uses subtlety and mistaken identity to prompt passers-by to reconsider their perceptions. Read more.

Generously Supported by our Visionary Partner:
Michael O'Brian Family Foundation
Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life

April 13 to September 15, 2013

Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life charts the evolution of the hotel from an isolated and utilitarian structure to a cultural phenomenon that figures prominently around the world. The scope of the project is global, an acknowledgement of the pervasive presence of a commercial network that is architecturally formed, geographically distributed and socially defined. Read More.

Presenting Sponsor:
The Keg

 Generous Support for the Exhibition Provided by:
Mark McCain and Caro MacDonald/Eye and I
Patrick Faigenbaum

Patrick Faigenbaum

March 9 to June 2, 2013

Since becoming known in the early 1980s with a series of black and white portraits of the great Italian aristocratic families, Patrick Faigenbaum has long since established his reputation as a significant artist in the international contemporary art scene. The first major exhibition of his work in Canada will explore the pictorial tradition of his compelling photography. Read More.

Generously Supported by:
Larry and Maureen Lunn
Art Spiegelman

Art Spiegelman
CO-MIX: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics and Scraps

February 16 to June 9, 2013

The first retrospective exhibition of the acclaimed American comic artist presents examples from all facets of his diverse career. The exhibition includes preparatory drawings, sketches, studies and panels relating to his early underground comics from the 1970s, his best–known and genre–defying work, Maus, as well as recent illustrations and comic art.Read More.
Lead Support:
The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation		 Additional Support: Lohn Foundation Media Sponsor:
The Vancouver Sun
Art Spiegelman

James Hart
The Dance Screen (The Scream Too)

November 2012 to January 2014

In late 2009, artist James Hart began designing a large-scale sculpture titled The Dance Screen (The Scream Too) and began carving the work in 2010. This ambitious project brings together many of the principal animal figures from traditional Haida stories, especially creatures that depend on salmon for their survival. Read More.

Generously Supported by:
Gary R. Bell
Charles John Collings

Hope at Dawn: Watercolours by Emily Carr and Charles John Collings

November 10, 2012 to May 26, 2013

The medium of watercolour is one of the most challenging used by artists. After the pigment has been placed on paper, change is not possible and the artist must possess considerable skill to achieve his or her artistic goal. Two major artists working in British Columbia in the first half of the twentieth century used watercolour extensively: Emily Carr and Charles John Collings. Read More.

Generously Supported by our Visionary Partner:
Michael O'Brian Family Foundation