Tours

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New Gallery Tours

Enliven your experience of the exhibitions with the Gallery tours every Thursday and Sunday.

Free with Gallery admission.
NEW GALLERY TOURS
Photo: Kyla Bailey
THURSDAYS

BUGGY TOUR
10:30am
Bring kids along on a exhibition tour then continue the discussion with a Gallery Educator while fueling up in the Gallery Café. (1.5 hours)

HOT SPOT
11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 3:30pm
This focused discussion spotlights a specific artwork or artist. (30 min)

BROWN BAG TOUR
12pm
Tour the exhibition then pick up your preordered brown bag lunch from the Gallery Café. To preorder lunch, call 604.688.2233. Charges will apply. (30 min)

HISTORY TOUR
2pm
Focused on history and biography, these extended tours are designed to give solid grounding in the events and contexts that shape the exhibitions. (1 hour)

STAFF PICK TOUR
3pm
Listen as Gallery staff reveal trade secrets that provide insight into the making of an exhibition. (30 min)

SUNDAYS

EXHIBITION TOUR
11pm, 1pm, 3pm
Provides an overview of one exhibition with specific attention to key works featured in the show. Conversation is encouraged. (1 hour)

HOT SPOT
12:30pm
This focused discussion spotlights a specific artwork or artist. (30 min)

HISTORY TOUR
2pm
Focused on history and biography, these extended tours are designed to give solid grounding in the events and contexts that shape the exhibitions. (1 hour)

July schedule

August schedule

Special Exhibition Tours

Affording an exciting opportunity to hear directly from artists, collectors and curators. All special exhibition tours take place at the Vancouver Art Gallery and are free with Gallery admission. Join exhibition curators, artists and visiting scholars for tours through Gallery exhibitions.

June

Saturday, June 5, 2pm
The Modern Woman: Drawings by Degas, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Other Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Curator's Tour / Thomas Padon / In the Gallery
Join Thomas Padon, assistant director/ director of international partnerships, for an exhibition tour.

Free with Gallery admission

The Modern Woman
Tuesday, June 8, 7pm
Bearing Witness: Works from the Collection
Curator's Tour / Ian Thom / In the Gallery
Join Ian Thom, senior curator/historical, for a tour of the exhibition.

Free with Gallery admission

Bearing Witness
Saturday, June 19, 2pm
The Modern Woman: Drawings by Degas, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Other Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Guest Tour / Sima Godfrey / In the Gallery
Join Sima Godfrey for a tour and discussion that explores the fashions worn by 19th century women. Godfrey has written extensively on 19th century French literature and cultural history.

Free with Gallery Admission.

The Modern Woman
Tuesday, June 29, 7pm
The Modern Woman: Drawings by Degas, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Other Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Guest Tour / S. Hollis Clayson / In the Gallery
Join art historian S. Hollis Clayson, author of Painted Love: Prostitution in French Art of the Impressionist Era and professor of modern art at Northwestern University, as she speaks about representation of the complex social experiences of women in 19th century Paris.

Free with Gallery admission

The Modern Woman

July

Saturday, July 10, 2pm
Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall
Curator's Tour / Bruce Grenville / In the Gallery
Join Bruce Grenville, senior curator, for a tour of the exhibition.

Free with Gallery admission.

Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall
Tuesday, July 13, 7pm
In Dialogue with Carr: Douglas Coupland, Evan Lee, Liz Magor, Marianne Nicolson
Curator's Tour / Daina Augaitis / In the Gallery
Join Daina Augaitis, chief curator/associate director, for a tour of the exhibition.

Free with Gallery Admission

In Dialogue with Carr
Saturday, July 24, 2pm
The Modern Woman: Drawings by Degas, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Other Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Guest Tour / Denise Oleksijczuk / In the Gallery
Denise Oleksijczuk is an artist, art historian and professor of art and culture studies at Simon Fraser University. She has exhibited nationally and abroad and is the author of The First Panoramas.

Free with Gallery admission

The Modern Woman

August

Saturday, August 21, 2pm
The Modern Woman: Drawings by Degas, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Other Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Guest Tour / Ivan Sayers/ In the Gallery
Ivan Sayers, a fashion historian and former curator of history at the Vancouver Museum, opens the doors on one of the biggest collections of 19th century dress in the city.

Free with Gallery admission.

The Modern Woman