Largest Canadian collection of Mexican Modernism on display now at Vancouver Art Gallery

VANCOUVER.- As a university student, Michael Audain travelled to Mexico to view the art of Mexican modernist masters Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco. He was inspired by the vibrancy and powerful social message of their art, and his passion for these artists remained with him. Many years later, the Audains began collecting their work and, today, own the largest collection of Mexican modernist art known in Canada . The Audains’ entire Mexican modernist collection – [...]

New exhibition features priceless private art collection never before displayed publicly

VANCOUVER, B.C.- Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection reveals for the first time one of the most important private art collections in Canada, a stunning group of works assembled over the past 25 years by Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa. Generously loaned to the Vancouver Art Gallery for this special exhibition, the Audains’ collection features a vast array of art – from exceptional 19th century masks by First Nations artists, to an outstanding set of paintings by Emily Carr that [...]

Vancouver Art Gallery presents the work of three notable contemporary artists

VANCOUVER.- The Distance Between You and Me presents the work of three notable contemporary artists from Vancouver, Los Angeles and Guadalajara . Thematically, the exhibition revolves around the ideas of location and dislocation, not only in the geographical sense, but also in terms of psychological location. The artists – Isabelle Pauwels, Kerry Tribe and Gonzalo Lebrija – are loosely united by the geographical configuration of their locations, which form a line extending along the west coast of North America from Vancouver [...]

Cherry and Martin restages landmark 1970 exhibition “Photography into Sculpture”

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Cherry and Martin has restaged curator Peter Bunnellʼs landmark 1970 exhibition, Photography into Sculpture, at the gallery as a part of the Getty Museum citywide initiative, Pacific Standard Time. The exhibition continues through October 22, 2011. Photography into Sculpture stands as one of Peter Bunnellʼs great contributions to the history of photography. Described in the original wall text as “the first comprehensive survey of photographically formed images used in a sculptural or fully dimensional manner,” Photography into Sculpture brought [...]

Rodney Graham to Receive Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts

VANCOUVER, BC.- British Columbia’s most prestigious annual awards for the visual arts, the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts and the VIVA Awards, will be presented at the Vancouver Art Gallery on May 5, 2011 at 7pm. The 8th annual Audain Prize, awarded by the Audain Foundation for the Visual Arts, will go to acclaimed artist Rodney Graham. Vancouver artists Reece Terris and Althea Thauberger are the 2011 recipients of the VIVA Award prizes granted annually by [...]

Vancouver Art Gallery Permanent Collection Reaches Important Milestone, Now Over 10,000 Works

VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery has passed a major milestone, as its permanent collection now exceeds 10,000 items. As part of its recent annual review, the Gallery announced that 178 artworks were acquired through purchase and donation in the last fiscal year, bringing the total number of works held in trust for the people of British Columbia to 10,004. Major contemporary and historical acquisitions build on the strength of the Gallery’s collection, renowned for its excellence in art produced in [...]

Rediscover Renowned Masterworks of Early Photography at the Phillips Collection

WASHINGTON, DC.- The photographs of the pictorialist movement are among the most spectacular works of art in the medium’s history. This October, The Phillips Collection brings over 120 of these celebrated images to Washington, D.C. with the exhibition TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845–1945. The exhibition, drawn from the George Eastman House Collections, chronicles pictorialism from its inception through its impact on photography today. The Phillips is the final stop on the international tour of the critically acclaimed [...]

Brian Jungen Wins the 2010 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO

TORONTO.- Internationally renowned Canadian artist Brian Jungen is the recipient of the 2010 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO for his outstanding contribution to visual arts in Canada. The Gershon Iskowitz Foundation and the AGO will celebrate the $25,000 prize at a public reception on May 6, and the AGO will mount an exhibition of Jungen’s work in the coming year. Born in 1970 in Fort St. John, British Columbia, to a Swiss father and a Dunne-za mother, Jungen has [...]

Vancouver Art Gallery Sets New Attendance Record: Nearly 100,000 Visitors

VANCOUVER, BC.- The 17 days of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games were the most highly attended in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s history. With line-ups that wrapped around Robson Square , the Gallery welcomed more than 95,000 visitors through its doors between February 12 and 28. “From Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man to Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual”, a massive two-floor survey of works from our permanent collection showcasing significant British Columbia art and artists of the [...]

Crystal Bridges Acquires Contemporary Works

BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Works of art by two contemporary artists using mixed media to weave ambiguous suburban stories are the latest acquisitions announced by “Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: Kerry James Marshall’s Our Town” (1995) and Mary McCleary’s “The Falcon Cannot Hear the Falconer” (2008). “Both Marshall and McCleary are creating compelling works that speak to contemporary life in late 20th/early 21st century America,” said Chris Crosman, chief curator. “The idea of home is a recurring motif in American art [...]

Etienne Zack’s Innovative and Vibrant Paintings at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal

MONTREAL.- In Etienne Zack’s innovative and vibrant paintings, the viewer’s eye is led every which way over the canvas. Like a modern-day maze, each of his works draws us into a multilayered labyrinth. The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal presents the exhibition Etienne Zack from February 4 to April 25, 2010. Etienne Zack was previously featured in The Québec Triennial. Now the Musée has mounted a solo exhibition comprising twenty-two paintings produced over the last six years, including two major [...]

Vancouver Art Gallery Takes to the Streets with Three Major Installations

VANCOUVER, BC.- The Vancouver Art Gallery will play a central role in enlivening Vancouver ’s downtown streets during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games with three major public art installations in the city’s most prominent locations. Using the exuberant floral patterns of Taiwanese fabric, Taipei-based artist Michael Lin will cover the Gallery’s entire northern façade with a massive hand-painted mural. The southern side of the Gallery will be transformed into an outdoor theatre presenting a continuous flow of video-based [...]