Art & Design

Queer Arts Festival steps into the future with 18th annual edition, June 6 to 28

Centred around portals, this year’s just-announced lineup includes several visual-art exhibitions, Vancouver International Jazz Festival concerts, and more

Surrey Art Gallery hosts an all-ages Family Art Party, June 1

Event inspired by the current exhibition A Tangled Thicket features hands-on art activities and a theatrical performance

Doors Open Richmond returns for its 18th annual edition, June 7 and 8

At Richmond Museum event, visitors can explore over 50 partner sites, ranging from Seawrack Press Studio to LuLu Island Winery

Book review: Rodney DeCroo's Night Moves focuses on the passing mysteries of city's sidewalks

With this gritty collection of street photographs, the Vancouver songwriter, poet, and playwright opens a new chapter in his hard-won life as an artist

Hong Kong Exile tunes into celestial stories at the Vancouver Art Gallery, May 15

As part of Asian Heritage Month, the gallery’s first performers-in-residence use old-school radios and headlamps in a new piece that fuses dance, multimedia, and theatre

West Coast Modern Week reveals programming for 2025 edition, July 8 to 13

A home tour of five West Vancouver residences, a film screening of Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between The Lines, and much more on offer

At the Vancouver Art Gallery, Lucy Raven: Murderers Bar chronicles the destruction of a century-old dam

In Capture Photography Festival presentation, moving-image installation shows a bird’s-eye view of Klamath River restoration

Vancouver Art Gallery's immersive late-night Art Party returns for another edition, May 24

Highly anticipated event features a festive atmosphere and performances in celebration of Asian Heritage Month

Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour thrives on countryside settings

Marking its 25th anniversary, the inclusive two-day festival sets up in fields and by riverbanks, along with more conventional spaces

At The Show, Emily Carr University students exhibit everything from ink paintings to woven ocean plastics

Graduating artists Wol-Un, Eden Eisses, Asad Aftab, and Claudia Goulet-Blais share insights on the works they’ll have on display

Burnaby Art Gallery hosts annual Arts Alive and Artist Apprenticeship exhibitions, May 2 to June 1

In partnership with Burnaby School District 41, exhibitions showcase artworks by elementary and high-school students

Western Front hosts Holly Márie Parnell's solo exhibition Cirrus, May 3 to July 26

New video work traverses an interior landscape shaped by the perspectives of artists Min Kim and Mia Wennerstrand

Stir ’Splainer: 3 artists give an ancient medium new life in Mosaic Revival

North Van Arts exhibition features contemporary works by Daryl Lynne Wood, Lilian Broca, and Maria Abagis

Emily Carr University of Art + Design showcases multidisciplinary graduates at The Show, May 7 to 21

In largest edition to date, exhibition features more than 420 works from across five degree programs

North Van Arts presents Mosaic Revival: Three Contemporary Expressions, May 2 to June 6

Works by internationally acclaimed mosaic artists Daryl Wood, Lilian Broca, and Maria Abagis to be displayed at CityScape Community ArtSpace

The Polygon Gallery hosts To Wash Ourselves Clean Of Desire, May 1, 15, and 22

Series explores Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s practice through films, workshops, and lectures with queer Black and African artists and cultural producers

Charlene Vickers, Hazel Meyer, and Michelle Sound among names on 2025 Sobey Awards longlist

B.C.’s Charles Campbell and Tania Willard are also nominated for the Pacific Region in competition for country’s richest visual-art award

Complex links between mind and nature fill A Tangled Thicket at Surrey Art Gallery

Z·inc Artist Collective brings deep curiosity and personal experience to meditations on networks that sustain and adapt

Vines Art Society hosts a Tattoo Gathering with Indigenous artists, April 26 and 27

Funds raised from flash tattoos go directly to the Artist Survival & Healing Fund, which specifically benefits land-back and cultural-care workers

West Vancouver Art Museum set to move to waterfront Horseshoe Bay building in 2026

Relocation is temporary while the District of West Vancouver moves forward on plans for a larger purpose-built arts and culture facility

Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour launches 25th edition on Mother's Day Weekend

On May 10 and 11, more than 100 artists will showcase everything from stained glass to photography across 31 different locations

Vancouver Art Gallery launches first indoor-nature art prescription program

Working with local doctors and BC Parks Foundation, facility opens Emily Carr: Navigating an Impenetrable Landscape exhibition to those needing to improve their health and well-being

Monumental exhibition Riopelle: Crossroads in Time preserves a Québécois abstract artist's legacy

At the Vancouver Art Gallery, Jean Paul Riopelle retrospective covers five decades of his work, from 1942 to 1992

Vines Art Society honours six years of collective work with Land Back Rewind, April 19 to 29

Opening night of the multi-artist exhibition features karaoke, storytelling, and music

Stitched: Merging Photography and Textile Practices pushes lens-based art into multidimensional new realms

New Capture Photography Festival exhibition at the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art moves the form through beadwork, weaving, handstitching, and more

Z·inc Artist Collective's A Tangled Thicket opens at Surrey Art Gallery, April 5

Paintings and handcrafted installations by four Surrey artists revolve around the intersection of nature and humanity

At the Capture Photography Festival, Lindsay McIntyre's Tuktuit illuminates lost links to ancestral knowledge and natural world, to September 7

The filmmaker responds to colonial and industrial pressures with handcrafted practices that call out to her Inuit heritage

Emma Lancaster named new executive director of Eastside Arts Society

Longtime Vancouver arts professional will oversee Eastside Culture Crawl, with Esther Rausenberg moving into new role as artistic director

Vancouver Art Gallery releases statement on departure of CEO and executive director Anthony Kiendl

Board of trustees states that the arts administrator, curator, and writer is leaving “to pursue other professional and personal interests”

Above a busy street, Maria-Margaretta's Aansaamb reaches into rich Métis heritage

Spanning the side of a downtown building as part of this year’s Capture Photography Festival, the installation radiates Indigenous knowledge and Prairie warmth

A trio of Vancouver artists explores nagomi in Perception of Balance, to April 5

Mar 20, 2025WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNwhat's stirring, visual artJanet Smith

A trio of Vancouver artists explores nagomi in Perception of Balance, to April 5

Mar 20, 2025WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNwhat's stirring, visual artJanet Smith

At VisualSpace Gallery, Gillian Armitage, Esther Rausenberg, and Richard Tetrault reflect on their travels through Japan

Mar 20, 2025WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNwhat's stirring, visual artJanet Smith

In Tranquility of Communion, Rotimi Fani-Kayode's images of queer desire take on new urgency

Mar 10, 2025ART & DESIGNPOLYGON, POLYGON GALLERY, Polygon Gallery, Homepage feature, Spring 2025Janet Smith

In Tranquility of Communion, Rotimi Fani-Kayode's images of queer desire take on new urgency

Mar 10, 2025ART & DESIGNPOLYGON, POLYGON GALLERY, Polygon Gallery, Homepage feature, Spring 2025Janet Smith

Showing at the Polygon Gallery, British photo-artist broke Thatcher-era taboos with luminous photographs that defy easy categorization

Mar 10, 2025ART & DESIGNPOLYGON, POLYGON GALLERY, Polygon Gallery, Homepage feature, Spring 2025Janet Smith

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 gallery exhibits worth hitting on the West Coast this spring

Mar 06, 2025FESTS, ART & DESIGNCapture Photography Festival, The Polygon Gallery, West Vancouver Art Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery, Audain Art Museum, Equinox Gallery, Spring 2025Stir Vancouver

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 gallery exhibits worth hitting on the West Coast this spring

Mar 06, 2025FESTS, ART & DESIGNCapture Photography Festival, The Polygon Gallery, West Vancouver Art Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery, Audain Art Museum, Equinox Gallery, Spring 2025Stir Vancouver

Photo-based exhibitions can be found throughout Metro Vancouver and in Whistler this season

Mar 06, 2025FESTS, ART & DESIGNCapture Photography Festival, The Polygon Gallery, West Vancouver Art Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery, Audain Art Museum, Equinox Gallery, Spring 2025Stir Vancouver

Jin-me Yoon, Peter Pierobon, and Daina Augaitis amid Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts winners

Mar 05, 2025ART & DESIGN, NEWSGovernor General's Awards, Peter Pierobon, Daina Augaitis, Jin-me Yoon, Kent Monkman, Vancouver Art Gallery, VANCOUVER ART GALLERYJanet Smith

Jin-me Yoon, Peter Pierobon, and Daina Augaitis amid Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts winners

Mar 05, 2025ART & DESIGN, NEWSGovernor General's Awards, Peter Pierobon, Daina Augaitis, Jin-me Yoon, Kent Monkman, Vancouver Art Gallery, VANCOUVER ART GALLERYJanet Smith

Honourees from across the country, including Bruce LaBruce and Kent Monkman, take home $25,000 and a bronze medallion

Mar 05, 2025ART & DESIGN, NEWSGovernor General's Awards, Peter Pierobon, Daina Augaitis, Jin-me Yoon, Kent Monkman, Vancouver Art Gallery, VANCOUVER ART GALLERYJanet Smith

The Polygon Gallery presents Nowruz: Farsi Tour + Film Screening of One Must Wash Eyes, March 20

Mar 05, 2025ART & DESIGN, SCREENPartner Content, The Polygon Gallery, Spring 2025Stir Vancouver

The Polygon Gallery presents Nowruz: Farsi Tour + Film Screening of One Must Wash Eyes, March 20

Mar 05, 2025ART & DESIGN, SCREENPartner Content, The Polygon Gallery, Spring 2025Stir Vancouver

Sepideh Yadegar’s film tells the story of an Iranian international student photographed at a Women, Life, Freedom protest in Vancouver

Mar 05, 2025ART & DESIGN, SCREENPartner Content, The Polygon Gallery, Spring 2025Stir Vancouver

Tadasu Takamine’s Sculptural Rebirth debuts in Canada at the Vancouver Art Gallery, March 2

Feb 26, 2025ART & DESIGNVancouver Art Gallery, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, VAG, Tadasu Takamine, Emily Carr, Emily Carr University, ECUADJanet Smith

Tadasu Takamine’s Sculptural Rebirth debuts in Canada at the Vancouver Art Gallery, March 2

Feb 26, 2025ART & DESIGNVancouver Art Gallery, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, VAG, Tadasu Takamine, Emily Carr, Emily Carr University, ECUADJanet Smith

Japanese artist’s experimental work features 14 performers, including students from Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Feb 26, 2025ART & DESIGNVancouver Art Gallery, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, VAG, Tadasu Takamine, Emily Carr, Emily Carr University, ECUADJanet Smith

Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill and T’uy’t’tanat Cease Wyss win 2024 VIVA Awards

Feb 18, 2025ART & DESIGNShadbolt Foundation, VIVA Awards, Indigenous artistsJanet Smith

Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill and T’uy’t’tanat Cease Wyss win 2024 VIVA Awards

Feb 18, 2025ART & DESIGNShadbolt Foundation, VIVA Awards, Indigenous artistsJanet Smith

Both artists recognized for addressing land, politics, and economies

Feb 18, 2025ART & DESIGNShadbolt Foundation, VIVA Awards, Indigenous artistsJanet Smith

Stir Q&A: Sri Lankan-born, Toronto-based visual artist Rajni Perera sounds off on science fiction, mutation, and past lives

Feb 12, 2025ART & DESIGNSurrey Art Gallery, Homepage feature, Spring 2025Janet Smith

Stir Q&A: Sri Lankan-born, Toronto-based visual artist Rajni Perera sounds off on science fiction, mutation, and past lives

Feb 12, 2025ART & DESIGNSurrey Art Gallery, Homepage feature, Spring 2025Janet Smith

Surrey Art Gallery is launching its 50th anniversary with the touring exhibition Rajni Perera: Futures

Feb 12, 2025ART & DESIGNSurrey Art Gallery, Homepage feature, Spring 2025Janet Smith

Kim Kennedy Austin takes a handcrafted approach to social commentary in Booster Club at Burnaby Art Gallery

Feb 11, 2025ART & DESIGNBurnaby Art Gallery, Kim Kennedy Austin, Spring 2025Janet Smith

Kim Kennedy Austin takes a handcrafted approach to social commentary in Booster Club at Burnaby Art Gallery

Feb 11, 2025ART & DESIGNBurnaby Art Gallery, Kim Kennedy Austin, Spring 2025Janet Smith

The artist’s work draws equal inspiration from Sinclair Lewis’s 1920s novels and ’90s dystopian sci-fi flicks

Feb 11, 2025ART & DESIGNBurnaby Art Gallery, Kim Kennedy Austin, Spring 2025Janet Smith

Nominations for all BC Achievement awards are now open until February 15

Feb 07, 2025ART & DESIGNPartner Content, BC Achievement FoundationStir Vancouver

Nominations for all BC Achievement awards are now open until February 15

Feb 07, 2025ART & DESIGNPartner Content, BC Achievement FoundationStir Vancouver

Programs include the Community Award, BC Reconciliation Award, Indigenous Business Award, Polygon Award, and Sam Carter Award

Feb 07, 2025ART & DESIGNPartner Content, BC Achievement FoundationStir Vancouver

Manuel Axel Strain taps childlike wonder and Indigenous knowledge at the Polygon Gallery

Feb 05, 2025ART & DESIGNPOLYGON, Polygon Gallery, Indigenous, Spring 2025Janet Smith

Manuel Axel Strain taps childlike wonder and Indigenous knowledge at the Polygon Gallery

Feb 05, 2025ART & DESIGNPOLYGON, Polygon Gallery, Indigenous, Spring 2025Janet Smith

Family photos, pictographs, and landscapes interweave in xʷəlməxʷ child

Feb 05, 2025ART & DESIGNPOLYGON, Polygon Gallery, Indigenous, Spring 2025Janet Smith

Stir Q&A: Chimerik 似不像's Caroline MacCaull and Sammy Chien sound off on Inner Sublimity

Jan 30, 2025ART & DESIGN, FESTS, MUSIC, DANCEPuSh Festival, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Vancouver Art Gallery, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, ChimerikJanet Smith

Stir Q&A: Chimerik 似不像's Caroline MacCaull and Sammy Chien sound off on Inner Sublimity

Jan 30, 2025ART & DESIGN, FESTS, MUSIC, DANCEPuSh Festival, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Vancouver Art Gallery, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, ChimerikJanet Smith

Copresented by PuSh Festival and Vancouver Art Gallery, the genre-bending work merges dance, new media, and video with immersive sound resonators

Jan 30, 2025ART & DESIGN, FESTS, MUSIC, DANCEPuSh Festival, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Vancouver Art Gallery, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, ChimerikJanet Smith

Burnaby Art Gallery hosts Kim Kennedy Austin: Booster Club, February 7 to April 20

Jan 28, 2025ART & DESIGNPartner Content, Burnaby Art GalleryStir Vancouver

Burnaby Art Gallery hosts Kim Kennedy Austin: Booster Club, February 7 to April 20

Jan 28, 2025ART & DESIGNPartner Content, Burnaby Art GalleryStir Vancouver

Solo exhibition centres the artist’s fascination with 20th-century popular culture using found objects and craft techniques

Jan 28, 2025ART & DESIGNPartner Content, Burnaby Art GalleryStir Vancouver

Jan 27, 2025ART & DESIGNVancouver Mural Festival, VMFJanet Smith

Vancouver Mural Festival shuts down

Jan 27, 2025ART & DESIGNVancouver Mural Festival, VMFJanet Smith

The organization cites financial challenges as the reason it’s ending after nine years

Jan 27, 2025ART & DESIGNVancouver Mural Festival, VMFJanet Smith

Casey Wei wins the 8th Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize at The Polygon Gallery

Jan 23, 2025ART & DESIGNThe Polygon Gallery, Philip B. Lind PrizeJanet Smith

Casey Wei wins the 8th Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize at The Polygon Gallery

Jan 23, 2025ART & DESIGNThe Polygon Gallery, Philip B. Lind PrizeJanet Smith

The country’s largest accolade for emerging visual artists comes with a $25,000 cash prize

Jan 23, 2025ART & DESIGNThe Polygon Gallery, Philip B. Lind PrizeJanet Smith

In Walking Alongside Trauma, 12 material artists address the ripple effect of sexualized violence

Jan 22, 2025ART & DESIGNCraft Council of BC, CCBC, Debra Sloan, iMPACTS, Raine McKay, Douglas College, Amelia Douglas GalleryJanet Smith

In Walking Alongside Trauma, 12 material artists address the ripple effect of sexualized violence

Jan 22, 2025ART & DESIGNCraft Council of BC, CCBC, Debra Sloan, iMPACTS, Raine McKay, Douglas College, Amelia Douglas GalleryJanet Smith

Craft Council of BC exhibition centres vicarious trauma in response to the iMPACTS research project at McGill University

Jan 22, 2025ART & DESIGNCraft Council of BC, CCBC, Debra Sloan, iMPACTS, Raine McKay, Douglas College, Amelia Douglas GalleryJanet Smith

Collectors Brigitte and Henning Freybe make largest donation of contemporary art in Vancouver Art Gallery history

Jan 17, 2025ART & DESIGNVancouver Art Gallery, VAGJanet Smith

Collectors Brigitte and Henning Freybe make largest donation of contemporary art in Vancouver Art Gallery history

Jan 17, 2025ART & DESIGNVancouver Art Gallery, VAGJanet Smith

Works by Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, William Kentridge, Beau Dick, Stan Douglas, and Jeff Wall amid $10-million collection

Jan 17, 2025ART & DESIGNVancouver Art Gallery, VAGJanet Smith

Capture Photography Festival announces 2025 Selected Exhibitions Program

Jan 15, 2025ART & DESIGNCapture Photography FestivalJanet Smith

Capture Photography Festival announces 2025 Selected Exhibitions Program

Jan 15, 2025ART & DESIGNCapture Photography FestivalJanet Smith

Krystle Silverfox, Natasha Katedralis, Fred Herzog amid the names showing at galleries and venues across Metro Vancouver

Jan 15, 2025ART & DESIGNCapture Photography FestivalJanet Smith

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