Current Exhibitions

2002-2009

KARAZY! The Delerious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art

KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art (book cover)
Douglas & McIntyre, the University of California Press and the Vancouver Art Gallery, 2008, 272 pages

KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games


Vancouver Art Gallery
May 17—September 7, 2008

Japan Society Gallery, New York
March 12—June 14, 2009

KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

B.C. Binning

B.C. Binning
Convoy at Rendezvous, 1948
oil on canvas
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Bequest of C.S. Band
Photo: Jim Gorman, Vancouver Art Gallery

Across the Province
B.C. Binning


Vancouver Art Gallery
January 13—April 29, 2007

Kelowna Art Gallery
June 16—September 9, 2007

Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George
September 27—November 25, 2007

B.C. Binning was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery with the generous support of RBC Foundation.

Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon

Emily Carr
Totem Poles, Kitseukla, 1912
oil on canvas
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Founders' Fund
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon


National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
June 2—September 3, 2006

Vancouver Art Gallery
October 7, 2006—January 7, 2007

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
March 3—May 20, 2007

Musée des beaux arts, Montréal
June 21—September 23, 2007

Glenbow Museum, Calgary
October 25, 2007—January 26, 2008

Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Canada.

Dawn: Sketches by the Group of Seven

Frederick Horsman Varley
Dawn, c. 1929
oil on wood panel
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisitions Fund
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery
Image reproduced courtesy of the estate of Kathleen G. McKay

Dawn: Sketches by the Group of Seven


Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George
March 30—June 18, 2006

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
July 7—September 24, 2006

Kelowna Art Gallery
December 2, 2006—February 18, 2007

Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam
July 10—October 7, 2008

Dawn: Sketches by the Group of Seven was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery with the generous support of The Rix Family Foundation. Dawn was the inaugural exhibition in the Vancouver Art Gallery's provincial touring program Across the Province, which circulates exhibitions drawn from the Gallery's permanent collection to communities in British Columbia.



Takao Tanabe
Tennis, 1961
oil on canvas
Collection of the artist
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Takao Tanabe


Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
October 7, 2005—January 2, 2006

Vancouver Art Gallery
January 21—April 17, 2006

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
May 27—August 27, 2006

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg
January 27—May 27, 2007

Takao Tanabe was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

Brian Jungen

Brian Jungen
Prototype for New Understanding #8, 1999
Nike athletic footwear
Collection of Colin Griffiths, Vancouver
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Brian Jungen


New Museum, New York
September 29—December 31, 2005

Vancouver Art Gallery
January 28—April 30, 2006

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
May 25—September 4, 2006

Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
December 2, 2006—February 11, 2007

Museum Villa Stuck, Munich
March 8—May 20, 2007

Brian Jungen was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery, with the support of The Audain Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and Foreign Affairs Canada (US venues only).

Body: New Art From the UK

Body: New Art From the UK
Vancouver Art Gallery installation view, 2005
Photo: Tomas Svab, Vancouver Art Gallery

Body: New Art from the UK


Vancouver Art Gallery
May 28—September 5, 2005

The Ottawa Art Gallery
November 25, 2005—February 5, 2006

Oakville Galleries
April 8—June 4, 2006

Edmonton Art Gallery / Art Gallery of Alberta
June 23—September 3, 2006

Body: New Art from the UK was a joint project of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the British Council.

Massive Change

Massive Change:
The Future of Global Design

Vancouver Art Gallery installation view, 2005
Photo: Tomas Svab, Vancouver Art Gallery

Massive Change: The Future of Global Design


Vancouver Art Gallery
October 2, 2004—January 3, 2005

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
March 11—May 29, 2005

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
September 16—December 31, 2006

Massive Change: The Future of Global Design was a project by Bruce Mau Design and the Institute without Boundaries, commissioned and organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Lawrence Weiner Poster Archive

Lawrence Weiner
Then Now & Then, 1997
offset lithograph on paper
Collection of Vancouver Art Gallery
Gift of Moved Pictures Archive
Photo: Tim Bonham, Vancouver Art Gallery

Lawrence Weiner Poster Archive


Bury Art Gallery and Museum, Bury, UK
June 25—September 4, 2005

Lawrence Weiner Poster Archive was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Rodney Graham: A Little Thought

Rodney Graham
Camera Obscura, 1979
chromogenic print, cibachrome print, model
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund
Photo: Jim Gorman, Vancouver Art Gallery

Rodney Graham: A Little Thought


Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
March 31—June 27, 2004

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
July 25—November 29, 2004

Vancouver Art Gallery
February 5—May 8, 2005

Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
September 10—December 23, 2005

Rodney Graham: A Little Thought was organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Baja to Vancouver

Sharon Oksanen & Scott Livingstone
Vanishing Point, 2001 DVD,
approximately 4 minutes
Courtesy of the artists

Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art


Seattle Art Museum
October 9, 2003—January 4, 2004

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
January 18—May 16, 2004

Vancouver Art Gallery
June 5—August 29, 2004

CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco
September 22—December 11, 2004

Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art was organized by CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

E.J Hughes

E.J. Hughes
Comox Valley, 1953
oil on canvas and composition board
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

E.J. Hughes


Vancouver Art Gallery
January 30—June 8, 2003

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg
November 29, 2003—February 15, 2004

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
March 11—June 13, 2004

E.J. Hughes was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery and generously sponsored by The Audain Foundation.

Liz Magor

Liz Magor
House Plant, 1993
clay, fluorescent light, silicone rubber
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Liz Magor


Vancouver Art Gallery
November 16, 2002—February 23, 2003

The Power Plant, Toronto
March 21—May 25, 2003

Liz Magor was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture

Lewis Wickes Hine
Power House Mechanic Working on Steam Pump, 1920
silver gelatin print
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery

The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture


The Vancouver Art Gallery
February 9—May 26, 2002

Edmonton Art Gallery
November 29, 2002—February 23, 2003

Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
June 6—September 7, 2003

The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture was organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Gathie Falk

Gathie Falk
Blue Running Shoes, c.1973
glazed earthenware
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of J. Ron Longstaffe
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Gathie Falk


Vancouver Art Gallery
February 12—June 4, 2000

Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
October 27, 2000—January 7, 2001

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
June 2—September 2, 2001

MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina
September 28, 2001—January 6, 2002

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
February 1—May 5, 2002

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton
September 14—November 17, 2002

Gathie Falk was organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery in partnership with the National Gallery of Canada, and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada.