Upcoming Exhibitions

Offsite: Kota Ezawa

Offsite: Kota Ezawa

February 2 to September 16, 2012

Artist Kota Ezawa’s diverse projects take the form of digital animations, slide projections, lightboxes, paper cut-outs, intaglio etchings, ink drawings and wood sculptures. For Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite, Ezawa’s large-scale wooden tableau pictures a group of people raising their hands to vote in what appears to be a town hall meeting. Find out more...

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


Lights Out!

Lights Out!
Canadian Painting from the 1960s

February 18 to April 29, 2012

The 1960s was a decade of enormous political and cultural tumult throughout the world. This was certainly true of Canada and Canadian art. Find out more...

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


Beat Nation

Beat Nation
Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture

February 25 to June 3, 2012

Beat Nation reflects a generation of artists who juxtapose urban youth culture with Aboriginal identity in entirely innovative and unexpected ways. Find out more...

Generously Supported by:
Mark McCain and Caro Macdonald / Eye and I

Gary Bell, Rick Erickson and Donna Partridge


The Audain Foundation         YVR

With additional support from the United States Consulate General in Vancouver
Emily Carr 
        and the Theatre of Transcendence

Emily Carr and the Theatre of Transcendence

March 10 to September 9, 2012

Throughout her career, Emily Carr’s art was informed by a questioning of organized religion. This was strengthened through her encounters with Lawren Harris, a founding member of the Group of Seven and a proponent of Theosophy, in the mid-1920s. Find out more...

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


Yang Fudong; Fifth Night

Yang Fudong
Fifth Night
Song Dong

May 12 to September 3, 2012

Fifth Night is a recent multi-channel video installation by Chinese artist Yang Fudong. Find out more...

Again and Again and Again: Serial Formats and Repetitive Actions

Again and Again and Again
Serial Formats and Repetitive Actions

May 12 to September 3, 2012

Drawn from the Gallery’s permanent colection, this exhibition features artists who utilize repetitive actions or serial images to open up perception both figuratively and literally. Find out more...

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


Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel

June 1 - October 27, 2013

The launch of this microsite marks the public introduction of Grand Hotel, a major exhibition commissioned and produced by the Vancouver Art Gallery. Between now and the presentation of the exhibition in summer of 2013, Grand Hotel’s online presence will serve myriad functions.Find out more...