ARTISTS
2023
When it comes to three-dimensional work, the Beaverbrook’s new curator has the enviable task of building a collection from a blank slate.
2022
The year ahead marks the centenary of the birth of Quebec abstractionist Jean-Paul Riopelle but aside from the celebrations of that mighty painter’s life and work, it is design rather than fine art...
2021
As Jacques embarks on a new position as Remai Modern’s New Head of Exhibitions and Collections/Chief Curator, she looks back at her achievements at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
2020
Emily Carr is one of Canada’s best-known artists, but the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria has held few of her works until now.
British Columbia brothers donate paintings their grandmothers acquired to Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
The Black Curators Forum (BCF) is a knowledge-sharing initiative that fosters dialogue and social change, addressing unique challenges and highlighting the marginalized, suppressed and forgotten contributions of Black arts professionals to museums and galleries.
Syrus Marcus Ware, a member of the Performance Disability Art Collective and Black Lives Matter Toronto, writes about the critical work of Black artists and curators, and ways to achieve lasting change
Last week, some of Canada’s art museums reopened to the public—but a new survey suggests up to 69 per cent of their audience is delaying a return to these spaces
The queens of Egypt are stuck in Kansas City and the mummies linger in Montreal. Meanwhile, a posse of Picassos that should be assembling in Toronto is still scattered around the globe.
Last week, the Winnipeg Art Gallery reopened to the public, along with Quebec City’s Galerie3—but the blockbuster exhibition may never return, says one expert
Canadians sign on to Artists4Bernie, there’s conflict over public art in Calgary, a new Inuit art resource launches, and more
The prize offers BC artists early-career recognition. Also: a lawyer advocates for a national Black arts policy, two prominent dealers partner up and the AGO collaborates with the Biennale of Sydney
2019
On view at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Landscapes of Edo: Ukiyo-e Prints from the AGGV’s Collection showcases key works from the Gallery’s extensive holdings of Japanese wood block prints, most of which have been donated to the AGGV by local collectors.
Quiet Nature: The Woodblock Prints of Walter J. Phillips is the third in a trio of exhibitions being celebrated at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Season Opener on Saturday, March 9.
In their first exhibition of 2019, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria looks at Emily Carr and 20th century Canadian modernist painters through a new lens.