The Vancouver Art Gallery

Permanent collection at The Vancouver Art Gallery

The Vancouver Art Gallery features many local and international artists. While hosting over 10,000 permanent works, many of them spring directly from Candian talent as well as American and European artists. Since 1931 the gallery has been acquiring more and more permanent pieces—gaining about a hundred new pieces every year. The Vancouver Art Gallery doesn't keep their acquired art only in their gallery. In fact, the work gets loaned nationally and internationally to permanent collection, galleries, and other museums around the world. There is still plenty to see in Vancouver and this permanent collection is not to be overlooked while visiting The Vancouver Art Gallery.

Past Exhibitions

Each year The Vancouver Art Gallery hosts an incredible number of fascinating exhibitions. The great exhibition of 2011 was, WE: Vancouver 12 Manifestos for the City. This exhibition showcased the work of Vancouver's own architects, designers, activists, and planners. The WE exhibition intended to capture Vancouver at angles that are not easy to decipher. With a creative edge on mind, The Vancouver Art Gallery hosted this interesting and thought-provoking exhibit from mid-February to May 1st.

What's Hot Now

Catch an exhibit you can't anywhere else in the world. The exhibition featured from May 28th to September 25th at The Vancouver Art Gallery is The Color of my Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art. Mind challenging yet exquisite surrealist pieces are featured in this exhibition. The 350-piece spread includes artists like Salvador Dali, and many others. It includes borrowed pieces from hugely famous museums like the Guggenheim and The Museum of Modern Art.

Future Features

Catch Vancouver's urban makeover from June 29, 2011- January 8, 2012. The Vancouver Art Gallery features Offsite: Elspeth Pratt in this stretch of time. Offsite is a unique, outdoor art experience in Vancouver. This rotating project provides artists the opportunity to show the Vancouver public the way in which everyday life influences art. The most intriguing aspect of this ongoing project is that the artists are allowed to manipulate the surfaces around urban Vancouver. You'll notice the subtle change of a rigid line etched into a round one, or perhaps a more blatant change like a stone surface being covered in bright rubber. The intention is to make the public aware of their perception of what's around.

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