While nobody would blame you if you slipped into a funk over the last year and a half, you may have noticed that the city has actually gotten a bit
Scottish-born painter Jeff Wilson started his career as a structural geologist. While it may seem like a dramatic shift to go from studying the long-term deformation of landscapes through stress,
By Mark Shelling We don’t typically dabble in the world of self-help on this site, but when a new guru of the genre emerges, you don’t want to rest on
If you’re a creative looking for a muse, how’s this for inspiration: The City of Burnaby is currently offering residencies to artists from across BC! It’s all a matter of
While MirNs at The New Media Gallery in New Westminster is currently booked solid til it wraps up on Aug 1, you owe it to yourself to get on the
Venturing into the back area of Equinox Gallery we found these fantastic arcade cabinets by artist Sonny Assu. For his “Insert Coin” series, the pieces are a Kwakwaka’wakw perspective on the
It’s now been ten years since the earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan. As someone who was on the other side of the globe when this happened, I distinctly remember
If you’ve been walking downtown or gone through the Burrard Street Skytrain station, chances are you’ve passed by one of the city’s newest murals. The Wall for Women adorns the
Walking through Imagine Van Gogh at the Vancouver Convention Centre is like being pulled into the artists’ sketchbook. You’ll wade through watercolours and sense the broad texture in every brush
International Dance Day is Today and if you’ve been itching to move a bit, you’re not alone. Anyone with even a slight familiarity with rhythm will feel the urge to
Seeing as PHO orders are discouraging travel between health regions, gallery outings will likely be scaled way back. But why should that stop us from checking out new art virtually
Has a year of staying home finally unleashed your inner artist? Ready to show the world? Here are some local art competitions to consider to move your work out of
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the Western Canadian premiere of Indigenous History in Colour from February 3, 2021–May 9, 2021. This solo exhibition by Luke Parnell is a powerful exploration of the
What do we mean by Latin American art? Are we referring to art produced on Latin American soil? Or is it art created by people born in Latin America? To
Enough ink (and more) has been spilled about the year that was, so suffice it to say we’re all looking forward to a brighter 2021. Especially as we await these
One of the (few) positives to come out of 2020, is that it’s allowed us the opportunity to pause. Being sheltered in place en masse, we have more mental real
Over 200 of Van Gogh’s famous and lesser-known paintings will come to life in Vancouver for an immersive exhibit set to open at Vancouver Convention Centre February 2021.
A new exhibit, in collaboration with the Eastside Culture Crawl, titled Dis(place)ment: Explorations of Place, Past, Present and Future is now on show at Skwachàys Lodge Gallery, Vancouver, BC. The exhibit
By Mark Shelling After corresponding with the artist known as nicenothings, I’m still no closer to knowing who he is. For context, you may not know the name nicenothings, but
The New Media Gallery presents eight award-winning artists consider the multiple narratives and symbolic systems that have accumulated around contemporary notions of currency in a rapidly changing world of technology.
The Firehall Arts Centre and Vancouver Moving Theatre are thrilled to produce and present, as part of the 2020 DTES Heart of the City Festival, In the Beginning: A Cultural
