Family Visits
May 9, 2026 September 6, 2026 Organized by the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and curated by Dr. Toby Lawrence, Curator of Contemporary Art, and Dr. Heng Wu, Curator of Asian Art.Family Visits explores the vast possibilities of what family can be and mean. Considering family structures across species and realms of life, this exhibition offers an intimate look at relationships of support within conventional family units and chosen families. The ever presence of ancestors and family legacies is woven throughout these drawings, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, and textiles by more than 40 artists, telling stories of human and more-than-human families. Family Visits presents a selection of artworks that joined the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria collection between 2020 and 2026. The collection, too, is like a family, cared for and stewarded by the AGGV team.
Image Credits: Bakufu Ono, Sea Bream (detail), 1937-1942, woodblock print, Gift of John and Linda Noble, AGGV 2020.013.001 | Robert Kakegamic, Family Tree, 1981, silkscreen print, Gift of Agnes Ananichuk & George Ford, AGGV 2020.004.003 | Nina Raginski, Untitled (Grounds Keeper at the Ross Bay Cemetery), c. 1970, colored ink photograph, Gift of Stephen Smart, AGGV 2022.014.001 | All images courtesy of the AGGV.
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