Sosaku Hanga: The Creative Prints of Japan

This modern Japanese print movement began in the first decade of the 20th century when a group of Tokyo artists started exploring the artistic possibilities of printmaking. Working within their Japanese heritage, but influenced by their admiration of Western art, these artists produced graphics which were the first modern Japanese art to be truly international,…

WOODROW: Graeme Patterson

What would Halifax, Saskatoon or Victoria look like as a ghost-town’ We don’t have to answer that question about our city, but the fear of one’s home ceasing to exist is very real for many people living in rural Canada, who are watching their towns wither before their eyes. In Woodrow, an exhibition of sculpture…

Heaven & Earth Unveiled: European Treasures from the Tanenbaum Collection

Heaven and Earth Unveiled presents highlights from the Tanenbaum Collection that emphasize the transformative period of the 19th century, when painting reigned supreme and France was the leader in movements varying from neoclassicism to romanticism and realism to symbolism. The exhibition?s history and religious painting, portraiture, genre, landscape, and still life reveal the Tanenbaums? eye…

LAB 7.4: Interactive Translocation Fariba Samsami

Fariba Samsami’s multimedia installation presents a multiple projection installation featuring scenes from Canada and Iran. Scenes will be projected on the wall of the  LAB, and with a touch screen computer, viewers can select a scene and specific person. Once they have made their selection the viewer can then insert their own image into the…

LAB 7.3: Pagoda Pads, Karen Tam

Montreal-based artist Karen Tam works with the Asian collection at the Art Gallery to address themes of cultural identity, communication, and memory in her ongoing exploration of the history of the North American Chinese experience. Through entities such as the Chinese restaurant or novelty store, Tam?s work addresses the projection of ideas about China to…

Treasures Unearthed: Chinese Archaeological Artefacts from Shang to Tang 16thC BCE 10th C CE

In the past, many ancient tombs throughout China were raided or looted for their artifacts and sold to Chinese scholars, foreign collectors and museums. Art historians have come to admire the great beauty and exquisite workmanship of these tomb artifacts, which offer unrivalled material for the study of daily life and ancient technologies, while revealing…

Transporters: Contemporary Salish Art

Kindly supported by a generous gift from George Smyth. Transporters: Contemporary Salish Art is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Canada Council for the Arts. The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is grateful for their support over these very important years. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts which…

Marianne Nicolson: The Return of Abundance

Marianne Nicolson: The Return of Abundance is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Canada Council for the Arts. The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is grateful for their support over these very important years.

The Return of Abundance ? Kwakwaka?wakw artist Marianne Nicolson?s first solo exhibition at the Gallery ? includes major painting works…

Feast for a Scavenger

Rebecca Belmore

Feast for a Scavenger, Artist in Residence, Rebecca Belmore is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Canada Council for the Arts.

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is grateful for their support over these very important years. Proudly supported by the Telus Community Board, Market Square and Aarrow Productions, Inc.

The residency will be…