Joane Cardinal-Schubert

This is a touring exhibition featuring the work of one of Canada?s most distinguished artists of First Nations ancestry.Cardinal-Schubert?s work in this exhibition demonstrates her maturing vision as a visual artist as she has come to grips with important aspects of dealing with personal identity. Cardinal-Schubert?s work can be unsettling: it forces us to confront…

Image & Word: Indian Paintings, Drawing & Calligraphy (1350 – 1850)

The British were the first to educate the Western world about the beauty of Indian miniature art.In India, miniatures were produced by and for followers of four different religious traditions: Buddism, Jainism, Hinduism and Islam. The miniatures, which were delicate and detailed, were filled with rich religious iconography.Approximately 35 works of art from a prestigious…

Phyllis Serota: Order & Chaos

Phyllis Serota was born in Chicago in 1938 — the year of the infamous Kristallnacht in Berlin. Though of Jewish decent, the impact of the Holocaust was not fully felt by Serota until years later.This exhibition came about when the Holocaust Centre in Vancouver asked Serota to prepare for exhibit several pieces with a Jewish…

Art of Jewish Life

Art and religion can each be used to beautify or sanctify the everyday. This exhibition examines the relationship between art and religion, in this case, the Jewish religion.Drawn entirely from private collections from the Victoria and Vancouver areas, this exhibition is about the objects through which Jewish life is lived ? not only the most…

J. Fenwick Lansdowne: Rare Birds of China

In 1956, then Executive Director of the National Audubon Society of Canada, John A. Livingstone, recognized the talent of a young Fen Lansdowne. Livingstone arranged for an exhibition of Lansdowne’s work at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Lansdowne was just 19 years of age.Today, Fen Lansdowne is widely considered the finest painter of birds in…

In the Footsteps of Leonardo: The Art of the Renaissance

Our exhibition on this sprawling age of classical ideals (15th & 16th century) encompasses the work of many artists, including Pier Fiorentino (1444?98) and Durer (1471?1528), whose prodigious output of etchings, paintings, engravings and woodcuts make him the most important northern European master of the Renaissance.More than 40 works from the Renaissance, including several of…

Tradition & Innovation in 20th Century Chinese Paintings

China has the longest painting tradition in the world. To the Chinese, painting is the only true art. Twentieth century Chinese painting has developed in two major directions: one is the continuation of age-old painting traditions, while the other has looked to Western art for inspiration to give Chinese painting a new sense of social…

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