City of Vancouver Report Recommends Consideration of New Vancouver Art Gallery for Portion of City-Owned Site in Downtown Vancouver

Thursday, January 13, 2011

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Wednesday's Public Info Session summary on The Art Monitor

Friday, October 08, 2010

I was delighted to discover The Art Monitor blog has a Coles Notes summary of Wednesday’s Public Info Session at the Museum of Vancouver. Thank you Lili!

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What will happen to the former courthouse at Robson Square?

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

It’s a question we’ve been asked thousands of times. If the Vancouver Art Gallery gets its wish and can build a new home at 150 Dunsmuir, what’s going to happen to its old home? I wish we could answer it with some semblance of authority, but the building’s not the VAG’s property. We’re just tenants and the City of Vancouver is the landlord.That bei...

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Museum of Vancouver CEO to speak at next VAG Public Info Session

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

If you haven’t attended a Vancouver Art Gallery public information session yet, next week’s date at the Museum of Vancouver is a must-attend event.Vancouver Art Gallery Relocation Public Info Session & Panel Session Museum of VancouverWednesday, October 6, 20106:00 PM – 8:00 PMIn addition to Kathleen Bartels and Michael Audain, we’ll be hearing...

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CBC Radio’s Early Edition LIVE from VAG, Friday October 1

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Want to see the VAG’s newest exhibitions before anyone else? Stop by the Gallery Friday morning for a FREE public preview of Song Dong’s Waste Not and Everything Everyday,Rick Cluff and CBC Radio’s Early Edition will be broadcasting live from the Vancouver Art Gallery and hosting a public debate on the future of the VAG.Come have your morning coffe...

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Network of Stoppages by Marcel Duchamp

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

At last night’s Public Information Session at the Round House Community Centre, Landon Mackenzie made reference to the influence Art Galleries and Public Libraries can have on young, developing minds. They give a sense of belonging to a larger world, or at least a place with bigger ideas, no matter how small the community in which it resides. Lando...

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Global TV goes into the vault

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Yesterday afternoon, Global TV's Brian Coxford took a tour of the art storage vault, had a sit down with Kathleen Bartels and saw first-hand why the Vancouver Art Gallery so badly needs a new home.

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Glance: Why we need a new Vancouver Art Gallery

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Issue #24 of Glance is hot of the press, available now and dedicated to VAG’s need for a new Gallery. VAG members – watch for it in your mailbox or your email inbox.A passionate and forward-looking introductory letter from VAG Director Kathleen Bartels sets the tone for the issue and outlines her personal vision for the new Gallery: “I am often ask...

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Roy Arden writes back

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

I'm fresh back from vacation in France and some of the world's finest galleries, so forgive me for not noticing this until now: Vancouver photo-conceptual artist Roy Arden's letter in the August 26th Georgia Straight.Mr. Arden has responded to Robin Laurence’s review of the Henri Cartier-Bresson photo exhibition at the West Vancouver Museum. Mr. Ar...

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Back from vacation... regular posting will continue shortly

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Stay tuned for updates on the VAG's relocation and reports from the world of museums, galleries and purpose-built architecture.

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