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Features
BACK ROOM: Sybil Andrews (1898 – 1992)
With its strong diagonal composition and stylized geometry, "Bringing in the Boat" is a modernist gem, uniting themes of sport and male bonding in a visual language steeped in its era. more »
BEVIN BRADLEY
Contrasts in the urban environment fascinate Bevin Bradley. She focuses on geometric shapes and layers in her work, reflecting the qualities of change and physical containment inherent in the city. more »
NIKOL HASKOVA
Vancouver artist Nikol Haskova has been painting crows for a few years, finding in them satisfying metaphors for human relationships. The birds are intelligent, she observes, and adapt easily to a world that humans are rapidly reshaping. more »
STEVE COFFEY
Steve Coffey’s paintings of the prairies around his home in the town of Vulcan in southern Alberta feature such vast and colourful skies they are almost an otherworldly final frontier worthy of the starship Enterprise. more »
DAVID FOXCROFT
David Foxcroft’s paintings are such riotous combinations of colour and form it seems they should fall apart visually. more »
"Thursday's Child" by Rory Mahony
The work is one component of Rory Mahony's solo exhibition "L O O P", at the Esplanade Art gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, August 23 through October 4, 2014. more »
Sep 13, 2014 9:53 PM DOCUMENTARIES
MARC COURTEMANCHE
While Courtemanche’s sculptures may look at first glance like ordinary hand tools, they actually are partially made from clay. more »
Sep 2, 2014 9:44 PM TAKE THEM HOME
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Courtesy the artists and Carroll/Fletcher, London.
CAG announces Kickstarter campaign success
The Contemporary Art Gallery and Ballet BC, in association with the Art Basel Crowdfunding Initiative announce their Kickstarter campaign has been fully funded. more »
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Ted Harrison (1926 - 2015)
Ted Harrison passed away January 16, 2015, at the age of 88, at his home in Victoria. more »
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Newly Discovered and Never-Before-Displayed Oil Paintings by J.E.H. MacDonald Donated to the Vancouver Art Gallery
The Vancouver Art Gallery has unveiled a major donation of newly discovered oil paintings by James Edward Hervey (J.E.H.) MacDonald (1873 – 1932)—modernist painter and founding member of the iconic Group of Seven. more »
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courtesy Richard White
Kicking back with Walter J Phillips
The Everyday Tourist finds a 'novel' connection with Walter J Phillips at a used book store in Salt Lake City. more »
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All systems go for artsPlace in Canmore
The Town of Canmore and the Canadian Mountain Arts Foundation are pleased to announce that construction is about to start on Canmore's first community arts centre. more »
