Postcards from the Heart: Selections from the Brigitte and Henning Freybe Collection

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Julie Mehretu, “Six Bardos: Luminous Appearance,” 2018

19-colour, 2 panel aquatint, (collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Promised Gift of Brigitte and Henning Freybe) (Photo: Ollie Hammick) (courtesy of the Artist, Marian Goodman Gallery and White Cube)

Postcards from the Heart: Selections from the Brigitte and Henning Freybe Collection celebrates the Freybes’ contributions as patrons of the arts, collectors and longtime supporters of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Comprising a selection of more than 30 paintings, sculptures, photographs, films and works on paper, Postcards from the Heart is a tribute to the couple’s deep engagement with modern and contemporary art and reflects the depth of the Freybes’ collecting with works from the 1960s to today.

Over the last four decades, the Freybes’ collection has grown to include some of the most important artists working in the last fifty years, including post-war American artists Robert Rauschenberg and Frank Stella; leading contemporary artists Julie Mehretu and William Kentridge; and work by major Canadian artists Rodney Graham and Jeff Wall. While the Freybe collection is diverse and wide-ranging, at its core, it honours the creativity and knowledge that artists produce.