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Vancouver Art Gallery
The Vancouver Art Gallery is the largest art gallery in Western Canada. Its only
permanent exhibit, a homage to the life and works of Emily Carr, BC's pre-
eminent artist and writer, is well worth the entry fee. The gallery specializes in
impressive national and international exhibitions, with innovative approaches
to old masters as well as contemporary visionaries. Founded in 1931, the art
gallery includes more than 8,000 works in its collection, including several
pieces by renowned local painter Jack Shadbolt
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Housed in a NeoClassical
heritage building redesigned by acclaimed Vancouver architect Arthur
Erickson, the gallery opened in 1983 as an elegant addition to downtown.
Top 10 Features
1 Court House Building
2 Emily Carr Permanent
Exhibit
3 Art on the Rooftop
4 Photoconceptual Collection
5 Southern Façade
6 Exhibitions Program
7 Beck/Gruft Collection
8 Architecture
9 First Nations Art
0 Super Sundays
Rotunda
The Gallery Café patio
is a gem on sunny
summer days. You do
not need to purchase
admission to the
gallery to eat at
the café.
Court House
Building
Built in 1912 as the
Provincial Court House,
the building reflects the
imposing style of the era's
leading Canadian archi-
tect, Francis Rattenbury.
The Gallery Store
sells contemporary
art books, posters,
paper goods, jewelry,
and giftware, includ-
ing a wide selection
of Emily Carr
merchandise.
Emily Carr
Permanent Exhibit
The Gallery holds over 200
works by Emily Carr. This
renowned West Coast artist
studied local Native cultures,
capturing their way of life in
her paintings. Haida artifacts
such as totem poles were a
common subject. Stormy
West Coast colors as seen,
for example, in
Logger's Culls
(center)
, dominate her work.
Items such as her tiny sketch
book are also on display.
• 750 Hornby St
• Map K3
• 604 662 4700
• www.vanartgallery.
bc.ca
• Open Sat-Wed & hols
10am-5:30pm, Thu & Fri
10am-9pm; closed Dec
25 & Jan 1
• Adm: $15 (under 5s
free). By donation
5-9pm Thu
Art on the Rooftop
Vancouver artist Ken Lum's innovative
Four Boats
Stranded: Red and Yellow, Black and White
stands out on
the gallery's roof
(above)
. The installations include a
scaled-down version of a First Nations longboat.
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Tours of the gallery are free with admission and take place hourly
