A Flowery Language: Floral Symbolism in Chinese Art
By Audrey Wang, AGGV Volunteer Botanical drawings and paintings have been seen in Chinese art since Neolithic times. Not only […]
A New Year of Family Sundays
Audrey Wang, AGGV Volunteer The Art Gallery’s Family Sunday is a much-anticipated monthly event in the local community calendar. Taking […]
New Arrivals at the AGGV Studio
Exciting new arrivals for our Studio this Spring! Oona McClure, our longstanding Studio Coordinator, is taking some time off to […]
Say What? Art Terms for Beginners, Part 4
1. Allover Composition An allover picture refers to a two-dimensional work that lacks a dominant focal point and where the canvas is […]
Cultural Appropriation of First Nations Art
We live in a technological age where identity theft is easier than ever. The fear that someone could be stealing […]
Formline: Geometric Art in Pacific Northwest Prints
By Audrey Wang, AGGV Volunteer Geometry can be felt in the balance of a canoe prow and measured in each […]
The Gallery As Authority, Part 3: Re-search
Following on “The Gallery As Authority: Place“, Part 3 of the Communities + Collections series, entitled “Re-search” explored the complexity of […]
Exploring Nuu-chah-nulth Lands
By Audrey Wang, AGGV Volunteer The exhibition Point of Contact: On Place and the Westcoast Imaginary centers on a pertinent part of […]
Recent Asian Art Acquisitions
By Barry Till, AGGV Curator Emeritus
The AGGV Asian art department has received a large number of very important donations this past year. These include a fine collection of ancient ceramics from China, Thailand and Vietnam, from the Estate of the late Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia, William Thomas Delworth; eight impressive and large 18th century Japanese painted six-panel screens of landscapes and calligraphy (one of which was done by one of Japan’s most famous female calligraphers) from Paul Warner of Victoria; Japanese calligraphy scrolls, numerous Okinawan folk ceramics and a very rare Miao painting album (Cultural Property status) from Dr. and Mrs. Richard and Kazuo Pearson of UBC.
10 Things You Should Know About The Limners
1.The Victoria Limners Society – also known as the Limners or the Limner Group – was a collective group of painters, […]