Paint-In Stories: Celebrating 30 Years of the TD Art Gallery Paint-In
The TD Art Gallery Paint-In has been going strong for 30 years, and is a much anticipated fixture on Victoria’s […]
Coast Salish Art at the AGGV
The exhibition Close To Home showcases works by local artists from Victoria and the region. Indigenous artists are well represented […]
Beyond The Edges
“Perhaps mine is “environmental” sculpture, rather than geometric…I have never made anything not closely connected with the human being and […]
Making The Invisible Visible: Tweed Curtain
Over three days in June, three of Canada’s most influential performance artists came together in Making the Invisible Visible: Embodied […]
‘Collecting’ Collectors – Shaping The AGGV’s Asian Art Collection
By Audrey Wang, AGGV Volunteer Pictured above: Praying monk | Burma (Myanmar) | wood, lacquer, gilt pigment, glass | ht. 33.2 cm. […]
Staff Pick: Brendan Tang’s Manga Ormolu
By Nicole Stanbridge, Curator of Engagement
“I chose a recent acquisition to our permanent collection by Vancouver-based artist Brendan Lee Satish Tang. Pictured above, Manga Ormolu Ver. 5.0 is a work from Tang’s Manga Ormolu series that uses the 18th-century French gilding technique known as ormolu and fuses it with inspiration from pop culture (in particular, Japanese anime and manga).”
Say What? Art Terms For Beginners
Confused by some of the terms you find in our Gallery or on our website? We’ve created a useful alphabetical […]