‘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. […]
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 […]
The Lee Nam Project – Karen Tam on Instagram
Montreal-based artist, Karen Tam, spent the month of May in Victoria in preparation for her exhibition at the AGGV, With […]
Poetic Beginnings at the AGGV’s Cherry Blossom Festival
By Audrey Wang, AGGV Volunteer As the boulevards surrounding the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria burst into a cloud of […]
Meiji Architecture Enshrined in the AGGV Garden
Nestled in the AGGV garden amidst bamboo and Japanese maple is the only known Meiji-era Shinto shrine in North America. Completed […]
Asia Through Art and Anthropology
We thank Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura and the guests who braved Victoria’s unusual winter blizzard on February 8, for coming to […]
The Transformation of Landscape Representation in Chinese Art with Yang Liu
In the third installment of our Communities + Collections program which focuses on the Gallery’s Asian Art collection and coincides with […]