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 […]
The Arts of Longevity & Immortality with Dr. Melia Belli Bose
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria presents Communities + Collections, a new program that gains insight into the diversity of […]
Collectors’ Corner
By Audrey Wang, AGGV Volunteer Collecting is often regarded as a fundamental and universal human instinct and an activity shared […]
A Pavilion of Blossoms: Patrick Lane, Yvonne Blomer and Terry Ann Carter Respond to Spring
After the near-record snowfall and freezing temperatures experienced this winter in Greater Victoria, many of us are yearning for spring, […]
Religion in Asia – The Branches of Buddhism
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria has collected some of the finest pieces of Asian art over the last 65 years of its history. Millennia: Asian Art through the Ages, presents over seventy masterworks from different time periods, cultures and media.
Art Books & Catalogues in the Gallery Shop
The exhibition and publication of Millennia: Asian Art through the Ages was planned to present some of the finest and most interesting Asian works of art in the collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, to reveal to the general public the essence and unique artistic achievements of the various civilizations of Asia.