Founded in 2002, the Sobey Art Award is funded by the Sobey Art Foundation and organized and presented by the National Gallery of Canada. This prestigious award comes with recognition both within Canada and internationally, as well as a career-launching prize of $100,000. Steven McNeil, AGGV Chief Curator & Director of Collections and Exhibitions, who attended the award ceremony, shines the spotlight on this year’s winner, Nico Williams.
Highlighting artworks made and collected in BC, this Pop Art sister show, curated by Steven McNeil, AGGV Chief Curator & Director of Exhibitions, will run parallel to From Warhol to Banksy, opening in the AGGV Lab Gallery on Dec 14, 2024.
By Anu Henderson, AGGV Administrator, Curatorial and Learning & Engagement, in Part 2 of this series, we follow the events that unfold after the Little Centre changes it’s location and name!
Holly Timpener will be spending an anticipated 7 hours in the Spencer Mansion foyer of the AGGV, activating the space with a “durational performance that resists normative spoon-fed ideas and perceptions of gender.”
The Winter Small Works Show & Sale will be coming to you once again this November. In addition to the amazing artworks, the Massey Sales Gallery itself becomes a work of art, with its vibrant, locally created works of art strung frame-to-frame. Get a taste of what’s to come in this much anticipated sneak preview.
Dr. Toby Lawrence joined the AGGV in May 2024 as our Curator of Contemporary Art, a new role at the Gallery. We hope you enjoy getting to know her a bit more in this introductory interview!
Since 1987, the AGGV has had the pleasure of hosting the Art Gallery Paint-In, bringing together local artists, community organizations, and the local community for what has grown to become Vancouver Island’s largest free arts festival, and year after year, it’s our amazing volunteers who are at the heart of it all.
We are delighted to announce that the AGGV has acquired an exceptional work by renowned Cree artist, Kent Monkman. This is the first work by Monkman to enter the AGGV collection and the piece is now on display in our current exhibition In the Flesh: The Nude in Art, Past and Present.
Steven McNeil, AGGV Chief Curator & Director of Collections and Exhibitions, shares much anticipated news about the Gallery’s permanent collections and the diverse selection of works to be exhibited in two newly dedicated Gallery spaces. The ongoing exhibition, A View From Here: Reimagining the AGGV Collections, will boast a rotating selection of some of the Gallery’s finest pieces.
Crossing: Art, Heritage and Personal Journeys opened on the Lunar New Year, February 10, and by no coincidence. Crossing delves into the intricate narratives of three local artists, who, along with their families, embarked on transformative journeys from Asia to Canada.