On November 23, 2024, Holly Timpener ascended and descended the staircase in the AGGV Spencer Mansion foyer for nearly 7 hours. Throughout the day, over 100 visitors witnessed Timpener’s intentional series of actions. Toby Lawrence, AGGV Curator of Contemporary Art, shares her thoughts on the performance and the experience it created within the Gallery space.
Brillo Box (3¢ off), screening in the Drury Gallery, explores the journey of an Andy Warhol sculpture from family heirloom to $3M auction piece, highlighting the evolving value of art. It complements the From Warhol to Banksy exhibition at the AGGV, running through April 27, 2025.
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!