We’re thrilled to be hosting As waters merge – swaying waves beckoning us closer. This exhibition was guest-curated by Camille Georgeson-Usher, a Coast Salish / Sahtu Dene / Scottish scholar, curator, and writer from Galiano Island, BC who is currently Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Indigenous Art at the University of British Columbia, and the Audain Senior Curatorial Advisor on Indigenous Art at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
You are warmly invited to visit with some of the many families represented in the permanent collection. Drawn from recent acquisitions, Family Visits, co-curated by Toby Lawrence, AGGV Curator of Contemporary Art and Dr. Heng Wu, AGGV Curator of Asian Art, explores varied ideas of kinship through pieces created by over 40 artists who work across a range of geographies and genres, including drawing, painting, photography, print-making, textiles, and sculpture. At some points the familial connections are very conventional, such as the portrait of AGGV’s first director Colin Graham with his son James, drawn by Myfanwy Pavelic whose Spencer family donated the mansion currently housing the Gallery. But considerations of family in this exhibition expand well beyond immediate relations to reflect on the networks of support found in local communities, diasporas, plants, animals, and ancestors.
On now at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, visitors can explore a survey of recent works by artist Simranpreet Anand, including collaborative artworks with artist and ethnomusicologist Conner Singh VanderBeek in the current exhibition ਸ਼ੀਸ਼ੇ ‘ਚ ਤਰੇੜ | sheeshe ‘ch thareṛ | a crack in the mirror.
Marking a resonant start to the new year, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria welcomed over 400 people—artists, patrons, community members, and more—to celebrate a new season of exhibitions on January 16, 2026.
For nearly five decades, Hornby Island-based artist Ann Newdigate (1934-2023) nurtured a fibre arts practice imbued with critical dialogue through social and political engagement. In February 2025, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria acquired fourteen textile-based artworks and corresponding studies by Newdigate. – Written by Toby Lawrence, AGGV Curator of Contemporary Art.