Painting

KENT MONKMAN – A NEW AQUISITION FOR THE AGGV

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.

A VIEW FROM HERE: REIMAGINING THE AGGV COLLECTIONS

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.

ICYMI – CROSSING ARTIST PANEL

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. 

UNEXPECTED: THE LIFE AND ART OF SOPHIE PEMBERTON (1869-1959)

Always interested in biographies of settler women in the Province, I had opportunities to exhibit Sophie Pemberton’s work but never enough time to conduct in-depth research on a woman that I felt had been partially miscast and become stereotyped.

Denyse Thomasos: Odyssey, In Conversation with Gaëtane Verna, Sarah Milroy, and Esi Edugyan

On February 10, 2022 the AGGV hosted a virtual online conversation with the curators of the exhibition Denyse Thomasos: Odyssey, Gaëtane Verna, Director of The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, and Sarah Milroy, chief curator at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. They were joined by Victoria based award winning novelist Esi Edugyan who contributed to the exhibition publication. This conversation with Verna, Milroy and Edugyan was an opportunity to hear about Thomasos from a range of perspectives.