Sculpture

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. 

ART RENTAL & SALES ‘GUESS WHO?’ WITH DALE ROBERTS

POP QUIZ! A wall of magnetic colours has taken over the Spencer Gallery for the most recent Art Rental & Sales Show and Sale: Synchronicity, featuring sculptural works by special guest artist, Dale Roberts. See if you can ‘Guess Who’ these familiar faces are.

The Whimsical World of Leonard Butt

By Sarah Kapp, AGGV Retail Assistant, Art Rental & Sales

Leonard Butt joined the Art Rental & Sales program in February of this year, and we were immediately in awe of his almost-Surrealist style, sense of humour, and meticulous work.

A Study of Grecian Votive Figurines in the AGGV

By Graham C. Braun and Jacob M. Engstrom, UVic Students

The authors are trench supervisors with the Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project, UVic’s archaeological excavation at ancient Eleon in Boeotia, Greece and are currently engaged in a study of the AGGV’s lead votive figurines from the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, near Sparta, in the region of Laconia, Greece.