Making The Invisible Visible: Tweed Curtain
Over three days in June, three of Canada’s most influential performance artists came together in Making the Invisible Visible: Embodied […]
‘Collecting’ Collectors – Shaping The AGGV’s Asian Art Collection
By Audrey Wang, AGGV Volunteer Pictured above: Praying monk | Burma (Myanmar) | wood, lacquer, gilt pigment, glass | ht. 33.2 cm. […]
Staff Pick: Brendan Tang’s Manga Ormolu
By Nicole Stanbridge, Curator of Engagement
“I chose a recent acquisition to our permanent collection by Vancouver-based artist Brendan Lee Satish Tang. Pictured above, Manga Ormolu Ver. 5.0 is a work from Tang’s Manga Ormolu series that uses the 18th-century French gilding technique known as ormolu and fuses it with inspiration from pop culture (in particular, Japanese anime and manga).”
Say What? Art Terms For Beginners
Confused by some of the terms you find in our Gallery or on our website? We’ve created a useful alphabetical […]
The Empress Loyola In All Her Guises
Pictured above: Kristina Kudryk | Portrait of the Artist in the Guise of the Empress Loyola and Under the Spell of […]