Media Room

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MEDIA VISITS

Journalists, reporters and photographers are welcome to book a Gallery Press Pass by contacting the Communications Office by email at media@vanartgallery.bc.ca at least 5 working days in advance of their proposed visit.

If you are part of the Vancouver Art Gallery Media Association, please use your VAGMA Pass to gain entry. Media entry into the Gallery is not guaranteed without showing a Vancouver Art Gallery Media Association Pass or a Press Pass provided by the Communications Office.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Gallery.

  • John David Lawrence in his home and Otani Workshop with his work

    The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Two Major Ceramic Exhibitions this Spring

    May 23, 2025
  • The Audain Foundation Funds the Appointment of Two Vancouver Art Gallery Curators Dedicated to Indigenous Art and Art from British Columbia

    May 15, 2025
  • A visitor looking closely at paintings by Emily Carr while wearing headphones.

    The Vancouver Art Gallery and BC Parks Foundation Partner to Promote Health Through Nature and Art

    April 7, 2025
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Riopelle: Crossroads in Time, Celebrating One of the Most Influential Canadian Artists of the 20th Century

    March 20, 2025
  • Film Still from Lucy Raven, Murderers Bar, video work

    The Vancouver Art Gallery Debuts Lucy Raven’s First Major West Coast Exhibition

    February 27, 2025
2025
  • John David Lawrence in his home and Otani Workshop with his work

    The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Two Major Ceramic Exhibitions this Spring

    May 23, 2025
  • The Audain Foundation Funds the Appointment of Two Vancouver Art Gallery Curators Dedicated to Indigenous Art and Art from British Columbia

    May 15, 2025
  • Moving images of various events and programs at the Vancouver Art Gallery in celebration of Asian Heritage Month

    Asian Heritage Month at the Vancouver Art Gallery

    April 29, 2025
  • A visitor looking closely at paintings by Emily Carr while wearing headphones.

    The Vancouver Art Gallery and BC Parks Foundation Partner to Promote Health Through Nature and Art

    April 7, 2025
  • Statement from the Board of Trustees of the Vancouver Art Gallery Association

    Statement from the Board of Trustees of the Vancouver Art Gallery Association

    March 25, 2025
  • La Vancouver Art Gallery présente Riopelle: Crossroads in Time – À la croisée des temps | Célébration de l’un des artistes canadiens les plus influents du 20e siècle

    March 20, 2025
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Riopelle: Crossroads in Time, Celebrating One of the Most Influential Canadian Artists of the 20th Century

    March 20, 2025
  • Selection of images representing Spring/Summer exhibitions at the Gallery

    The Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Spring/Summer Exhibition Highlights

    March 6, 2025
  • Film Still from Lucy Raven, Murderers Bar, video work

    The Vancouver Art Gallery Debuts Lucy Raven’s First Major West Coast Exhibition

    February 27, 2025
  • Figures are covered in white plaster as part of a performance by artist Tadasu Takamine.

    The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Experimental Performance Sculptural Rebirth for the First Time in Canada

    February 25, 2025
  • Headshots from Celebrating Black Futures programming

    The Vancouver Art Gallery presents Celebrating Black Futures

    January 22, 2025
  • Old Time Coast Village painting of BC forest landscape by Emily Carr

    The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Emily Carr: Navigating an Impenetrable Landscape

    January 24, 2025
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Receives its Most Significant Donation of International Contemporary Art in the Gallery’s History

    January 17, 2025
2024
  • Still from Věra Chytilová's 1966 film Daisies, two women lying on their backs with shocked faces.

    The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents a Timely Exhibition Revisiting Experimental Art from the Former Eastern Bloc

    December 10, 2024
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Receives $1.6M in Support of Championing the Study, Display and Amplification of Asian Art

    November 15, 2024
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Opens the First Exhibition in Canada Dedicated to Firelei Báez

    October 29, 2024
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery launches its Fall Season with the First Major Retrospective of Bay of Quinte Mohawk artist Shelley Niro

    September 26, 2024
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Launches New Event Series Dedicated to Seniors

    September 19, 2024
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Exhibition Highlights for Fall/Winter 2024

    September 4, 2024
  • Update on the Construction of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s New Building

    August 29, 2024
  • Hundreds of artworks acquired by the Vancouver Art Gallery

    August 28, 2024
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Announces its Summer Exhibition Lineup

    June 6, 2024
  • New Board Trustees Appointed as Construction Starts on the Future Vancouver Art Gallery

    May 16, 2024
  • Thing, Robert Ford with Trent Adkins and Lawrence Warren

    The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Copy Machine Manifestos, the First Major Museum Exhibition Dedicated to Artists’ Zines in North America

    May 9, 2024
  • Celebrating Asian Heritage Month at Vancouver Art Gallery

    April 30, 2024
  • New SPOTLIGHT installation highlights work by RBC Emerging Artist Janet Wang

    April 18, 2024
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Receives $1 Million Gift from Jessica Yan Macintosh and George Macintosh to Support Educational Programming

    April 10, 2024
  • New SPOTLIGHT feature: KC Hall explores tension between ancient Indigenous skills and traditions and the urban digital world

    November 2, 2022
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Launches Three Curatorial Residencies

    March 21, 2024
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery launches two new exhibitions spotlighting works from the collection

    March 9, 2024
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Exhibition Highlights of the 2024 Season

    March 7, 2024
  • Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Five New Trustees to the Association Board

    February 29, 2024
  • Honouring Black History and Envisioning Black Futures

    January 29, 2024
  • Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Appointment of Carlos Yam as Chief Financial Officer

    January 9, 2024
  • Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Jillian Christmas as First-Ever Poet in Residence

    January 4, 2024
2023
  • Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Rooted Here: Woven from the Land

    December 16, 2023
  • Newly Gathered Research Contributes to New Understanding of “Group of Seven” Sketches

    December 15, 2023
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Denyse Thomasos: just beyond

    November 10, 2023
  • RBC Donates $1.7 Million to Vancouver Art Gallery through RBC Emerging Artists Program

    November 2, 2023
  • Mourning the loss of longtime arts supporter, Michael O’Brian

    October 16, 2023
  •  The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Emily Carr: A Room of Her Own

    September 29, 2023
  • Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation Commits $5 Million to Establish the Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation Centre for Creativity at the New Vancouver Gallery

    September 26, 2023
  • “The Build Up” Begins for a New Vancouver Art Gallery

    September 15, 2023
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Conceptions of White

    September 8, 2023
  • Eva Respini appointed Deputy Director and Director of Curatorial Programs

    July 27, 2023
  •  Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Parviz Tanavoli: Poets, Locks, Cages

    June 29, 2023
  • $1 Million Gift from TD Bank Group Enhances Vancouver Art Gallery’s New Building Project

    June 27, 2023
  • Vancouver Art Gallery and CUPE Local 15 Announce New Collective Agreement

    June 9, 2023
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery presents: Fashion Fictions

    May 26, 2023
  •  Canada’s First Public Art Commission by Mexican Artist, Pedro Reyes, Arrives at Vancouver Art Gallery’s Offsite 

    May 5, 2023
  • Free First Friday Nights presented by BMO

     The Vancouver Art Gallery Launches Free First Free Friday Nights in Partnership with BMO

    April 18, 2023
  • [Image Description: A black and white photograph of Alanis Obomsawin on stage. She is seated and wearing a floor length floral-print dress. Her hair hangs in two long braids over her shoulders. She holds a large hand drum, her right hand ready to play. The texture on the drum’s surface is emphasized by the grain of the film; it glows like a full moon. A microphone is positioned in the foreground.]

    The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents The Children Have to Hear Another Story: Alanis Obomsawin

    April 7, 2023
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Changes to Operating Hours and Introduces New $5 Monthly Pass

    April 4, 2023
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery presents Hard-Edge

    March 4, 2023
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Shary Boyle: Outside the Palace of Me

    March 2, 2023
2022
  • Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Addition of Two New Trustees to the Association Board

    December 19, 2022
  •  The Vancouver Art Gallery presents: NEXT: Provisional Structures: Carmen Papalia with Co-Conspirators 

    December 2, 2022
  •  “No Pain Like This Body” by artist Lani Maestro returns to Vancouver

    November 28, 2022
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery presents Guud San Glans Robert Davidson: A Line That Bends But Does Not Break

    November 24, 2022
  • Pamela and David Richardson Support the New Vancouver Art Gallery with $5 Million Gift

    November 17, 2022
  • Official Statement on the Event of November 12, 2022

    November 12, 2022
  • Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Sirish Rao as New Director of Public Engagement and Learning

    October 27, 2022
  • Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Jasmine Bradley as New Director of Strategic Communications and Branding

    October 27, 2022
  • Province boosts support for the new Vancouver Art Gallery with an additional $50 million

    October 14, 2022
  • A beach scene with a single figure standing mid-frame on soft, beige sand that is textured with footprints. The figure looks out towards the wide-open ocean, which ripples with white-capped waves. The horizon is weighted by a blanket of dynamic clouds, and blue sky peaks out at the top of the frame.

    The Vancouver Art Gallery presents Jin-me Yoon: About Time

    October 14, 2022
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Launches New Simplified Membership and Admissions Program

    June 29, 2022
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery Receives $29.3M in Funding from the Federal Government to Build First Passive House Art Gallery in North America

    June 27, 2022
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery’s new public art exhibition Offsite: Christopher K. Ho evokes nostalgia for Hong Kong’s beloved Kai Tak Airport

    June 20, 2022
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery presents Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment

    June 8, 2022
  • Children and youth visit the Vancouver Art Gallery for free starting July 1

    June 1, 2022
  • Vancouver Art Gallery launches three new exhibitions on April 15 amplifying new voices and diverse perspectives on the permanent collection

    April 13, 2022
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery presents The Imitation Game: Visual Culture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

    March 2, 2022
  • William Shakespeare’s First Folio, published in 1623, gifted to UBC Library and now on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery for a limited time

    January 12, 2022