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A boy and a girl sit around a table in the Gallery in the interactive space of That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature.

Fun for the Whole Family

Explore the Gallery this Spring Break with hands-on activities, Family Tours and interactive spaces—plus, children and youth aged 18 and under always visit free!

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What’s On:
Three portrait paintings of trees by Emily Carr
Exhibition

That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature

February 6–November 8, 2026
A photograph of a child's pastel drawing of trees in white on black paper. We see a corner of the paper and a child's arm in the left of the image.
Families

The Making Place | Pastels and Circular Drawings

Sun Mar 15, 2026 | 11 AM–4 PM
An installation photograph of Jim Lambie's artworks Zobop (Colour-Chrome) and Zobop (Colour-Chrome) Stairs covering the stairs and floor of the Vancouver Art Gallery's neo-classical Rotunda. The floor and stairs are covered in brightly coloured strips of vinyl in purple, pink, green, red, orange and yellow.
Exhibition

Jim Lambie: Zobop (Colour-Chrome)

October 22, 2025–October 12, 2026
A photograph of people sitting at a table collaging–holding scissors, cutting, looking down at magazines.
Special Events

Stendhal Syndrome: Image-Making Workshop

Fri Mar 20, 2026 | 6–8 PM
A slightly out-of-focus photograph of a shirtless man in denim blue jeans lying on a settee chair covered in wrinkled ivory and pastel blue sheets.
Exhibition

Nan Goldin: Stendhal Syndrome

November 6, 2025–April 6, 2026
A mother and son sit on the colourful, striped stairs of the Gallery's Rotunda and take a selfie.
Families

The Making Place | Watercolours, Buttons and Bookmarks

Sun Mar 22, 2026 | 11 AM–4 PM
Photograph of an Indigenous installation artwork by Beau Dick of a large wooden whale with a small doll-like figurine of the artist on the whale's back.
Exhibition

We who have known tides: Indigenous Art from the Collection

November 6, 2025–April 6, 2026
A photograph of an artwork by Canadian artist Geoffrey Farmer. The work is a collage. We see a mass of figures made from paper cutouts.
Exhibition

Highlights from the Collection

March 27, 2026–January 6, 2030
A graphic compilation featuring two black-and-white photographs. On the left, there is an older man with glasses in a dark coat. On the right is a young woman in a black v-neck t-shirt.
Lectures and Talks

Capture Speaker Series | Stephen Shore In Conversation with Kristen Gaylord

Wed Apr 1, 2026 | 7–9 PM
A colour photograph by Stephen Shore of a turquoise building with many windows and shop fronts, including a bookstore.
Exhibition

Stephen Shore: Uncommon Places

March 27–July 19, 2026
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A photograph of two young Asian adults from behind, looking at each other and discussing the multiple black-and-white photographs on view behind them
Installation view of an enormous hand-painted mural on the Gallery’s Georgia Street façade by Taiwanese artist Michael Lin. The mural features flowers on a red backdrop.Michael Lin, Georgia Street Plaza 23.01 – 02.05.10, 2010, paint on metal Photo: Vancouver Art Gallery

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A photograph of two people looking at the forest paintings of Emily Carr. One woman sits on a bench, and a man stands closer to the wall.
Detail shot of a person's hands holding an iPhone taking a picture of dress.

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