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A photograph of a wall in the exhibition Enemy Alien: Tamio Wakayama. The wall colour is black. We see some moving people walking by. On the wall, there is a grouping of black-and-white photographs of important Civil Rights Movement figures.

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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 family of three with a young child making art together at The Making Place
Families

The Making Place | Charcoal Drawing and Collage

Sun Feb 22, 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
Two photographs placed side by side. On the left is a black and white image of Camille Georgeson-Usher, a young Indigenous woman with brown hair past her shoulders shown from the waist up, wearing a white button-down shirt and a black cardigan. On the right, we see an installation view of a blurred woman looking at Beau Dick's Undersea Kingdom masks.
Lectures and Talks

Curator Talk: Camille Georgeson-Usher

Sat Feb 28, 2026 | 2–3:30 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 film still from the documentary True North of a black-and-white photograph of Black women gathered outside, sitting on a bench and leaning against a blank wall.
Special Events

True North: Andy Milne in Concert + Film Premiere

Sat Feb 28, 2026 | 5–7:45 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
Two images combined. On the left, we see a black-and-white portrait of Richard Hill. He is a man wearing a grey, button up t-shirt. His hands are crossed in front of him. On the right, there is a vertical oil painting by Emily Carr in a quick, sketch-like style of a single tree in the landscape. There are many shades of green and blues and browns used.
Lectures and Talks

Curator Talk: Richard Hill

Sat Mar 7, 2026 | 2–3:30 PM
Black-and-white photograph of a Black boy in a Superman pose
Exhibition

Enemy Alien: Tamio Wakayama

October 3, 2025–February 22, 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.
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