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Two visitors stand side by side in a gallery, closely viewing framed paintings on a white wall. The central artwork is by Emily Carr, depicting a stylized landscape with green hills, fences and dramatic, swirling clouds, surrounded by other paintings and wall text.

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Discover British Columbia through the eyes of Emily Carr, one of Canada’s most iconic artists.

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What’s On:
Exhibition

SANCTUARY: The Ancient Forest Experience

May 14–November 15, 2026
A photograph of a woman giving a tour in an art gallery setting.
Lectures and Talks

Game/Culture: Where Art Meets Sport

Fri Jul 3, 2026 | 5–6 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

April 1–July 26, 2026
Installation view of Teresita Fernández's work Island Universe 2, made entirely of charcoal. The installation looks like a distorted map of the world, spread across one white wall. A blurred person walks in front.
Exhibition

Future Geographies: Art in the Century of Climate Change

May 14, 2026–January 10, 2027
Two photographs side by side and separated by a white line. On the left, there is a headshot of a woman with short brown hair from the bust up. She is wearing a black blazer over a teal button-up shirt. There is a bush blurred behind her. On the right, there is an image of a sculptural installation made out of a fishing net with bottles hanging from the centre. Each bottle contains water.
Lectures and Talks

Artist Tour: Future Geographies with Amanda White

Sat Jul 11, 2026 | 11 AM–12 PM
An installation photograph of 4 paintings by Emily Carr hung on the wall so that their horizon lines flow from one to the next.
Exhibition

That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature

February 6–November 8, 2026
Two photos side by side. On the left is a black-and-white headshot of Eva Respini, a woman with shoulder length brown hair and bangs. She is wearing a black shirt and has her hands in front of her. On the right is a photo of a Gallery room featuring a large whale skeleton made out of white plastic chairs. There are people in the room looking up in awe at the work. On the floor, there is another installation that recalls the ocean made up of painted blue plastic bottles.
Lectures and Talks

Curator Talk: Eva Respini | Future Geographies

Thu Jul 23, 2026 | 6:30–8 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 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

April 1, 2026–January 6, 2030
A mock-up image of a billboard outside in a parking lot. The billboard features an artwork by Cannupa Hanska Luger with 4 people, 2 on either side of the billboard, dressed in futuristic looking traditional Indigenous clothing, and in the middle the text "WE SURVIVE YOU" In red all caps.
Exhibition

Capture Billboard: Cannupa Hanska Luger | Future Ancestral Technologies: WE SURVIVE YOU

March 28–September 27, 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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