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Final Weeks

Journey through the remarkable career of Jean Paul Riopelle—one of the most significant Canadian artists of the 20th century—in Riopelle: Crossroads in Time.

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Otani Workshop, Tanilla that Emerged Out of Deer Lake, 2024, ceramic, Courtesy of the Artist, Kaikai Kiki and Perrotin, Photo: Vancouver Art Gallery, ©2025 Otani Workshop/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Exhibition

Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

May 25, 2025–January 4, 2026
A young boy sits at a table with paints in front of him and cuts paper using red scissors.
Families

The Making Place | Paper Creatures and Stencil Paintings

Sun Aug 10, 2025 | 11 AM–4 PM
Exhibition

Postcards from the Heart:  Selections from the Brigitte and Henning Freybe Collection

April 18–October 5, 2025
A 3x3 grid of portraits featuring nine diverse dance artists. Top row: a woman with a short blonde bob in black and white; a man in a blue shirt smiling in a dimly lit room; a man sitting on stairs wearing a striped cardigan. Middle row: a man concentrating outdoors; a woman smiling with brightly colored feathered wings behind her; a young woman with long blonde hair posing against a blue background. Bottom row: a smiling woman with long dark hair; a man with long dark hair and a beard in front of a plain wall; a woman with dark bangs looking upward with text projected on her face.
Special Events

TvT Interlink International Choreographic Symposium

Fri Sep 5–Sat Sep 6, 2025 | 1–8 PM
Jean Paul Riopelle's Chicago II painting with large brushstrokes in reds, oranges, greens, blues and white.
Exhibition

Riopelle: Crossroads in Time

March 21–September 1, 2025
Families

Family Search-and-Find Activity: Jean Paul Riopelle

Fri Mar 21–Mon Sep 1, 2025 | 10 AM–5 PM
Exhibition

Emily Carr: Navigating an Impenetrable Landscape

January 25, 2025–January 4, 2026
A young girl wearing a pink dress covered in a red tomato pattern stands in front of Emily Carr's forest paintings and holds the search-and-find activity in her hands.
Families

Family Search-and-Find Activity: Emily Carr

Wed Apr 30, 2025–Sun Jan 4, 2026 | 10 AM–5 PM
John David Lawrence, a man in his 70s with a white beard, stands in his home between shelves and shelves of ceramics.
Exhibition

Written in Clay: From the John David Lawrence Collection

May 25, 2025–January 4, 2026
1:1 Artists Select graphic in blue and orange with the artists' names: Paul Wong and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun.
Exhibition

1:1 Artists Select: Paul Wong | Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun

July 15–September 1, 2025
Film Still from Lucy Raven, Murderers Bar, video work
Exhibition

Lucy Raven: Murderers Bar

April 18–September 28, 2025
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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 woman and a man sit on a bench talking while looking at forest paintings by Emily Carr.
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