Conversations on Collecting: Transformational Legacies
Sat Sep 27, 2025 | 2–4:30 PM
Robert Rauschenberg, Sea-Cow Treaty (Spread), 1977, cloth, silk, paper, transfer images, metal plates, metal taps, metal buckets (joined by single handle), electrical wiring, mounted on wood, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Promised Gift of Brigitte and Henning Freybe, © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation/CARCC Ottawa, Photo: Vancouver Art Gallery
As part of Griffin Art Projects’ 10th anniversary celebrations, a special Conversations on Collecting series brings together collectors, artists and curators to reflect on the lasting impact of collections on individuals and institutions. The series explores key themes in arts philanthropy, including Nurturing the Artistic Talent of Tomorrow, Collecting to Build Community and Transformational Legacies.
For this roundtable discussion, we are delighted to welcome leading arts philanthropists Henning and Brigitte Freybe and Claudia Beck, with Eva Respini, the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Interim Co-CEO and Curator at Large, as moderator. Together, they will consider the infrastructure of collections and how future planning can foster resilience within the cultural landscape.
This talk is free for Experience Members and above and ticketed at the reduced price of $5 for Ideas Members and $10 for Access Pass Holders. For non-Members, the talk will be $10 in addition to the cost of Gallery admission.
Registration is required. Seating is first come, first served.
This series is a collaboration between Griffin Art Projects and the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver (CASV) in partnership with the Vancouver Art Gallery. Find out more »
If cost is a barrier for you, please reach out to learn@vanartgallery.bc.ca.
If you have any access requests for this event, please email learn@vanartgallery.bc.ca or call 604.662.4700.
