Monday November 14th, 2016
Head Outdoors and Look at the Art!
Guest blog post by Kenneth Cappie, member of the Vancouver Biennale Board of Directors. Increasingly, hot-button topics such as urbanization,…
Saturday October 8th, 2016
Yoko Ono’s Art in Remote Japan: Traveling Far to See the Sky…
In a woodsy patch of a park tucked next to a stream, one of Yoko Ono’s most unusual creations can be found in what is, for any artist’s work, a most…
Saturday October 1st, 2016
More Ecological Art in Vancouver, Please!…Projects like these make us stop and think, and can even inspire us to change.
Public art can soothe, annoy, confuse, or give us a shot of beauty on a dreary day. But does public art also have the power to inspire, and change our …
Monday September 26th, 2016
ai weiwei: “it’s not about the work, it’s about saying something”
As the artist opens his most comprehensive retrospective to date in Florence, he speaks to i-D about the refugee crisis, fighting for freedom and…
Monday August 8th, 2016
Human Structure
In this add Jonathan Borofsky’s Human Structure is highlighted…
Tuesday July 19th, 2016
Into The Woods with Residency Artist Tim Davies
Vancouver Biennale residency artist Tim Davies visited Vancouver in 2015 to collect inspiration and source materials for his final project Figures In …
Tuesday July 12th, 2016
Life After an Artist Residency in Squamish
Written by Vancouver Biennale Residency Artist Jonathan Luckhurst who created Illusory Constructs It was over a year ago since Canadian artist…
Tuesday July 5th, 2016
Public Art: Transforms Our Cities. Shapes our Imagination of the Possible
Guest Post by Developer & Urban Planner Michael Mortensen A West Van police officer shone his flashlight on me with suspicion through the frost…
Tuesday June 28th, 2016
Finding Thor and a Unicorn in the Place where Eagles Dare to Land
Written by Vancouver Biennale artist Konstantin Dimopoulos who created Blue Trees The flight from Australia to Vancouver was the beginning of a …
Tuesday June 21st, 2016
Making Memories Since 2005
The third Vancouver Biennale comes to a close this July. The first exhibition ran from 2005-2007 and introduced memorable artworks Echoes, 217.5 Arc X …
Tuesday June 14th, 2016
Creative Mornings Vancouver With Barrie Mowatt
Guest Post Written By Keleigh C. Asbury, Director of Career Services at The Art Institute of Vancouver If you haven’t had the luck of…
Tuesday June 7th, 2016
What Have You Learned Lately?
Every October a group of educators and artists gather at the Vancouver Biennale office to share curriculum plans and project proposals for grade K…
Tuesday May 24th, 2016
The Roots Remain: Urban Art from Montreal to Cambodia
Last week Vancouver Asian Film Festival launched their 20th year with a screening of The Roots Remain. The film originally screened last November as…
Wednesday May 11th, 2016
Colourful Giants Need Public Support: Biennale deadline approaching on the silo art at Ocean Concrete
Daphne Bramham: Let’s keep Osgemeos’ Giants as a happy addition to Vancouver landscape. I no longer laugh out loud when I see the Giants.…
Tuesday May 10th, 2016
Rules For Vancouver – The Results Are In!
After 4 weeks, 2250 votes and 548 rules submitted by you, the Poll for Rules for Vancouver, has come to its finale. During its 4 week run the Rules…
Sunday May 1st, 2016
Vancouver Official Vistitor’s Guide
Tuesday April 26th, 2016
Capturing Documentary and Storytelling in Photography
Capture Photography Festival has taken over Vancouver for the month of April. The festival, now in its third year, “is devoted to exhibiting…
Wednesday April 6th, 2016
Getting Cultured with our Community Partners this Spring
The Vancouver Biennale is known for large scale public sculptures but we include many other artistic practices and mediums in our programing. We also…
Friday April 1st, 2016
Audacious Art VANCOUVER BIENNALE CREATES ARTISTIC LEGACY
Car enthusiasts appreciate what makes something great is often not immediately tangible. Rather, it’s the cumulative effect of its parts. Take an…
Friday April 1st, 2016
Re-Establishing Shot – Seung Woo Back at Capture Photography Festival
Presented by the Vancouver Biennale in partnership with Capture Photography Festival 2016, we invite you to explore Re-Establishing Shot, a photo…