Wednesday June 10th, 2020
Quarantine Notes from New York
Vancouver Biennale artists and curators live all over the world, spanning 6 continents. Today we share insights from Australian artist Kristin McIver. …
Thursday May 21st, 2020
Quarantine Notes from Los Angeles
Vancouver Biennale artists and curators live all over the world, spanning 6 continents. Today we share insights from Canadian-born multidisciplinary…
Friday November 30th, 2018
12 DAYS OF CURIOUS Launches December 3 as CURIOUS IMAGININGS Exhibition Wraps December 15
Vancouver – With just over two weeks to go until Vancouver’s Curious Imaginings immersive sculpture exhibition closes, 12 Days of Curious launches…
Wednesday October 31st, 2018
KIDDO Films “re-IMAGE-n” 2018-2020 Iconic Vancouver Biennale Artworks
The Vancouver Biennale is proud to present three short films created by locally based, creative production studio: KIDDO films. These videos are a…
Tuesday September 25th, 2018
Les curieuses créatures imaginées – ICI.Radio Canada
A text by Richard Thériault Patricia Piccinini and her team worked for more than 18 months on the preparation of her exhibition Curious Imaginings…
Tuesday July 10th, 2018
2018 – 2020 Vancouver Biennale Announces Alfredo Jaar: A LOGO FOR AMERICA
VANCOUVER, CANADA – The 2018-2020 Vancouver Biennale, titled “re-IMAGE-n,” is pleased to present the Canadian debut of Chilean artist Alfredo…
Thursday June 7th, 2018
2018-2020 Vancouver Biennale Launches New Series of Transformative Art with Paradise Has Many Gates
VANCOUVER, CANADA – The 2018–2020 Vancouver Biennale launches its latest celebration of transformative art in public spaces June 20 with Saudi…
Friday March 24th, 2017
Can Public Art Change a Community? An Exploration of Art as Social Innovation
Guest blog post by Linda Naiman, Vancouver Biennale Board of Directors We tend to think of visual art as a form of decoration, but it is so…
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 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…
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…
Tuesday March 29th, 2016
Breaking The Rules With Peter Liversidge
Written by Vancouver Biennale Team Member Ghazaleh Last week we unveiled our latest project to come out of the International Artist Residency…
Sunday March 6th, 2016
Life Changing Perspectives On Art From Toni Latour
Written by 2 time Vancouver Biennale Artist Toni Latour The Biennale has changed this city and has changed my life as an artist in Vancouver.…
Tuesday March 1st, 2016
Across Vancouver with Seung Woo Back
Seung Woo Back is a Korean photographic artist. and Vancouver Biennale International Residency artist. He first visited the city in 2014 as part of…
Tuesday February 16th, 2016
Self Portrait – The Art of a Poem
Valerie Mason-John was an Artist Collaborator for the Vancouver Biennale Big Ideas program in 2013 bringing poetry and performance to classrooms.…
Tuesday October 27th, 2015
The Blue Trees Project Keeps Growing
Over the past two weeks Konstantin Dimopoulos has been turning trees blue all over the Lower Mainland. The award winning Blue Trees initiative, which…
Friday October 23rd, 2015
Trees turn blue, as project begins
The Blue Trees installation got underway the morning of Oct. 22, though it was a little less ambitious than original plans suggested.
Thursday October 15th, 2015
What’s happening in New West? Top weekend picks for Oct. 16 to 18
Shopping, learning and getting entertained – you can do it all in New West this weekend. Here are the Record’s top picks for the Oct. 16…
Tuesday September 1st, 2015
Miguel Horn sculpts an expanding career
Five years ago, Miguel Horn returned to Philadelphia after living and working in Mexico as the assistant to acclaimed sculptor Javier Marin. An…