Wednesday June 20th, 2018
Saudi artist seeks to bring cultures together with installation Paradise Has Many Gates
As part of the Vancouver Biennale, Ajlan Gharem’s “mosque made of fences” is set for construction in Vanier Park.
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Thursday June 7th, 2018
A chain-link mosque and hyper-real human-animal sculptures feature amid Vancouver Biennale’s public-art lineup this summer
Look for a huge, chain-link mosque-like structure to rise in Vanier Park as Vancouver Biennale 2018–2020 launches its latest citywide public-art festival.
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Wednesday June 6th, 2018
Vancouver Biennale kicks off public art exhibition on June 20
The weather in Vancouver is so nice, even the art is going outside.
Vancouver Biennale 2018-2020 has announced its fourth edition, titled “re-IMAGE-n”. The latest celebration of public art will begin on June 20, when Saudi artist Ajlan Gharem’s Paradise Has Many Gates — a small, open-air sculpture in the shape of a mosque — will appear at Vanier Park.
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Tuesday March 6th, 2018
Vancouver’s Trans Am Totem needs new home before it ends up in artist’s driveway
Large public art installation in False Creek is reaching end of its run with the Vancouver Biennale.
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Tuesday March 6th, 2018
Public art adds to a Neighbourhood’s palette
As Vancouver has found, open-air sculptures can bring an identity and other benefits to a community, even if the contribution is hard to financially measure. Happiness doesn't have a price, when it comes to public art and commercial real estate.
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Thursday July 20th, 2017
Vancouver Courier: Meet the Artist Behind the A-Maze-Ing Laughter Figures
Yue Minjun is interviewed during his first trip to Vancouver about the public reaction to A-Maze-Ing Laughter at Morton Park.
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Thursday July 20th, 2017
Georgia Straight: Official Day of Laughter Lights Up English Bay
Coverage of the events on July 13th "Day of Laughter" featuring visiting artist Yue Minjun.
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Thursday July 20th, 2017
Vancouver Sun: Lack of Funding for Art No Laughing Matter
Miriam Blume discusses the acquisition of A-Maze-Ing Laughter for the City of Vancouver through philanthropic endeavours and the need for active support of cultural funding to ensure more legacy works stay in the city.
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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 unexpected setting.
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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 minds? Can it change society?
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