Tuesday September 22nd, 2015 Juno Award Wining composer Vivian Fung debuts BIENNALE SNAPSHOTS at the VSO World premiere of Vancouver Biennale commission will launch the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s 2015 – 2016 season. On September 26 and 28 at the Orpheum Theatre, the Vancouver Biennale brings together JUNO® Award-winning Canadian composer Vivian Fung and the JUNO® Award-winning Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Bramwell Tovey for the world premiere of Biennale Snapshots, a commissioned work inspired by five of the Vancouver Biennale’s Open Air Museum public art installations. Learn more Wednesday September 2nd, 2015 Oliver Stone returns to the Vancouver Biennale Building on the success of the June 2014 launch of the Vancouver Biennale's CineFest LIVE Documentary Film Festival and augmenting its existing online programming of films by and about the celebrated Chinese artist - activist Ai Weiwei, the Vancouver Biennale will air, via its website, The Untold History of the United States, directed and produced by the internationally acclaimed, Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone.  Learn more Thursday July 2nd, 2015 Art Changes The Face Of A City As part of the Vancouver Biennale International Artist Residency Program, four international rising young art stars from Syria, India, Australia and Canada transform the cultural face of Squamish, Canada’s outdoor recreation capital. Learn more Thursday May 28th, 2015 Hugo Franca In New Westminster Vancouver, Canada – The Vancouver Biennale announces the unveiling of the first of three new public art installations in New Westminster. The City of New Westminster is the fourth municipality in the Lower Mainland to participate in the Vancouver Biennale 2014 - 2016 Open Air Museum exhibition. The first of these three artworks is a sculptural piece from the series PUBLIC FURNITURE | URBAN TREES by Brazilian artist Hugo França. On Thursday, May 28th this artwork will be unveiled along the Waterfront Esplanade in New Westminster’s Quayside neighbourhood. Learn more Thursday April 9th, 2015 CineFest LIVE Ai Weiwei Film Retrospective The Vancouver Biennale kicks off the 2nd year of CineFest LIVE with a film retrospective of the internationally renowned and controversial Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei. The 27 film retrospective will launch with a double bill featuring the Vancouver premiere of Ai Wewei: The Fake Case by Andreas Johnsen followed by the equally controversial documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry by Alison Klayman. Given that the artist is restricted from leaving China, Global TV’s national film critic Katherine Monk will host the Monday, April 13 screenings at the Rio Theatre. Learn more Monday March 30th, 2015 Trans Am Totem by Vancouver Artist Marcus Bowcott Vancouver, Canada. The Vancouver Biennale announces its latest public art installation “Trans Am Totem”, by Vancouver artist Marcus Bowcott. The 10 meter high, 11,340 kilogram (33 foot, 25,000 pound) sculpture, located at Quebec Street and Milross Avenue, is composed of five real scrap cars stacked upon an old growth cedar tree. The artwork considers our consumer “out with the old, in with the new” culture in relation to the site, its history and Vancouver’s evolving identity.   Learn more Thursday March 5th, 2015 Can art be a catalyst for change? Toni Latour at the Vancouver Biennale Vancouver, Canada. The Vancouver Biennale announces its latest public art installation “let’s heal the divide" by Vancouver artist Toni Latour. The site-specific neon work, hung on the façade of the Vancouver Community College building at 250 West Pender Street, marks a physical division between the Downtown East Side and the commercial and financial districts that border it.  Learn more Wednesday March 4th, 2015 The Vancouver Biennale brings together Award-winning Canadian composer Vivian Fung and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Vancouver, Canada. The Vancouver Biennale brings together JUNO® Award-winning Canadian composer Vivian Fung and the GRAMMY® and JUNO® Award-winning Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere performance of a commissioned work inspired by the Vancouver Biennale exhibition. The performance will be part of the VSO’s 2015-2016 season opening concert, and will launch live music as part of the Biennale program, further fulfilling on its vision to celebrate the full spectrum of Contemporary arts in one integrated exhibition. Learn more Monday December 22nd, 2014 Ai Weiwei At The Vancouver Biennale Vancouver, Canada Internationally renowned Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei joins the Vancouver Biennale exhibition with “F Grass”, a debut public art installation layered with double entendre that begs the question, “what does it mean?” Learn more Wednesday September 17th, 2014 Renowned Colombian Artist makes Canadian Debut Vancouver, Canada —The Vancouver Biennale invites members of the media and the community to meet Colombian artist Luis Fernando Peláez at the unveiling of his latest public art installation.  Peláez, one of Colombia’s greatest masters, will celebrate his Canadian debut as part of the Biennale's 2014-2016 exhibition. Learn more Tuesday September 16th, 2014 Public Performance at the Vancouver Biennale Vancouver, Canada - Inspired by the 2014-2016 Vancouver Biennale's theme, "Open Borders / Crossroads Vancouver," and by Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, Indian artist Sajan Mani will engage the public through his street performance Citizen Ship Burn It Down! Learn more Thursday September 11th, 2014 Pop-Up Installation on Point Grey Road Vancouver, Canada—A work of public art is about to appear in front of a home in one of Vancouver’s most prestigious waterfront neighbourhoods. The installation is a disturbingly thoughtful commentary on our ever-growing obsession with Facebook updates, twitter feeds and reality TV, where the intensely personal is broadcast for the world to see. Where is the boundary between our public and private lives? Is there a cost to our ever-growing appetite for information and instant public comment? Can we recognize the lines between fact and fiction, appearance and reality? Vancouver Novel is a pop-up installation on Point Grey Road at Collingwood starting Friday, September 12th. Tweet us @Van_Biennale and join the dialogue. Learn more Wednesday August 20th, 2014 Artist Reception: Cosimo Cavallaro Vancouver, Canada - Who doesn’t love jelly beans? The childhood treat is all grown up in the latest public art installation by the Vancouver Biennale Open Air Museum. Love Your Bean is a delectably fun and candy-coloured grouping of three enormous jelly beans by Canadian sculptor and filmmaker Cosimo Cavallaro.  Amazingly realistic, the sculptures will be a grand scale treat to visitors of Charleson Park. The community and media are invited to meet the artist at the sculptures on Friday, August 22nd. Details below.   Learn more Thursday August 7th, 2014 OSGEMEOS Press Release Vancouver, Canada – Imagine a 360-degree, 70-foot (21 metre) tall outdoor mural that’s over 23,500 square feet (7,162 square metres) in size. And it’s not just any mural. This one is designed and created by OSGEMEOS, two uber-exciting Brazilian artists who happen to be identical twin brothers. Inspired by hip hop music and the Brazilian cultural vibe, they have evolved into seriously recognized and innovative artists. OSGEMEOS, which means “the twins”, have taken the Contemporary art world by storm. Recognized as one of 25 artists who are shaking up public art, this is their biggest project to date and their first in Canada. Learn more Tuesday July 15th, 2014 Vik Muniz Press Release Vancouver, Canada— The Vancouver Biennale announces the Canadian debut of world-renowned Brazilian artist Vik Muniz. In celebration of his upcoming large-scale mosaic land art installation in Squamish, the public is invited to meet the artist in person and learn more about his uniquely inspiring and critically acclaimed work at two screenings of his documentary films. Learn more Friday July 11th, 2014 North Vancouver Open Air Museum Press Release Vancouver, Canada – The Vancouver Biennale and the City of North Vancouver are pleased to announce the installation of Walking Figures by Magdalena Abakanowicz on July 16th and 17th. Once installed, this work will join The Meeting by Wang Shugang at Ray Sargent Park and the International Pavilion at the foot of Lonsdale to complete the Vancouver Biennale’s 2014 program in North Vancouver. Join in as we transform Lonsdale into an Open Air Museum, and experience the “Walkannale/Walk Down Lonsdale.” Learn more Tuesday July 8th, 2014 Jonathan Borofsky Press Release Vancouver, Canada – The Vancouver Biennale invites members of the media and the community to meet internationally acclaimed artist Jonathan Borofsky and participate in the unveiling of his latest public artwork created specifically for Vancouver. The artist, best known for his iconic and historically significant Molecule Man, set on the old boundary between East and West Berlin, People Tower in Beijing, andHammering Man in Seoul, has created Human Structures (64 Figures Connected) for Vancouver’s Olympic Village. Borofsky’s participation in the Vancouver Biennale further cements Vancouver’s position as an increasingly significant destination for world-class art and cultural engagement.   Learn more Tuesday June 10th, 2014 Ivan Eyre Press Release Vancouver, Canada – The Vancouver Biennale is pleased to announce the public installation of Bird Wrap, a sculpture by Canadian luminary Ivan Eyre. Bird Wrap, will be on view in Vancouver's Thornton Park starting Thursday, June 12, 2014. This celebrated sculpture will be one of many major works installed as part of the 2014-2016 Vancouver Biennale exhibition.   Learn more Wednesday May 21st, 2014 Oliver Stone Press Release Vancouver, Canada. The Vancouver Biennale kicks off its new CineFest LIVE program with two public events featuring Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone on Saturday June 14th. Learn more Monday April 21st, 2014 Artist Workshop: Túlio Pinto VANCOUVER BIENNALE ARTIST WORKSHOP: Túlio Pinto at Artists for Kids Join the VANCOUVER BIENNALE for an evening workshop at Artists for Kids with one of our Brazilian Artists in Residence, Túlio Pinto. Come help Pinto create one of his ephemeral floating sculptures made out of interconnected orange balloons filled with helium gas and watch as the space transforms into a sculpture. Learn more