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 June 1st, 2017
Arts Education: How We Value the Arts
Guest blog by Lucille Pacey, member of the Vancouver Biennale Board of Directors. Why do we constantly have to justify the arts and arts…
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 …
Monday April 15th, 2013
Building A Legacy Of Great Art In Metro Vancouver
Vancouver’s legacy of great public art just grew quite a bit richer. Continuing from the momentum of Yue Minjun’s “A-Maze-Ing Laughter” last…
Thursday March 28th, 2013
Bring “Device To Root Out Evil” Back to Vancouver
After five years at Calgary’s Glenbow Museum, the late Dennis Oppenheim’s groundbreaking sculptural installation Device To Root Out Evil will soon be…
Wednesday February 27th, 2013
Imagine The Possibilities
Tuesday February 19th, 2013
Imagine The Possibilities
Friday January 4th, 2013
Making Connections: Brazilian Visual Artist, Ernesto Neto
Brazilian conceptual artist Ernesto Neto with Barrie Mowatt of the Vancouver Biennale. Every evening that the sun shines in Rio de Janiero,…
Tuesday November 20th, 2012
The 2013-15 Exhibition: OPEN BORDERS/ CROSSROADS VANCOUVER
Since 1998, the Vancouver Biennale has transformed Vancouver’s public spaces into an open air museum by installing works of art from internationally…
Friday October 19th, 2012
To Brazil And Beyond: Bringing the Next Biennale to Vancouver
It’s the beginning of a new era at the Vancouver Biennale. Planning has begun on our international outreach strategy for the 2013-15 exhibition …
Friday October 5th, 2012
Registration for 2012/2013 Big Ideas: Arts in Action is now open
The Vancouver Biennale BIG IDEAS Education Program is a cross-curricular, multi-grade, and inquiry based learning program. Taking students to…
Wednesday August 15th, 2012
Public Art
The Open Air Museum. Art in unexpected places. Art without walls or “Do Not Touch” signs. The historic photograph we took at the…
Tuesday July 24th, 2012
Chip and Shannon Wilson’s A-Maze-Ing gift to the people of Vancouver
If you’ve been anywhere near English Bay recently you’ll be familiar with Yue Minjun’s “A-maze-ing Laughter”. Located in Morton Park near the corners…
Friday May 13th, 2011
We want to hear from you!
A friend of ours here at the Vancouver Biennale is working on his MA thesis about public art and the misconceptions around it. It’s always great …
Wednesday May 11th, 2011
A-maze-ing Wedding?!?
Friends of the Vancouver Biennale let us know that this past weekend a lovely couple decided to use our A-maze-ing Laughter installation as the…
Wednesday April 13th, 2011
Now THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT!
We could not be more excited to announce our line up of entertainers! Starting with multi-award winner Hannah Georgas. Live performances by rising…
Thursday April 7th, 2011
We’ve put our money where our mouth is – will you?
The objective of the Vancouver Biennale is to celebrate art in public spaces, inviting the entire community to experience the brightest new and world…
Tuesday April 5th, 2011
2 Years | 40 Works of Art | 37 Artists
Creating and executing a Biennale as large as ours takes countless hours, volunteers, and a great deal of hard work. After two years of working so…
Monday April 4th, 2011
Watch Kon talk about his Blue Trees on Studio 4 with Fanny Kiefer
Last week, Kon was given the opportunity to share his ideas behind his Blue Tree project on Studio 4 with Fanny Kiefer. This gives a lot of great…
Friday April 1st, 2011
It’s Not the Same Without Sculpture!
I was speaking with an Executive director of another non-profit foundation, who told me that although Yue Minjun’s “A-maze-ing…