Thursday October 22nd, 2009
Vancouver Biennale Official Launch: November 10 @ Morton Triangle
Wednesday September 30th, 2009
Vancouver Biennale Welcomes the Legendary Charles Jencks
Charles Jencks and Vancouver Biennale President Barrie Mowatt share a laugh. Photo by Dan Fairchild. The Vancouver Biennale proudly welcomes Dr.…
Monday September 28th, 2009
People Playing With Sculptures: An A-Mazing Weekend
It was one last blast of sunshine and warm weather – a perfect weekend for late-September. The clear and sunny skies brought people out into the …
Saturday September 26th, 2009
History of Loss by Sudarshan Shetty: Vancouver Biennale
Photo by Sean Cranbury. The Vancouver Biennale is expanding its focus from the picturesque waterways of Coal Harbour and English Bay to other…
Tuesday September 22nd, 2009
Yue Minjun's A-Mazing Laughter Installation Photos: Vancouver Biennale
Swallowing golden light at sunset. Photo by Sean Cranbury. A truck full of long wooden boxes and a crane showed up in the early morning hours at…
Friday September 18th, 2009
Incoming: A-Mazing Laughter by Yue Minjun | Vancouver Biennale
photo by Dan Fairchild A-Mazing Laughter, a sculpture by China’s Yue Minjun, is being installed at the Morton Triangle, near the corner of…
Thursday September 10th, 2009
Amir Ali Alibhai, Executive Director of Alliance for Arts & Culture Speaks at Arts Strike, Vancouver Art Gallery, 09/09/09
The above video was recorded during the Art Strike rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery on 09/09/09. Amir Ali Alibhai, executive director of the…
Wednesday September 9th, 2009
BC Government Still Cutting Arts: Hello?
Guest Post by Sandra Garossino Memo to Gordon Campbell: Try to find time to read your own government commissioned research. The government has only…
Thursday September 3rd, 2009
Vancouver Biennale Salutes Vancouver Is Awesome.com
Ladies and gentlemen, as if you didn’t already know… That’s right, everyone’s favourite local website is now a…
Tuesday September 1st, 2009
Liu Jianhua's Pillows: iPhone Photos Taken @ Harbour Green
Jer Crowle is a local artist/designer/photographer who currently lives and works on Galiano Island. That doesn’t stop him from making regular…
Monday August 31st, 2009
Sculptures Playing with People: The Meeting in Cardero Park
Those of you who live in Vancouver don’t need me to tell you how ridiculously beautiful the weather has been around here lately and those of you …
Wednesday August 26th, 2009
Wet Concrete! Two New Public Art Installations: Vancouver Biennale
Summer is raging full on toward September and Vancouver is in its glory. Sunshine is leaping in sheets of silver across English Bay, the mountains…
Thursday August 20th, 2009
Barbora in the Sunshine: Vancouver Biennale
Some more photographs of Barbora by Lithuanian artist Vladas Vildžiūnas shown here basking in the sunshine of an August afternoon. These photos are…
Wednesday August 19th, 2009
New Vancouver Biennale Installations Inspire Debate About Public Art
It’s been an auspicious beginning for the Vancouver Biennale. As the August temperatures remain high and the summer sun drenches the city with…
Thursday August 13th, 2009
Yue Minjun: Sneak Preview of Amazing Art: Vancouver Biennale
Yue Minjun was born in Beijing, China in 1962. He is one of the most important artists of the Chinese avant-garde. He lives and works in Beijing and…
Tuesday August 11th, 2009
Barbora in the Park at Pacific Central Station: Vancouver Biennale
Elegant, enigmatic Barbora has alighted on Thronton Park across from the famous and stately Pacific Central Station near the intersection of Terminal…
Wednesday August 5th, 2009
Michael Zheng's The STOP: The Vancouver Biennale has Started!
Michael Zheng‘s The STOP has been installed in two locations in Vancouver to kick off the 2009-2011 edition of the Vancouver Biennale! These…
Tuesday July 28th, 2009
Preeminence: A Short Video About the Vancouver Biennale
Really excellent video about public art, Vancouver as an important contributor to national and international cultural conversations and allowing the…
Monday July 27th, 2009
Vancouver Biennale First Two Installations This Week
It’s finally upon us! Giant container ships are approaching the city from distant ports carrying sculptures of great artists from all over the…