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.
Tuesday June 4th, 2013
It's Bike Month! Join the Vancouver Biennale for a Public Art Ride, June 8
In case you haven’t figured it out already, we’re all really big bicycling fanatics at the Vancouver Biennale. In addition to the Tour de Biennale…
Tuesday May 28th, 2013
Senior Biennale Curator Shengtian Zheng Receives Honorary Doctorate from Emily Carr University
The accolades keep coming in for Vancouver Biennale Senior Curator, Shengtian Zheng. In a ceremony at Emily Carr University earlier this month, Zheng…
Tuesday May 7th, 2013
Exploring Mindful Expression in our Big Ideas Program
The Vancouver Biennale is building a legacy of education by using art as a catalyst to learning across disciplines. Our Big Ideas program is designed…
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…
Wednesday August 8th, 2012
The A-Maze-Ing Laugh and Freeze Flash Photo! Laugh with us on August 11
Thinking ahead to your weekend plans? Well, we have something for you! Chip and Shannon Wilson and the Vancouver Biennale, together with the City of…
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 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…
Wednesday March 9th, 2011
Who’s going to get the last laugh?
When is the last time you went down to English bay and DIDN’T see someone posing with the iconic, bronze, laughing men? “A-maze-ing Laughter,”…
Tuesday August 24th, 2010
Another Biennale Sculpture Got the Title of Coolest Public Art!
From Tuija Seipell of Jaunted.com – Vancouver is still basking in the afterglow of the 2010 Winter Olympics and one of the best remnants of the…
Monday March 29th, 2010
Yue Minjun’s Amazing Laughter Captured by Dan Fairchild
Yue Minjun’s incredible figurative installation entitled Amazing laughter has inspired some great responses from photographers. Dan Fairchild,…
Monday March 15th, 2010
Looking Back: Installing Amazing Laughter in Morton Triangle
It was a gorgeous September day when Yue Minjun’s super-popular figurative sculpture was unpacked from the boxes that it had been shipped across …
Thursday February 18th, 2010
Having Olympic Fun with Vancouver Biennale Sculpture
It’s an exciting time to be in the city of Vancouver. We’ve got warm sunny days. Blue skies, lotus blossoms are on the trees and…
Friday February 12th, 2010
A-Mazing Laughter: Vancouver Biennale & the 2010 Olympic Flame
Today’s the day! The 2010 Olympic Winter Games officially kicks off later this afternoon at BC Place. But check out this great photo of the…
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
Yue Minjun's A-Mazing Laughter Revealed! Vancouver Biennale
Photo by Sean Cranbury. I took a sculpture walk along the seawall yesterday with my friend Stefanie, who’s from Saskatoon by way of Shanghai,…
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 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…