Wednesday September 12th, 2018
In Curious Imaginings, Patricia Piccinini’s beautiful mutants engage unexpected empathy
She’s a mutant and a mistake. She is an aberration—a creature who falls somewhere between orangutan and human, a misguided DNA experiment. And yet you …
Tuesday August 14th, 2018
Video by filmmaker Josephine Anderson: This monster-sized anvil is like a giant violin conch shell bringing you the sounds of the ocean
Huge works of art are standard fare at the Vancouver Biennale — the exhibition regularly includes large-scale sculpture that confronts the audience in …
Friday July 20th, 2018
Alexander Square IS AWESOME: That’s why there’s a giant anvil in Leg-in-Boot Square
Leg-in-Boot Square along the seawall in False Creek has an industrial history of forges and boat building. A new public art sculpture has been…
Thursday July 19th, 2018
Artist uncovers False Creek’s lost industrial history with Acoustic Anvil sculpture for Vancouver Biennale
In a city that is forever turning over the glassy, high-rise buildings, the raw and rugged tools of the past are a stark reminder that urbanization is …
Tuesday July 17th, 2018
2018-2020 Vancouver Biennale To Install ACOUSTIC ANVIL July 19
VANCOUVER, CANADA – The Vancouver Biennale 2018 – 2020 will install Maskull Lasserre’s dramatic Acoustic Anvil: A Small Weight to…
Tuesday July 10th, 2018
2018–2020 Vancouver Biennale Announces Alfredo Jaar: A LOGO FOR AMERICA
VANCOUVER, CANADA – The 2018-2020 Vancouver Biennale, titled “re-IMAGE-n,” is pleased to present the Canadian debut of Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar’s A …
Tuesday July 10th, 2018
Saudi Art Installation calls for unity at Vancouver Biennale
At a time where there is a massive immigration and refugee crises, this artwork invites us to look at how fences isolate people and thoughts. “The…
Tuesday July 10th, 2018
2018 – 2020 Vancouver Biennale Announces Alfredo Jaar: A LOGO FOR AMERICA
VANCOUVER, CANADA – The 2018-2020 Vancouver Biennale, titled “re-IMAGE-n,” is pleased to present the Canadian debut of Chilean artist Alfredo…
Sunday July 8th, 2018
“Paradise Has Many Gates” Creating dialogue.
In 2015, Ajlan Gharem drove an hour away from the city of Riyadh and into the vast Saudi Arabian desert. As a setting pink sun washed over the…
Friday June 29th, 2018
Paradise by the Sunset Light
Paradise Has Many Gates, a piece of art by Saudi Arabian artist Ajlan Gharem that is part of the Vancouver Biennale (2018-2020), is visited by people…