This weekend marks the crescendo of the year long Canada 150 celebrations for Canada’s sesquicentennial providing plenty of activities in the picks of the week. Canada 150! : On Saturday and throughout the weekend Canada Day events will be everywhere you turn, check out our list of what’s on for Canada Day at Canada Place, Steveston,…
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Friday Find – Picasso: The Artist & His Muses at VAG
This summer at the Vancouver Art Gallery, discover the most significant exhibition of the master of modernism, Picasso. Picasso: The Artist & His Muses examines the relationship of his artwork and the six women who provided his creative inspiration. From the early 20th Century Paris through to his last year’s the exhibition delves into the evolution…
Picks of the Week – November 12, 2014
As we reach the midway point in November, we’ll see more and more mention of Christmas, just around the corner. If it’s too early for you, there’s still lots of non-Holiday related events in the picks of the week. Broadway: What a feeling! Flashdance the Musical is now onstage at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre until…
The Forbidden City at Vancouver Art Gallery
The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China’s Emperors, is now open at the Vancouver Art Gallery and on view until January 11, 2015 The exhibition brings together 5 centuries of Chinese culture; paintings, ceramics, jewelry, metalware, textiles and cultural artifacts, curated from Beijing’s Palace Museum. Throughout the main floor of the Gallery, guests are…
Douglas Coupland at Vancouver Art Gallery
Douglas Coupland: everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything is the new exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Curated by Vancouver-based artist, Douglas Coupland, the exhibition is a stimulating look at media, art and culture in the 21st century. Coupland delves into what makes us Canadian and how design, media, arts and culture has formed…
Vancouver Art Gallery : Grand Hotel
Whether it’s a exemplary tale of great service, horror stories of run down rooms, stunning architecture or dream stays seen in films, everyone has a tale to tell about a hotel. Vancouver Art Gallery has assembled a collection of these stories for their summer exhibit, Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life, running until September 15. The…
What’s On Weekend – June 28 – 30, 2012
Happy Canada Day! I hope everyone enjoys their long weekend! Ongoing Activities: – Vancouver International Jazz Festival , continues through the weekend with more music at over a dozen venues around the city, many of them free. – visit Vanier Park for Bard On The Beach now presenting Taming Of The Shrew and Macbeth. –…