Art News & Stories

Exhibition Review: North Van’s Dustbuster Blockbuster

The Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver is the last stop for Curator David Campany’s idiosyncratic show examining our complex relationship...

ART CONTEST: Uniting Nations Through Art - Artist Call for participation

ART VANCOUVER is returning to the Vancouver Convention Centre for its 5th year between April 25th and April 28th, and we are looking for...

ARTIST STUDIO SERIES: Wei Cheng

Wei, a pragmatic idealist describes the ceramic practice as endless where technique and attitude create the bottom line and message and...

The ART LAB: The Awesome, Artistic Chemistry of Yared Nigussu

Artist, curator, visionary, and entrepreneur Yared Nigussu presented his ART LAB to Vancouver in the Summer of 2018. The champagne, music...

The Art of Acquiring Art. Part 6 - Trendspotting for 2019

The ever-expanding art market looks set for another exciting year. Huge global art fairs this month, such as the London Art Fair and LA...

Velo Art and Greg Curnoe’s Marvellous Mariposa

According to Bob Dong of Union Street Cycles in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown bikes are increasingly creative manifestations of those...

The Art of Acquiring Art. Part 5 -A Technical Toolkit for understanding and interpreting Art

Interpreting and conversing about artwork can sometimes feel intimidating. But look more closely and you will find that most artists are...

EXHIBITOR SPOTLIGHT MALOK CHOI

Malok Choi has participated in an extensive list of group and solo shows that stretch back to the late 1980s. Her artistic career is...

EXHIBITOR SPOTLIGHT JOY PEIRSON

Joy Peirson is a British born artist based in Vancouver. Largely self-taught, Joy remembers being encouraged and supported by her parents...

THE ART OF ACQUIRING ART. PART 2 – PICKING AND PLACING ART

The intention of this month’s article is twofold: to pick and to place artwork. These two actions are highly intertwined and both need to...

THE ART OF ACQUIRING ART. PART 1 – THE POST-FAIR PURCHASE

The pressure of making a purchase at an art fair can seem overwhelming. The array of original and exciting artwork combined with...

WHAT INSPIRES YOU? Q & A W/ ART VANCOUVER ARTISTS

It’s a question that most artists regularly hear, “What inspires you as an Artist?” Inspiration is a curious idea. The amount of...