Tweet The biggest news in visual arts isn’t about a major new exhibition. What’s got people buzzing is the news there’ll be free admission to the Vancouver Art Gallery during the Paralympics, as it was for the Olympics. Starting Friday and continuing to Sunday, March 21, the VAG will again waive its admission (usually $19.50 [...]

Tweet The Art Emporium is the oldest art gallery in Vancouver — it opened in 1897, when the city was only 11 years old and had a mere 20,000 residents. But it isn’t exactly high profile. It’s located on the second storey of a building at 13th and Granville, and owner Torben Kristiansen rarely seeks [...]

Tweet One of Vancouver‘s oldest artist-run galleries will close by October’s end because of the loss of funds from the community gaming grants. Helen Pitt Gallery, which opened 35 years ago, was on an annual gaming grant of $30,000-$35,000 – half of its yearly operating costs. It is one of the numerous arts and community [...]