current exhibitions

April 12 - June 10, 2012

In conjunction with the Bearing Witness exhibition, we are pleased to present a series of free film screenings. Click here for titles, dates and times.

admission to exhibitions and exhibition talks is always free

Bearing Witness

The Great Hall
April 12 - June 10, 2012

Organized and Circulated by the
Vancouver Art Gallery


Curated by Ian M. Thom,
Senior Curator, Historical



Stephen Shames
Tear Gas Grenade, Berkeley, 1970
silver gelatin print
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery
Gift of Claudia Beck and Andrew Gruft

Generously supported by
The Killy Foundation


Socially engaged works of art offer a powerful means of communicating human experience. Drawn entirely from the Vancouver Art Gallery's permanent collection, this exhibition brings together the work of 27 twentieth century artists who examine industrial exploitation, large-scale government action, the atrocities of warfare, the history of slavery and the representation of women in society.


Telling Stories (with Digressions)
by Richard Prince

The Great Hall
April 12 - June 10, 2012


Project Paradise
, 2007, steel, plexiglass, brass and electrical devices


Our Communities Our Stories:
School Days

The Great Hall
April 12 - June 10, 2012


The Reach P3504
, Peardonville School classroom, 1928

Paper talk, Finger talk
by Jae Nam

South Gallery
April 12 - June 10, 2012


Floating Keyboard
, 2011, oil on canvas


Just Beyond Hope
by Pia Massie

The Grotto
April 12 - June 10, 2012


KT News
, photograph, 1962