Art

Beyond Van Gogh when it was in Calgary in 2021 (1/2) (Ella Matte/News Staff)

Much-anticipated Beyond Van Gogh exhibit opening in Victoria

The captivating experience will open on June 20 at Bayview Place in Vic West

 

Victoria artist and milliner Maria Curcic, 2023. (M. Allard)

Milliner magic takes over Sidney gallery

One of Canada’s top milliners puts on Art By Design at the ArtSea Gallery from May 19 to 25

 

Art on the Edge workshop artist participants worked with award-winning artist Carole Finn to tap into the power of story telling for their April exhibit. (Anna Spratt)

Sidney exhibit Art on the Edge explores artists’ answer to the question: what story are you telling?

Queens Medal recipient artist Carole Finn guides artists to tell their story in new ways at April Art Sea exhibit

 

Artist Francis Dick will be working from a makeshift studio in the Legacy Art Gallery during her five month exhibit, with visitors encouraged to come and connect. (Don Denton photo)

Walking Thru My Fires: Francis Dick exhibit at Legacy Art Gallery is brave and poignant

Dick explores Residential School legacies, urban Indigeneity, and the healing power of art through deeply personal paintings, carvings and music.

Artist Francis Dick will be working from a makeshift studio in the Legacy Art Gallery during her five month exhibit, with visitors encouraged to come and connect. (Don Denton photo)
Part of a piece created by graphic designer Juan Ramirez, made with the help of AI.

Exploring art through AI: what Victoria artists say about new trend

Digital artists are teaming up with Arts BC to put on “Exploring Canadian Art Through AI” public workshops in April

Part of a piece created by graphic designer Juan Ramirez, made with the help of AI.
Greater Victoria sculptor David Hunwick. (Lia Crowe photo)
Greater Victoria sculptor David Hunwick. (Lia Crowe photo)
Images: (L-R): Ogata Kenzan “Autumn Ivy” Japan MET; Rembrandt’s “Mother as the Biblical Prophetess Hannah.” 1631: Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum (supplied by AGGV)

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria presents lecture series on the perception of aging

An upcoming art lecture series explores how aging was portrayed across cultures and time

  • Feb 3, 2023
Images: (L-R): Ogata Kenzan “Autumn Ivy” Japan MET; Rembrandt’s “Mother as the Biblical Prophetess Hannah.” 1631: Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum (supplied by AGGV)
Art Battle - Matt Love photography

Foam fingers and flying paint all a part of Art Battle

On Feb. 10, a dozen Victoria artists will go into battle

  • Jan 26, 2023
Art Battle - Matt Love photography
The Bateman Gallery is searching for a new location that will allow for more visitors and interactive exhibits. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria’s Bateman Gallery moving from Steamship Terminal home

Foundation aims to ‘inspire thousands of global visitors’ with new location after 10 years

The Bateman Gallery is searching for a new location that will allow for more visitors and interactive exhibits. (Black Press Media file photo)
yden Josephson’s pentimento paintings at Gage Gallery

Imagination and Introspection

Royden Josephson’s pentimento paintings at Gage

  • Dec 28, 2022
yden Josephson’s pentimento paintings at Gage Gallery
AGGV

Special art gifts

Moccasin-making, art show and sale at AGGV

  • Dec 19, 2022
AGGV
Open Space Indigenous artist exhibition - handout photo

Open Space presents The Stories We Belong To

Group exhibition showcases emerging Indigenous artists

  • Dec 5, 2022
Open Space Indigenous artist exhibition - handout photo
Fortune Gallery and FCA exhibition

Shadow and Light

A new FCA exhibition at Fortune Gallery

  • Nov 2, 2022
Fortune Gallery and FCA exhibition
Van Gogh handout

Inside van Gogh paintings

Stunning immersive exhibit opens October 14

  • Oct 12, 2022
Van Gogh handout
Beyond Van Gogh handout

Production delay for Victoria show

Beyond VanGogh: The Immersive Experience now opens November 11

  • Oct 6, 2022
Beyond Van Gogh handout
Gage Gallery handout

New Hirt collection explores Indigenous-settler interactions

Show opened September 13 at Gage Gallery

  • Sep 13, 2022
Gage Gallery handout
Halin de Repentigny - Phtalo Patch - 24 x 30 - OC

Landscapes of northern Canada

Madrona exhibit features the beautiful work of Halin de Repentigny

  • Sep 12, 2022
Halin de Repentigny - Phtalo Patch - 24 x 30 - OC
Joshua Watts - untitled

Gifts From The Ancestors

Ha’wilh Way’anis Joshua Watts transforms VAC gallery

  • Sep 7, 2022
Joshua Watts - untitled
Homeland - exhibition on Syria

Homeland at Errant Art Space

Exhibition documents poetry and art by Syrian poet and visual artist

  • Aug 12, 2022
Homeland - exhibition on Syria
Sooke Fine Art handout

Art galore

Art lovers converge at Sooke Fine Arts Show

  • Jul 25, 2022
Sooke Fine Art handout