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This is the place for Vancouver Art
Community for artists, galleries, dealers and museums has forums,
features and artists links.
Find out about Vancouver galleries permanent, temporary and visiting
exhibits, as well as its special events and programs. Almost all
of these galleries are located on Granville Street, south of the
Granville Street Bridge, or on West 6th Avenue, just a half block
from Granville. You can walk a few blocks and visit all these galleries
on foot.
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Buschlen Mowatt Gallery
#111-1445 West Georgia Street
604-682-1234
This high end gallery features well-established artists and sculptors.
Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
3060 Granville Street
604-737-3969
Focused mostly on contemporary work including painting and photography,
Jennifer Kostuik does not tend to feature local artists. Their website
is currently under renovation.
Catriona Jeffries Gallery
3149 Granville Street
604-736-1554
Founded in 1988, Catriona Jeffries Gallery focuses on the current
manifestations of post conceptual art practices in Vancouver as
well as the origins of conceptualism in Vancouver. The gallery further
explores the critical relationship that exists between its Canadian
artists and particular international artists whose practices engage
in a reciprocating dialogue. Through its ongoing exhibition program,
invitational projects, and off-site curatorial interventions, the
gallery contributes to an international discussion and currency
of contemporary art. It is in this area that Catriona Jeffries Gallery
has established a strong reputation amongst the international curatorial,
critical and collecting community as being one of Canada's pre-eminent
spaces for contemporary art.
Heffel Gallery
2247 Granville Street
604-732-6505
Canada’s national fine art auction house, Heffel’s regularly conducts
live ballroom auctions of Fine Canadian Art in Vancouver during
the Spring and Toronto in the Fall, preceded by previews of their
sales in both cities. We have offices in Vancouver, Toronto and
Ottawa, and our Canadian art experts regularly travel across the
country providing confidential and professional auction appraisals.
Heffel Gallery offers collectors the opportunity to view and purchase
art from our current collection of fine works by Canadian, European
and American artists.
Bau-Xi (pronounced
Bow-She, it means 'great gift.')
3045 Granville Street
(at 14th)
604-733-7011
BAU-XI (boe she) means "great gift." The Bau-Xi Gallery was established
in Vancouver B.C. in April of 1965. It is the oldest contemporary
gallery in Vancouver. The gallery was opened by Bau-Xi Huang in
order to create a showcase for the many emerging and established
Canadian artists in need of a gallery on the West Coast.
Marilyn
S. Mylrea Studio Art Gallery
2341 Granville Street
604-736-2450
A Studio Gallery that offers the community an opportunity to interact
directly with the artist. The gallery features spiritual and sensual
art. Ms. Mylrea is a Canadian citizen and was born in Yellowknife,
Northwest Territories, Canada. She lived in small mining towns in
Ontario until moving to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1962. Her
father was a geological engineer and the family sometimes travelled
due to his work.
Atelier Gallery
2421 Granville Street
604-732-3021
The Atelier Gallery is located in the heart of Vancouver's gallery
row on South Granville Street, and showcases contemporary Canadian
paintings, drawings, photography, and prints. The gallery also houses
a collection of contemporary American and European prints which
are available on request. The Atelier Gallery represents established,
mid-career artists of national and international stature. We also
endeavour to present young artists of commitment and talent, providing
a venue for their work and encouraging public awareness and acceptance
of new trends and fresh voices.
State Gallery
1525 West 6th Avenue
604-632-0198
The State Gallery is a private gallery located in Vancouver’s South
Granville Gallery Row district. Founded by Susan Almrud in 2001,
the gallery’s striking and cutting-edge upper floor space is designed
by world-renowned Canadian designers Patkau Architects. The site
is an ideal venue for the presentation of contemporary art and projects.
Housed within the gallery is a main exhibition space along with
a smaller project room.
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