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Art

Ron Thom's West Van masterpiece: Sneak peek at the Carmichael Residence

Fascinating architecture in the hills of West Vancouver.
Chelsea Laing: Photo by Masumi Kikuchi Snyder

Festival LAUNCH at SFU Woodward's: Emerging talent hits the stage

Festival LAUNCH at SFU Woodward's did not disappoint.

Visual Space Gallery shows luminous photos by children in Tanzanian orphanage

A local art exhibit fundraiser raises awareness for East African orphanage.

Vancouver Art Gallery's latest FUSE

It was a warm, breezy and welcoming spring evening on Friday, May 3rd and Vancouver's Art Gallery was just opening its doors for the popular and much talked about FUSE night.  I wasn't quite...

Parviz Tanavoli on his work and the Safar/Voyage exhibit of Middle Eastern Artists

"These are the true voices of the Middle Eastern people.”
VIVO Media Arts Centre

VIVO Media Arts Centre needs a new home

VIVO needs a new home: a teaching moment for Vancouver.

Elisabetta Fantone Returns to Canada to Bring Pop-Art to Vancouver

Italian-Canadian multi-talent Elisabetta Fantone is returning to Canada this week to attend the opening of her first solo art show on the West Coast. Elisabetta, who, among many other...

Taste Resto-Lounge at FiveSixty

At Taste Resto-Lounge their primary goal is to provide a multi-sensory experience, from local art and eclectic music to flavourful sharing plates and carefully crafted cocktails.

Karen Moe opens her studio in Eastside Culture Crawl

"This is Thursday night before Culture Crawl," Karen Moe said, sipping from a glass of red wine as she balanced a police hat on the mannequin.

"Hey, Bob, where's the art?"

At the Wing Sang gallery there was moonlight and minimalism...