TWO NEW VENUES ENLIVEN ARTS SCENE
Two new venues for visual arts in Metro Vancouver are opening this fall.
The first is the Libby Leshgold Gallery, the public space in the new $110.2-million building housing the Emily Carr University of Art + Design by Great Northern Way.
The first exhibition of artists from the Pacific Rim opens Saturday, Oct. 21. That’s just in time for the public to check out the new campus during the two-day open house on Friday, Oct. 27, and Saturday, Oct. 28.
The other big addition to the visual-arts scene is the opening of The Polygon — formerly Presentation House Gallery — in North Vancouver. The new, $15-million gallery is on the waterfront a short walk from the SeaBus at the foot of Lonsdale. The Polygon opens Saturday, Nov. 18
Mainstream
Portrait of the Artist: Exhibition from the Royal Collection
Oct. 28-Feb. 4, 2018 Vancouver Art Gallery
Featuring 92 paintings, photos, drawings and sculptures from the British Royal Collection, the exhibition brings together selfportraits, portraits of artists and artists at work. One of the works by Artemisia Gentileschi is a selfportrait of the baroque Italian artist portraying herself as the embodiment of painting. Other works are by Peter Paul Rubens, Joshua Reynolds and Lucian Freud.
Indie N. Vancouver Nov. 18-Feb. 18, 2018 The Polygon
The Polygon in North Vancouver opens in a new gallery designed by Patkau Architects. The inaugural exhibition, N. Vancouver features historic and commissioned works that explore how artists depict North Van. The exhibition features works by artists that include N.E. Thing Co., Myfanwy MacLeod, Raymond Boisjoly, Stan Douglas and Althea Thauberger. The Polygon will be open seven days a week with admission by donation.
Wild Card Live! Performance Art Biennale Oct. 3-8
Western Front/VIVO Media Arts
At performance art, you never know what you might see. At the last Live! biennale, an artist walked on glass in her bare feet and another communicated only in gestures and sounds as she served meat that had been smoked in a metal filing cabinet. The international roster includes Raeda Saadeh, a Palestinian based in Jerusalem, Stein Henningsen, a Norwegian who grew up near the North Pole, and Jackson 2Bears, a Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) based in Lethbridge, Alta. Japanese artist Nile Koetting opens the biennale at the Western Front.