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Astro Arts Festival set to bring celebration of murals and graffiti art back to Mount Pleasant

In the spirit of the cancelled Vancouver Mural Festival, a new creative hub announces its first block party August 8 to 10

ART & DESIGN, FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithJune 23, 2025Vancouver Mural Festival, Summer 2025

Museum of Vancouver hosts Future Makers: Chairs by New Designers starting June 20

Exhibition in partnership with Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Wilson School of Design features chairs made from decades-old mahogany

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJune 17, 2025Partner Content, Museum of Vancouver, KPU, Summer 2025

Major Bob Rennie donation sends 40 Rodney Graham works to National Gallery of Canada

Vancouver businessman and philanthropist gifts $22.8 million in art to the Ottawa landmark

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 17, 2025Bob Rennie, National Gallery of Canada

Queer Arts Festival opens Portals for emerging artists and contrasting journeys

With its complex searches for identity, the celebratory exhibition at Centre A reflects the unifying theme of QAF’s latest edition

Deep-Seated Histories: Chairs from the Collection launches at the Museum of Vancouver, June 20

From lifeguard Joe Fortes’s lounge spot to a Woodward’s “Dollar Forty-Nine Day” break-room chair, every piece of furniture tells a story

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJune 12, 2025Partner Content, Museum of Vancouver

Eastside Arts Festival announces program with expanded concerts and its largest number of art-making workshops yet

The main event hits MacLean Park July 26, with shows at the Rickshaw, Dance Deck offerings, walking tours, and brewery passes

New exhibition Golden Hour illuminates the Burnaby Art Gallery, June 13 to August 31

Curated by the entire gallery team, artworks investigate the cyclical nature of day and night

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJune 10, 2025Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery, Summer 2025

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre celebrates ever-evolving tradition for National Indigenous History Month

Through everything from guided tours to artist workshops, SLCC programming honours vital Indigenous heritage and creativity

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 performers and painters to seek out among the flowers and trees at Arts in the Garden

This final edition of North Van Arts’ long-running annual event features engaging music and glowing images, all in serene outdoor settings

ART & DESIGN, FESTSStir VancouverJune 3, 2025Arts in the Garden, Homepage feature

Artist and curator Tania Willard named to shortlist for 2025 Sobey Art Award

Six finalists are up for Canada’s largest award for contemporary visual arts

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 3, 2025Sobey Art Award, Tania Willard

The Work of Repair: Redress and Repatriation at the Museum of Vancouver opens June 20

Exhibition digs into the institution’s efforts towards decolonization and connection with Indigenous communities

ART & DESIGN, CULTUREStir VancouverJune 3, 2025Partner Content, Museum of Vancouver, Summer 2025

Firestarters crackles with work by Indigenous artists who defy categorization, at Fazakas Gallery to July 26

Audie Murray and Zoe Ann Cardinal Cire wield everything from glass beads to firewood and cast-iron pans in an exhibit that ignites new ways of seeing

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 1, 2025Fazakas Gallery, Summer 2025

Artist studios and sacred spaces among the stops at this year’s Doors Open Richmond

The 18th annual edition of the wide-ranging event builds thriving community by emphasizing historical and cultural diversity

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithMay 30, 2025Doors Open Richmond, Spring 2025, SPRING 2025

Vancouver Art Gallery’s Written in Clay explores meaning of collecting, with new show and book about John David Lawrence

Long-time Vancouverite shares some of his staggeringly massive collection of B.C. ceramics, on display and in the pages of The Place of Objects

Otani Workshop’s Monsters in My Head transcends cuteness at the VAG

In Japanese ceramicist and painter Shigeru Otani’s work, adorable bunnies and sea monsters tell deeper truths

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMay 26, 2025Vancouver Art Gallery, SPRING 2025, Hp, Summer 2025

The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka & The Art of Survival digs beneath Art Deco painter’s glossy surfaces

Julie Rubio’s extensive new documentary, making its local debut at the VIFF Centre, reveals a trailblazing woman who was an outsider on several counts

$Annie Briard: Refracted Fields is now on view at Surrey Art Gallery's offsite UrbanScreen venue$

Annie Briard: Refracted Fields is now on view at Surrey Art Gallery's offsite UrbanScreen venue

Kaleidoscopic projection reveals natural elements, from the grand vistas of the Coast Mountains to close-up images of roadside plants

Pelts, placards, and megaphones, as VALUE: Rebecca Belmore at the Museum of Anthropology disrupts display spaces

Famous works like Wild and Fountain create conversations about museum collections and the land they sit on

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMay 21, 2025Museum of Anthropology, MOA, Spring 2025, Summer 2025

Queer Arts Festival steps into the future with 18th annual edition, June 6 to 28

Centred around portals, this year’s just-announced lineup includes several visual-art exhibitions, Vancouver International Jazz Festival concerts, and more