Friday September 30th, 2011
Take a ride through some outdoor art
Cyclists will gear up for a ride around Vancouver’s outdoor sculptures this weekend, while taking in the art and culture of the city.
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Wednesday September 21st, 2011
Richmond Review: Steveston Village Joins Tour de Biennale
The Vancouver Biennale is welcoming all serious cyclists 18 years and older to participate in the upcoming Tour De Biennale.
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Wednesday March 16th, 2011
Vancouver Observer: Vancouver Biennale Creates Blue Forests to Spread Environmental Awareness
It has been our experience that with all of the distractions available, you need to do something big if you want to get some major attention. Beware, because if you pull off the ever elusive big attention getting thing that we’re talking about, you better have something meaningful to say.
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Thursday January 20th, 2011
Vancouver Observer: Free admission: a look at Vancouver’s public art
This week Vancouver has been celebrating the developments of upcoming public art projects, like the new Terry Fox sculptures designed by Douglas Coupland that will be installed at BC Place. So we felt it was a great time to talk about the amazing public art that our city already has to offer.
Great cities are built for the people, and Vancouver is no exception. But, when was the last time you went for an art walk – or even stopped to admire a piece of public art in Vancouver? Sculptures, memorials, fountains and graffiti are everywhere, yet if you are not familiar with where to look then how would you even get started?
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Sunday December 27th, 2009
The Province: Public Art Can Both Be Engaging and Fun
As part of Vancouver Biennale, 30 sculptures were installed throughout the Lower Mainland this summer. The sculptures were erected throughout 12 neighborhoods along beaches, bike and walking paths, parks and urban plazas. The show will be open until June 2011.
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Saturday October 31st, 2009
Canadian Architect: Vancouver Biennale Launches in-transit-ion Exhibition
As part of the Vancouver Biennale, a new exhibition entitled in-transit-ion launches on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 10:00am at Morton Triangle, English Bay in Vancouver.
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Friday September 4th, 2009
Vancouver is Awesome: Wang Shugang’s “The Meeting”
A little while back I introduced you to the epic public art project, the Vancouver Biennale, which is taking place over 22 months in the city. As the sculptures are revealed the Biennale blog will be profiling each of them, and we’ll be reminding you and urging you to have a closer look.
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Wednesday July 1st, 2009
Vancouver Magazine: Ready to Install
"I've based it all on a drop of water."
Chinese sculptor Ren Jun is using his beverage to describe a monumental piece of public art. He's trying to convince a dubious Barrie Mowatt, in the offices of the Vancouver Biennale near the Olympic Village, to approve his proposal for the international outdoor art festival that begins in September.
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Saturday June 13th, 2009
Public Display of expression: metro Vancouver is about to see an influx of new artworks installed in parks, on city streets and in Olympic venue
Prepare to be mesmerized without the use of psychotropic drugs. Between the Vancouver Biennale exhibition, the city and transit, about 50 significant public art pieces are being prepared for installation this year in the city of Vancouver alone and many more will be installed in Olympic venues and new Sky-Train stations in surrounding communities.
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Monday December 1st, 2008
Richard Gray Gallery Newsletter: Jaume Plensa and Magdalena Abakanowicz
"A house is a body in the sense to be. And when someone enters one of my houses, he or she furnishes them with a soul. The piece is not complete unitl someone enters it."-Jaume Plensa
"I turn sculptures from an object to look into a space to experience."-Magdalena Abakanowicz
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