Galleries Information

Vancouver Art Gallery

The Vancouver Art Gallery also known as VAG was established in 1931. The art gallery of Vancouver is one of the largest art galleries in the country Canada. The VAG is a very famous museum in Vancouver. This gallery has a collection of approximately ten thousand pieces of artwork, which includes major artworks by Marc Chagall, the Group of Seven, Jeff Wall and Emily Carr. This gallery has a large collection of art pictures and photographs. The VAG provides gallery exhibitions of its permanent collection and regularly provides hosts for touring exhibitions. This art gallery sponsors a variety of lectures and public programmes. The collection of art on this museum represents the visual culture of British Columbia. Its collection is known to grow several hundred every year. The VAG is home to a café, library and a gift shop.

The Vancouver Art Gallery Store is known to be one of the greatest treasures of this city. The store provides a unique and wide range of posters, various artworks for sale, contemporary art books, several merchandises of Emily Carr, paper goods, jewelry, etc. This art museum is located in the main former courthouse of Vancouver. The VAG building was designed by Francis Rattenbury. Francis Rattenbury was an English architect born in 1867 and died on 1935. This architect is very known because he had designed several notable buildings of the city such as: The Empress Hotel and British Columbia Parliament Buildings. After an enjoyable day visiting this art gallery, you can also visit some of the grey Vancouver lounges, which are the following:

1- Oasis Ultra Lounge

2- Vinyl Retro Lounge

3- Century House

4- Mirage

5- Ambrozia Lounge

6- Upstage Lounge, etc.