Two new exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery explore the power of storytelling
Joyce Wieland, Untitled, 1991, ink, metallic ink, graphite on paper, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of Donna Montague, © National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Photo: Rachel Topham. Vancouver Art Gallery.
VANCOUVER
.- On February 20, the Vancouver Art Gallery opens Sun Xun: Mythological Time and Stories that animate us, two dynamic and compelling exhibitions that draw from a diverse range of oral histories, narratives, knowledge systems and cosmologies.
In his first solo exhibition in Canada, Sun Xun employs printmaking and animation to produce ambitious works that contend with notions of time and history, fantasy and reality, and ideology and myth. In his highly imaginative video installation Mythological Time (2016), Sun takes viewers on a journey through his hometown of Fuxin in northern China, a coalmining centre facing the depletion of its economic lifeblood. Premiering at the
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston announces plans to reopen with new look inside and out
Installation view of Wild Life: Elizabeth Murray and Jessi Reaves, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas, 2021. Photo by Sean Fleming.
HOUSTON, TX
.-Contemporary Arts Museum Houston will reopen its doors to the public at noon on Thursday, February 18, 2021, following a closure since March 16, 2020, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. During this prolonged closure, CAMH has not only redesigned the exterior plaza at the intersection of Montrose and Bissonnet, but guests will be welcomed into a completely restored and renovated Brown Foundation Gallery as well.
To ensure the health and well-being of its visitors and following the City of Houstons guidance, the Museum will operate at a reduced visitor capacity and has implemented several new safety protocols. All staff and visitors will be required to wear face masks, follow physical distancing measures, and pass a non-invasive temperatur