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Vancouver Art Gallery announces two major gifts Gordon Smith, Untitled, 1996, Acrylic on canvas, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund. VANCOUVER .-The Vancouver Art Gallery received a bequest of $1 million from artist Gordon Smith, together with a generous matching donation of an additional $1 million from Stephen and Gail Jarislowsky and The Jarislowsky Foundation. With this new endowment fund, the Vancouver Art Gallery announced the creation of a new curatorial position: Curator of Canadian Art. The Gallery believes this to be an unprecedented beq...

Article content Gordon Smith was a big supporter of Canadian art. He always went to exhibitions by other artists, often bought their work, and sometimes even provided financial support. It’s one of the reasons he was hailed as the most beloved artist in B.C. when he died on Jan. 18, 2020, at age 100. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Beloved artist Gordon Smith's legacy lives on at Vancouver Art Gallery with $1M donation Back to video Smith was also a very generous supporter of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Tuesday, the gallery announced that Sm...