This self taught artist and industrial designer’s interest lies in the psychology of visual perception and exerts enormous influence within Italy.

Blackwater Ophelia is a video-recorded tableau vivant inspired by the 1852 painting Ophelia by John Everett Millais.

Acclaimed photographer, Fred Herzog is known primarily for his photos of life in Vancouver. His work focuses primarily on “ordinary” people, the working class, and their connections to the city around them.

Fred Herzog

Fred Herzog, born in 1930 in Stuttgart, Germany, is a photographer known primarily for his photographs of life in Vancouver, BC. Professionally he was a medical photographer and associate director of the UBC Department of Biomedical Communication. He also taught at Simon Fraser University.

Neil Campbell

Neil Campbell’s work engages with physical space to affect our senses, producing both retinal and phenomenological experience. Working directly on the wall, his geometric imagery transforms architectural space in such a way that the viewer’s attention is directed to the act of perception.

A Visionary’s Vision: When Two Artists Collide

In March 2015, Fairmont Pacific Rim unveiled 16.480 by Omer Arbel in our main entrance. On any given day, you can see the best collection of really beautiful cars in Vancouver, so owner and developer Ian Gillespie knew the space resonated with people and something special needed to be there.

The Fairmont Presents “The Art of Development” in Hotel that Helped Define Vancouverism

“The hotel was designed by James Cheng, an architect who blends elements of Asian design with modern west-coast demands for the hi-tech. His green glass towers have come to define the term “Vancouverism.”

NEIGHBOUR | The Vancouver Art Gallery

If you don’t equate Vancouver with “art haven,” it’s time you discovered the fantastic Vancouver Art Gallery.

Study for le Mépris I – XIII

Born in the UK but a longtime resident of Vancouver, artist Ian Wallace is recognized as an influential figure in the development of internationally acknowledged photographic and conceptual art practice.

A Visionary’s Vision: His Story

For Ian Gillespie of Westbank, it isn’t necessarily about the quantity of projects produced, it’s the quality. There’s many artists in the world who have created great work, but they don’t have the reputation of having created an incredible body of work. Every year, another new project gets added to Westbank’s collection and it’s ever improving.

Hello Spring ’16’ Unveil

On March 4, 2015, we unveiled a new light installation by Bocci in our main hotel entrance. Beginning with a spring fashion show curated by luxury retailer Holt Renfrew, and followed by an appearance from the artist Omer Arbel, the evening was capped off with a dramatic reveal of the artwork titled ’16’.

“16” by Bocci – The light.

“The gratifying thing about this project is to see a spark from the past finally realized,”