Best Foot Forward

“We wanted to give the community something different,” says Phil Barnes, the hotel’s general manager. And they’ve done so by pairing up with Versace Home Vancouver for a chic take on Christmas.”

NEIGHBOUR | Museum of Anthropology

From towering totem poles in our spectacular Great Hall, to the iconic “The Raven and the First Men” sculpture in the Bill Reid Rotunda, to more than 10,000 objects from around the world housed in our new Multiversity Galleries, and cutting-edge temporary exhibitions on display in The Audain Gallery, MOA offers endless opportunities for visitors to discover and learn about their own and other cultures.

NEIGHBOUR | Museum of Vancouver

The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) creates Vancouver-focused exhibitions and programs that encourage dynamic conversations about what was, is, and can be Vancouver.

Zhang Huan

Zhang Huan was born 1965 in An Yang City, He Nan Province, China. He is based in Shanghai and New York. Zhang Huan began his career as a painter and then transitioned to performance art before making a comeback to painting.

NEIGHBOUR | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art is a public gallery nestled in the heart of downtown Vancouver. It is named after the acclaimed Haida artist Bill Reid (1920 – 1998). Reid was a master goldsmith, carver, sculptor, writer, broadcaster and spokesman.

Public Art in the Great Outdoors – Downtown Vancouver’s Best Walking Tours

“…Great art isn’t just in our museums and galleries and fall is the perfect time to get outside and discover public art throughout the City.” -Jane Weiss

Where Words Fail Music Speaks

As Vancouver’s premier live music destination, the Lobby Lounge hosts emerging artists seven days a week, with the occasional impromptu guest performance.

ARTIST TO WATCH | Rodney Graham

Rodney Graham pulls at the threads of cultural and intellectual history through photography, film, music, performance and painting. He presents cyclical narratives that pop with puns and references to literature and philosophy, from Lewis Carroll to Sigmund Freud to Kurt Cobain, with a sense of humour that betrays Graham’s footing in the post-punk scene of late 1970s Vancouver.

A Visionary’s Vision: The Evolution of a Growing Art Program

Our owners and developers, Westbank, have now installed 30 pieces of major public art and the evolution of their art practice has mounted from featuring good local artists, to now working with a dozen of the top artists in the world today. The art projects they do lead the design of the building, rather than follow and they get very involved with the artists. Their plan is to keep adding a number of pieces every year.

Ian Wallace

Ian Wallace is a celebrated artist and teacher, best known as a founding member of what has come to be recognized as the Vancouver school of photoconceptualism. In 2012, the Vancouver Art Gallery presented a career retrospective, “Ian Wallace: At the Intersection of Painting and Photography.”

Forest Screen

A photograph of North Vancouver’s majestic rainforest has been brought to life on the perforated steel screen that graces the south western facade of the hotel.

Liam Gillick

Liam Gillick was born in 1964 in Aylesbury, UK. He attended Goldsmiths College in London between 1984 and 1987 and has been teaching at Columbia University in New York since 1997. He lives and works in New York and London.