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Guest curated by Makiko Hara, independent curator and Nozomu Ogawa, Director of Ongoing Association
Ongoing / Pacific Crossings is the culmination of a seven–year cultural exchange between Tokyo’s Art Center Ongoing (ACO), Richmond Art Gallery, and guest curator Makiko Hara. Since 2019, the partners have facilitated sustained exchanges between Vancouver–and Tokyo–based artists and curators, fostering long–term dialogue and collaboration. This …
This compact, tactile ceramic work invites visitors to experience it from every angle. While deceptively simple, at closer glance it resembles an artifact unearthed from the ocean, with fossilized remains encased in stone over time. Wrapped around the piece’s slab-like form is the embedded figure of a fish and hand-painted and stylized sakura (cherry blossoms). This lyrical entwining evokes movement …
Exhibition launch: July 25
Richmond Art Gallery is thrilled to launch a new outdoor initiative, which will present annually a new large-scale banner highlighting the artwork of a local Indigenous artist. Installed on its exterior walls facing the busy Minoru Boulevard, the first banner in this series is by Manuel Axel Strain, a gifted artist of Musqueam, Simpcw, and Syilx descent. The banner displays …
