EXHIBITIONS
The Museum of Anthropology at UBC presents Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision
The Museum of Anthropology at UBC presents the world premiere of Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision, on display from March 19, 2026–January 3, 2027. Guest curated by Luis Manuel González, Adjunct Professor in UBC’s Department of Anthropology, this bilingual (English and Spanish) exhibition explores Andean cosmovision—a holistic spiritual framework explaining the universe—through nearly 100 ancient artifacts crafted from ceramic, textile, bone, shell, and wood. The exhibition reflects ancestral understandings of a world where life and death coexist in a continuous cycle, or “Tupananchiskama,” meaning “until life brings us together again.”
(Museum of Anthropology, 6393 NW Marine Drive, Mar. 19—Jan. 3, 2027)
Becoming: The Art of Gu Xiong
For over five decades, Gu Xiong (b. 1953) has shaped contemporary art in Canada and China. Centering personal memory and lived experience, his work gives voice to individuals often rendered invisible within transnational cultures and histories. Becoming: The Art of Gu Xiong is a comprehensive celebration of the artist’s practice, bringing together key works from his personal collection alongside loans from public and private collections.
(Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9, May 28–Feb. 7, 2027)
The Reach Gallery Museum: Interglacial
The Reach Gallery Museum presents Interglacial by environmental artist and advocate Desirée Patterson from July 11, 2026, to March 20, 2027. The exhibition examines the present as a critical moment in history, in which the global climate crisis puts the future well-being of our planet in the balance. Patterson will present five ambitious new bodies of work, developed in close collaboration with eminent Canadian glaciologists, forest scientists, and climate policy advisors. At the centre of the exhibition is Still in Place, a monumental suspended textile and sound installation developed with Dr. Brian Menounos at Place Glacier. Echoing the glacier’s contours, the work consists of 100 cyanotype panels capturing an analogue time-lapse of glacial melt and accompanied by a soundscape drawn from Patterson’s field recordings. Also on view is the installation From the Ashes (2025), which reflects on the devastating wildfires of 2024 in Jasper National Park, and the Spotlight on Scientists video series featuring the artist’s scientific collaborators.
(The Reach Gallery Museum, 32388 Veterans Way, Abbotsford, BC, V2T 0B3, Jul. 11, 2026 - Mar. 20, 2027)
Landon Mackenzie: Weather Patterns
Starting in the shallow tidewaters of Cardigan Bay on Prince Edward Island, Landon Mackenzie’s Weather Pattern series (2021–) balances chance and control to envelop the viewer in the artist’s painted worlds. Looking at the dotted sandstone-inspired canvases, you might see a charged nervous system, a celestial body, or the microcosm of a riverbed’s speckled surface. The depth of each painting reveals the linen canvas as a site-responsive material that soaks up its environment. Saltwater, sunshine, wind, rain, dew, and starry nights all become foundational materials in Mackenzie’s works. Merging paint and weather, the canvases evoke the intimate connection between internal and external landscapes. To begin this bi-coastal project, Mackenzie first stapled the river-soaked linen to a wooden porch on PEI, where she applied a multitude of colours. The artist next rolled and shipped the work like a tapestry to her Vancouver studio, where she responded to the transformed surface. Each of these large paintings was enlivened by its interaction with East Coast summer tides before coalescing in the artist’s West Coast studio. Image credit: 1. Landon Mackenzie, Weather Pattern #6 (Stripes+Tides), 2023, synthetic polymer on linen, 86” x 151”. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.
(Evergreen Arts and The Gallery at Evergreen Arts, 1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7Y3, Sep. 5 – Nov. 22, 2026)
Cradled Origins
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art and YVR Art Foundation present Cradled Origins, on view September 12, 2026 – January 17, 2027. This multi-medium showcase exhibition brings together eight emerging and mid-career First Nations artists working across carving, weaving, painting, and beadwork, each honouring cultural knowledge while expanding their individual practice. Several of the featured artists worked alongside mentors, a testament to the vital role of intergenerational knowledge keepers in the continued vitality of Northwest Coast art traditions. Cradled Origins features contemporary Indigenous artworks including paintings, carvings, and textiles by the recipients of YVR Art Foundation’s 2024 art scholarship awards: Chase Gray, Chico Seitcher, Delphine Campbell, Grace Edwards, James Kwaksistala, Kashka Clellamin, Randi Ball and Serena Steel.
(Bill Reid Gallery, 639 Hornby St., Vancouver, BC, Sept. 12—Jan. 17)
Kyla Bourgh: French Ending
French Ending is an exhibition and bilingual book project by Vancouver artist and writer Kyla Bourgh, created in collaboration with Buenos Aires-based publisher and designer Viviana Maidanik, with French translations by Antonio Werli. Bringing together Bourgh’s original conté illustrations, writing, and the collaborative process behind the publication, French Ending explores what happens when language is incomplete. Drawing from Bourgh’s experience of living in a country where she had only a partial command of the local language, the project considers estrangement, identity, misunderstanding, and the meaningful connections that can form despite the limits of words. The title refers to a narrative convention that leaves a story unresolved, inviting the audience to complete it through their own experience and interpretation. In French Ending, that openness extends across writing, illustration, translation, and collaboration.
(THIS Gallery, 108 East Broadway (alley entrance), Vancouver, Oct. 9—18)
In Conversation: Naomi Watkins and Tania Willard on Resonant Bodies
Join grunt gallery on Oct. 18, 2026, for an evocative artist talk featuring Naomi Watkins in conversation with curator and artist Tania Willard. Together, the artists will explore Watkins’ exhibition Resonant Bodies, examining how raw materials, kinetic movement, and acoustic frequencies transform the gallery into a surrogate landscape of reciprocal return. Centering Secwépemc culture and language (Secwepemctsin), the dialogue delves into the installation’s sensory architecture, including carved cedar chambers carrying aerial waterways and low-frequency transducers that physically pulse through the room. Watkins and Willard will unpack the intersections of ancestral land, material memory, sound, and nationhood, and how contemporary spatial practices can ground viewers in relational humility.
(grunt gallery, #116–350 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5T 4R8, Oct. 18)
Tea, Tour & Textiles: Knitting the Landscape (Ages 50+)
Treat yourself to a private guided tour of Landon Mackenzie: Weather Patterns at the Gallery at Evergreen Arts. This immersive body of work draws viewers into painted worlds shaped by chance, control, and the elemental forces of place. Mackenzie’s richly layered canvases—inspired by riverbeds, tidewaters, and celestial systems—invite close looking and quiet reflection. After the tour, relax in the scenic lakeside lobby with complimentary tea, coffee, and light refreshments. Then, settle in for a cozy morning of knitting inspired by Mackenzie’s process-driven practice and her use of linen as a responsive, living surface. Bring your own knitting project or join the arts specialist to explore simple stitches, textures, and patterns. All are welcome.
(Evergreen Arts, 1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7Y3, Oct. 20)
Color Correction with Margaret Honda
This program is presented in conjunction with Film Posters, Margaret Honda’s solo exhibition at the Audain Gallery at the School for the Contemporary Arts. The exhibition opens on October 20 at 6:00 pm and runs from October 21 to December 5. Honda is the SCA’s Fall 2026 Audain Visual Artist in Residence. Color Correction will be followed by a conversation with Margaret Honda.
(The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC, Oct. 22, 7:00 PM)
11 Mood – Scott Bertram
11 Mood is a solo exhibition of abstract paintings by Vancouver Island artist Scott Bertram. Through an improvisational painting process, Bertram explores uncertainty, perception and the possibilities of not knowing. The exhibition invites viewers to slow down, look closely and experience ambiguity without the need to resolve it.
(THIS Gallery, Oct. 23—Nov. 1; Opening reception: Oct. 24)
The Ornament Collection
The Craft Council of BC (CCBC) is excited to introduce The Ornament Collection, a festive fundraiser and curated exhibition celebrating the art of making ornaments. Launching in the holiday season, this annual event will showcase a dazzling variety of handcrafted ornaments created by artists from across British Columbia. Join in celebrating the season and the creativity of BC artists with a display of handcrafted ornaments, from traditional to wildly imaginative, in every medium. Each piece supports contemporary craft and local makers. The gallery exhibition runs from November 24, 2026, to January 6, 2027.
(Craft Council of BC, 1386 Cartwright St., Vancouver, Nov. 24–Jan. 6)
WORKSHOPS
Book Binding Workshop: Coptic Sketchbooks With Ember Muninn
Learn how to make your own lay-flat sketchbooks using one of the world’s oldest binding methods. In this four-hour workshop, students will learn how to test for paper grain and transform large sheets of paper into signatures, create hard covers with book cloth and decorative paper, and sew a sketchbook using the signature Coptic stitch. This workshop is perfect for artists who want to learn how to make their own completely custom sketchbooks. All tools and materials are provided.
(THIS Gallery, 108 East Broadway (alley entrance), Vancouver, Oct. 18)
Florals in Bloom with Lauren Morris
This hands-on class will introduce participants to the creative process of painting flowers with acrylics, with a strong focus on colour mixing and layering. We will explore how to mix colours, create depth by building up layers of paint, and use different brush techniques to add texture, movement and expression. Participants will be guided through creating a floral painting while experimenting with composition, colour and technique, allowing each person to develop the painting in their own unique creative style. The emphasis is on learning, experimenting and having fun with colour while enjoying the freedom of acrylic painting.
(Music Box, Harmony Room, 1564 Argyle Avenue, West Vancouver, BC V7V 1A1, Oct. 18 and Nov. 8)
Workshop: Build a Colourful Drawing Practice with Fiona Rough
Want to make art more regularly, but struggle to find the time? Build a colourful creative practice that fits into your life using just a sketchbook, pencil crayons and the world around you. Start small. Look closely. Draw in colour. This relaxed, beginner-friendly workshop focuses on building a regular creative practice with just a sketchbook and pencil crayons. Participants will work small, draw from everyday objects and supplied reference photos, and explore colour through playful exercises.
(THIS Gallery, 108 East Broadway (alley entrance), Vancouver, Nov. 1)
