Canadian Art Chronology
Category=Vancouver Art and Artists, 1931-1983
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1931 |
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Emily Carr exhibits works, Ontario Society of Artists' Annual, Toronto; Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
Henri Matisse exhibition, Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA, USA
Imogen Cunningham and Edward Weston exhibition, Vanderpant Galleries, Vancouver
Jock Macdonald illustrates the book The Neighing North, Canada
Royal Bank building opens, Vancouver, BC
Sergei Rachmaninov Recital, Granville Street Theatre, Vancouver
Canadian Census, Canada
Radio Broadcasting comes under federal jurisdiction, Canada
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1932 |
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Burrard Street Bridge opens, Vancouver, BC
Canadian Radio broadcasting Commission established, Canada
Chagall, Kandinsky, Rivera, Vlaminck exhibition, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, USA
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation founded, Canada
Emily Carr works exhibited, Canada/USA
f64 group is formed, San Francisco,CA, USA
Hans Hofmann moves to New York City, New York, NY, USA
Harry Tauber lecture, Vanderpant Galleries, Vancouver
Surrealist Exhibition in New York, Julien Levy Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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1933 |
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1936 |
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American Abstract Artists group formed, USA
Artists' Union organized, Toronto, ON
D.A. Siquieros founds the Experimental Workshop, USA
Jock Macdonald returns to Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Julien Levy publishes Surrealism, USA
Vancouver City Hall complete, Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Jubilee, Vancouver, BC
Lost Lagoon Fountain installed, Stanley Park, Vancouver
Civil War breaks out in Spain, Spain
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1937 |
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CBC's Vancouver Station opens, Vancouver, BC
Museum of Non-Objective Painting opens, New York, NY, USA
Patullo Bridge opened, Vancouver/ New Westminster
St. James Anglican Church is completed, Vancouver, BC
Vancouver International Airport attains international status, Vancouver, BC
Nylon invented by Dupont, USA
Sirois Commission appointed, Canada
The new Bauhaus opens, Chicago, IL, USA
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1938 |
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Jock Macdonald appointed art teacher at Junior High School, Vancouver, BC
Lions Gate Bridge opens to traffic, Vancouver, BC
A Century of Canadian Art exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, England
Exhibition of International Surrealism, Gallerie des beaux-arts, Paris, France
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1939 |
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Dali and Tanguy immigrate to the USA, USA
Hotel Vancouver opens, Vancouver, BC
Trans-Canada Airlines inaugurates passenger service, Vancouver/Montreal
World's Fair, New York, NY, USA
Golden Gate Exposition, San Francisco, CA, USA
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1940 |
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1941 |
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Breton, Chagall, Ernst, Lam, Lipchitz and Masson move to the USA, USA
Emily Carr publishes Klee Wyck, Canada
Penicillin comes into practical use, Britain
Unemployment Insurance Act goes into effect, Canada
Vogue Theatre completed, Vancouver, BC
Canada Census enumerates 11,506,660 residents, Canada
Hugh MacLennan's novel 'Barometer Rising' is published, Canada
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1957 |
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1958 |
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General Post Office is completed, 349 West George Street, Vancouver
Seagram Building, is completed, New York, NY, USA
The Affluent Society by J. K. Galbraith is published, New York, NY, USA
Stereophonic gramophone records are generally available, USA
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1959 |
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1963 |
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Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique, New York, NY, USA
Doris Shadbolt becomes curator at the VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Jack Shadbolt executes a mural for the new terminal, International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
First FLQ bombings, Montreal, Quebec
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1964 |
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1965 |
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February |
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The fifth annual Festival of the Contemporary Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Bruce Conner and The Dark Mirror, exhibitions, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Maple Leaf flag is flown officially for the first time, Canada
The Responsive Eye, international Op Art show, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
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July |
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Trips Festival, Pacific National Exhibition Auditorium, Vancouver
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1966 |
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September |
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Images for a Canadian Heritage, exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Systematic Painting exhibition of Minimal painting and sculpture, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
Eccentric Abstraction exhibition, Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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1967 |
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October |
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Frank Stella exhibition, Douglas Gallery, Vancouver
Drawings from the Betty Parsons Collection exhibition, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
New Directions in Printmaking exhibition, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
Vancouver Print International, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
11 Pop Artists: The New Image, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
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1968 |
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February |
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Eighth annual Festival of the Contemporary Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Unification of the armed services into the Canadian Armed Forces, Canada
Piles, an exhibition by Iain Baxter, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
Random Sample, N=42, an exhibition organized by Toronto critic Arnold Rockman, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
Directions '68 exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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May |
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Glenn Lewis exhibition, Douglas Gallery, Vancouver
First night of Intermedia Nights. A four-day festival of presentations by Intermedia, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Second night of Intermedia Nights. A four-day festival of presentations by Intermedia, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Third night of Intermedia Nights. A four-day festival of presentations by Intermedia, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Fourth night of Intermedia Nights. A four-day festival of presentations by Intermedia, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Performance and two workshops by Deborah Hay at Intermedia, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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August |
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Protesting occur during the Democratic Party Convention, Chicago, IL, USA
, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
Les Belles-Soeurs, a play in joual by Michel Tremblay, premieres, Montreal, Quebec
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October |
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David Mayrs exhibition, Douglas Gallery, Vancouver
Werner Aellen becomes director of Intermedia, Vancouver, BC
Earth Works exhibition, Dwan Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Younger Vancouver Sculptors exhibition, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
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1969 |
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1970 |
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Phase 2, Satellite, is launched in mid-September, St. Saviour's Anglican Church, Vancouver
Radical Software Magazine and Expanded Cinema by Gene Youngblood, are published, USA
The Race Track Gallery / Satellite: East End Extensions at the Pacific National Exhibition Grandstand, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Video: TV as a Creative Medium exhibition, New York, NY, USA
An exhibition of performances, Galleria Cavalino, Venice, Italy
First issue of Avalanche was published, New York, NY, USA
T.V. sets in use throughout the world are estimated at 231 million
U.S. census shows smallest number of men in ratio to women in history, USA
World Populations
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January |
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U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew visits South Vietnam, South Vietnam
Donna Wong and John Juliani wedding theatre piece, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
955,000, exhibition organized by Lucy Lippard, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Richard M. Nixon's first State of the Union Message, USA
Oldrich Cernik, is replaced as premier by Lubomir Strougal, Czechoslovakia
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May |
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Four Students are killed and eight others injured at Kent State University anti-war protest, Kent, Ohio, USA
60,000-100,000 people demonstrate against the war in Indochina, in Washington D.C., Washington, DC, USA
Intermedia Spring Show, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
New York Stock Exchange reports the largest single-day decline since the assassination of J.F.K., New York, NY, USA
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June |
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Conceptual Art, Arte Povera, Land Art exhibition, Turin Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Turin, Italy
U.S. Supreme Court ruling on military service exemption, USA
Gathie Falk and Glenn Lewis exhibitions, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Edward Heath becomes prime minister of Britain, Britain
Alexander Dubcek, is expelled from Communist party membership, Czechoslovakia
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October |
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James Cross is kidnapped by the FLQ, Montreal, Quebec
Process Hyphen Product exhibition, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by the FLQ, Quebec
Canada recognized the People's Republic of China as the legal government of China, Canada/China
Recorded Activities exhibition, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
War Measures Act is imposed by Prime Minister Trudeau, Quebec
War Measures Act is approved, Canada
New Directions '70 exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Salvador Allende, a Marxist, is elected president of Chile, Chile
The Canadian government announces the sale to China of 98 million bushels of wheat, Canada/China
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November |
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Age of Edenshaw and The Material Culture of the Northwest Coast Indians, Vancouver Centennial Museum, Vancouver
Concept - Theorie exhibition, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Bernard Lortie is arrested in Montreal in connection with the kidnapping of Pierre Laporte, Quebec
Charles de Gaulle, former president of France, dies of a heart attack, France
Claude Breeze exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
Gerry Schum's Identifikationen broadcast by German T.V., Germany
Oonark / Pangnark an exhibition of Inuit Art from the Northwest Territories, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Roy K. Kiyooka and George Sawchuk exhibitions, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
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1971 |
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March |
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Collage Show exhibition, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
Prime Minister Trudeau marries Margaret Sinclair, North Vancouver, Canada
British Columbia: Photographers, an exhibition of amateur and professional photographs, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Dennis Vance exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Shaikh Mujibur Rahman declares Bangladesh a republic, Bangladesh
N. E. Thing Co. Ltd. exhibition, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC
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September |
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Data, (Italian art magazine) inaugural issue under the directorship of TommasoTrini, Milan, Italy
International Exposition of Visual Poetry, Avelles Gallery, Vancouver
Uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York, USA
Michael Goldberg, Video Tapes and Discussion, Portland, Oregon, USA
The Greenpeace leaves Vancouver for Amchitka to protest against nuclear tests, Vancouver/Amchitka
Claude Breeze: Ten Years, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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October |
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Toni Onley exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
Feather Power exhibition, BAG, Burnaby, BC
New Cinema 2, a weekend of five programmes, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
The Television Environment exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Prospect 71-Projection, an exhibit of photographs, slides, videotapes, and films, Dusseldorf Kunsthalle, Germany
Image Bank Post Card Show, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
Process and Product, noon-hour programmes, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Willy Brandt, Chancellor of West Germany, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, West Germany
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1972 |
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March |
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Vasarely exhibition, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Al Neil: West Coast Lokas exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Art Probe: Symposium / Exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Due West exhibition, BAG, Burnaby, BC
Vasarely in Retrospect exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Vancouver-Halifax Exchange, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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1973 |
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January |
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Maxwell Bates in Retrospect: 1921-1971, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Canadian West Coast Hermetics: The Metaphysical Landscape, exhibition, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
Vatican meeting of Israeli prime minister Golda Meir and Roman Catholic Pontiff Pope Paul VI, Israel/Italy
MATRIX: International Video Meet, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Agreement to end the war in Vietnam is signed, USA/North Vietnam
Military draft ends, USA
Watergate convictions of members of President Nixon's re-election campaign committee, USA
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February |
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Sound / Sculpture, a survey of work by 11 audio-kinetic sculptors, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Mark Tobey exhibition, Galerie Allen, Vancouver / Foster/Richard White Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
Jacques Rose is acquitted on charge of murdering Pierre Laporte, Quebec
Wounded Knee is occupied by members of the American Indian Movement, USA
Better Body Works, exhibition, BAG, Burnaby, BC
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March |
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Gordon Smith: Sea Wall Series, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
B.C. Binning: A Retrospective, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
Western Front holds its inaugural meeting, The Western Front, Vancouver
Artist's Books, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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June |
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Robert Minden, Mind's Eye Gallery, Vancouver
W.A.C. Bennett announces resignation, British Columbia
Aecosthetics, a photographic exhibition relating to the ecology and geography of the Pacific Northwest, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Traces, a retrospective exhibition of work produced in Vancouver from 1964-70, BAG, Burnaby, BC
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October |
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Fourth Israeli-Arab war takes place, Middle East
State visit by Trudeau to Peking, Canada/China
OPEC members agree to cut the flow of oil by 5% each month to force the U.S. to change its Middle East policy, Kuwait
Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Dubai announce a boycott of oil shipments to the U.S., Kuwait
Full-scale war on the Suez front continuesdespite the U.N. cease-fire, Israel/Egypt
Robert Bourassa's Liberal government wins 102 seats in the Quebec provincial election, Quebec
Libya becomes the seventh Arab country to suspend oil deliveries to the Netherlands, Netherlands/Libya
Dieter Rot: Graphics and Books, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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1974 |
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The Helen Pitt Gallery begins operations, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver
V.I.E.W. (Vancouver Image Exploration Workshop) establishes a non-profit society, Vancouver, BC
16 West Coast Artists, Galerie Allen, Vancouver
Video / TV, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Poetry readings introduced, The Western Front, Vancouver
Special Events, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Vancouver Art Gallery Annual Report, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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February |
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Cinematheque begins its program of Expanded Cinema, Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver
Semiotext(e) inaugural issue, New York, NY, USA
Incontri video '74, international exhibition of videotapes, Incontri Internazionale d'Arte, Rome, Italy
Emily Carr's Contemporaries, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC
The Graphic Art of Sylvia Tait, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Ian Wallace: The Summer Script, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
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September |
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Narrative Art, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
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November |
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Transformer: Aspekte der Travestie, Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland
Personal Film: Content and Context, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Robert Michener exhibition, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Bill Reid Retrospective, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Sol Lewitt: 1958-1974, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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1975 |
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Gallery of Photography destroyed by fire, Gallery of Photography, Vancouver
Luke Rombout is appointed director of the VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Alternate Space, Exploratory Space, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
First issue of The Fox is published by Art & Language, New York, NY, USA
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March |
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Yvonne Rainer film presentation, Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver
Pacific Rim Consciousness exhibition, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Arte Video Multivision exhibition, Rotonda della Besana, Milan, Italy
Spots Before Your Eyes exhibition, The Western Front, Vancouver
The beaver is adopted as our official symbol, Cologne Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany
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June |
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Doris Shadbolt takes a sabbatical leave from the VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Robert Rauschenberg exhibition, Ace Gallery, Vancouver
European Transfer, exhibition, Video Inn, Vancouver
The Sights and Textures of Canada's West Coast exhibition, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Tendances actuelles de la nouvelle peinture americaine exhibition, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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September |
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Alvin Balkind joins the Vancouver Art Gallery as chief curator, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
American Masters of the 60s, Galerie Allen, Vancouver
Western Front at A Space, Vancouver/Toronto
Simone Forti. Dance and video works, The Western Front, Vancouver
Grande Biennale de Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Jeff Wall lecture, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Jack Shadbolt exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
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October |
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Images for a Canadian Heritage, Vancouver, BC
Narrative Art 2 exhibition, Cannaviello, Rome, Italy
The Very Eye of Light: A Primer in Experimental Film, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
25th anniversary celebration to honour Doris Shadbolt's outstanding contribution and commitment to the VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Judith Lodge: Personal Historical Land Portraits exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
Selbstportraitals Selbstdarstellung, Galerie Im Taxipalais, Innsbruck, Austria
Paintings on Paper, works by four Vancouver artists, Contemporary Royale, Vancouver
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November |
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John Heartfield exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
International Women's Year exhibition, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Hey-Diddle-Diddle exhibition, BAG, Burnaby, BC
Roy K. Kiyooka: 25 years exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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1976 |
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March |
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Rodney Graham and Robert Kleyn exhibition, The Pender Street Gallery, Vancouver
Art and Cinema, films by Italian artists from 1965 to 1976, Centre International Brera, Milan, Italy
Sechelt Summer Slides 1972-74, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
A week-end with Willoughby Sharp and his friends, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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April |
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Artcore formed, Vancouver, BC
An exchange: Video des femmes at Video Inn and Women's Video at the Powerhouse, Video Inn, Vancouver / Powerhouse Gallery, Montreal, PQ
The Friends of Gertrude Stein, graphic works by artists known or collected by Stein, Galerie Royale, Vancouver
Six Sculptors: New Works, BAG, Burnaby, BC
Gordon Smith: 30 Years in Retrospect, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Kazumi Tanaka exhibition, The Western Front, Vancouver
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May |
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Habitat street banners are widely displayed in the city, Vancouver, BC
Robert Kleyn exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
3 Photographers in Exhibition, Galerie Royale, Vancouver
Pumps' first show: blown-up polaroids and assemblages by Judi Kemeny, Pumps, Vancouver
Art on the Buses, Vancouver, BC
The Legacy. The Museum of Anthropology is officially opened by Governor-General Jules Leger, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver
17 Canadian Artists: A Protean View, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Habitat '76, the Conference on Human Settlements, Vancouver, BC
Habitat: Toward Shelter, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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June |
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Ian Wallace exhibition, The Pender Street Gallery, Vancouver
Night Shift at the Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Greetings from the Urban Wilderness, Artists' Gallery, Vancouver
Jack Shadbolt exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
First exhibition at The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, PS1, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, PS1, New York, NY, USA
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September |
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Galerie Allen moves from Gastown to South Granville, Galerie Allen, Vancouver
SoHo, Downtown Manhattan exhibition, Berlin, Germany
Bill Jones and Ardele Lister: A Different Kind of Romance, The Pender Street Gallery, Vancouver
Robert Wilson and Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Aspects of Realism, Centennial Museum, Vancouver
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October |
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Contemporary Arts Council of Vancouver, a non-profit society, is formed, Vancouver, BC
Michelangelo Retrospective, Pumps, Vancouver
Current Pursuits, explorations and expressions by nine contemporary B.C. artists, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Whole Message - Holos: whole / Gram: message / Holography, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Byron Black, an Infinity retrospective, The Western Front, Vancouver
Polychromed constructions by Georgina Chappell, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
Recent Works, Pumps, Vancouver
Women's Inter-Art CoOp Exhibition, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver
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November |
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The Colour Bar and the Chromosexual, Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver
Robin Mayor exhibition, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Work by seven Canadian sculptors, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Chris Reed exhibition, Artists' Gallery, Vancouver
Edward Paolozzi exhibition, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
B.C. Indian Artists at Work, Vancouver Centennial Museum, Vancouver
Jingle Bell Jungle, a Christmas exhibition, BAG, Burnaby, BC
Andy Warhol: American Indian Series, Ace Gallery, Vancouver
Canadian dollar drops to U.S. 97.09, Canada
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December |
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City of Vancouver purchases artists work, Artists' Gallery, Vancouver
Nova Gallery opens, Nova Gallery, Vancouver
Borduas and America / et l'Amerique, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Women Artists 1550-1950, L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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1977 |
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February |
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Ranjan Sen exhibition, Pender Street Gallery, Vancouver
Beginnings: Roy Vickers's Works, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver
Ouglielmo Achille Cavellini exhibition, The Western Front, Vancouver
Transition: An Examination of Extreme Changes in Style and Accompanying Attitudes, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
Alan Wood exhibition, Equinox Gallery and Pender Street Gallery, Vancouver
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March |
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Off Media: Nuove tecniche artistiche video, disco libro exhibition, Expo Arte, Bari, Italy
Diego Cortez presents an evening of films, The Western Front, Vancouver
General Idea exhibition, The Western Front, Vancouver
Four Places, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
David Hockney and Ed Ruscha exhibition, Nova Gallery, Vancouver
Gallery Move opens, Gallery Move, Vancouver
Al Razutis: Visual Alchemy, BAG, Burnaby, BC
Greg Curnoe public talk, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Cioni Carpi, an audio-visual installation, The Western Front, Vancouver
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May |
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Kim Tomczak, Richard Hambleton exhibition, Pumps, Vancouver
Ceramics '77 exhibition, Centennial Museum, Vancouver
Murder Research 1976-1977 by Kenneth Fletcher and Paul Wong, The Western Front, Vancouver
Dick Higgins, artist-in-residence, The Western Front, Vancouver
Howard Hughes Inc exhibition, The Western Front, Vancouver
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September |
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Tom Robertson exhibition, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver
Just Another Show group exhibition, Pumps, Vancouver
From This Point of View juried exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Xeme Biennale de Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Some Contemporary Art from the East Coast of Australia, The Pender Street Gallery, Vancouver
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November |
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Dada Data exhibition, Gallery Move, Vancouver
General Idea exhibition, Nova Gallery, Vancouver
Nam June Paik Lecture and video-screening, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Don Jarvis exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
True Confections exhibition, BAG, Burnaby, BC
Judith Lodge exhibition, Pender Street Gallery, Vancouver
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1978 |
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January |
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Recent Acquisitions exhibition, Artists' Gallery, Vancouver
Eric Cameron / Noel Harding: Two Audio-visual Constructs exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
videospace, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Maria Fitzgerald exhibition, Pumps, Vancouver
Richard Hambleton exhibition, The Western Front, Vancouver
Vancouver School of Art becomes the Emily Carr College of Art (ECCA), Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver
Punk Films (New Wave), Pumps, Vancouver
Glenn Toppings Remembered, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver
Un anno di arte italianaan exhibition of Italian artists, Gallery Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
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April |
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Montreal Tapes: Video as a Community or Political Tool , Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Cabaret Voltaire, The Western Front, Vancouver
The Ace Gallery opens its new premises on West Georgia St., Ace Gallery, Vancouver
The Zagcouver Show, Video Inn, Vancouver
The New Artsspace conference of alternative visual arts organizations, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Vera Frenkel exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Duchamp: Ready-mades, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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May |
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Joe David, Ron Hamilton exhibition, Bent-Box Gallery, West 15th Ave, Vancouver
Share Corsaut exhibition, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver
Sun Day is observed across the U.S.A., USA
Robin Mayor exhibition, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Lorne Beug exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
The Last Videotapes of Marcel Duchamp and Merce and Marcel, are shown, Videospace, Vancouver
Visa-Vis, a shadow play / opera, The Western Front, Vancouver
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June |
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Sybil Andrews exhibition, De Vooght Gallery, Vancouver
Metafisica del quotidiano, thematic exhibitions, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Bologna, Italy
The Children of the Raven Gallery opens on Homer Street, Children of the Raven Gallery, Vancouver
White Paper on cultural development, Quebec, Canada
Michael de Courcy exhibition, Nova Gallery, Vancouver
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July |
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Robbie Sutherland, Brian Whittingham, Peter Schuyff, and Maria Fitzgerald, group exhibition, Artists' Gallery, Vancouver
Native Art exhibition, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver
Richard Hamilton exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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September |
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Fifth Network Conference, Toronto, ON
Robert Rauschenberg exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Toni Onley exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Northwest Coast Indian Artists Guild exhibition, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver
Language is War Documentation of past performances by Fabio Mauri, The Western Front, Vancouver
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October |
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Music With Roots in the Aether, a series of 14 videotapes, The Western Front, Vancouver
Gathie Falk exhibition, Artcore, Vancouver
Art, Artists and the Media, exhibition and conference, Graz, Austria
Jeff Wall exhibition, Nova Gallery, Vancouver
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November |
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Sally Michener exhibition, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver
13 Cameras, an exhibition of photographs, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
New Works on Paper exhibition, The Western Front, Vancouver
The Hummer Sisters, a Video Cabaret, Pumps, Vancouver
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1979 |
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January |
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Artists-in-Residence program, The Western Front, Vancouver
videospace, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Vanguard changes from a newspaper tabloid to a magazine format, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Copier / Recopier, a photographic anthology, The Western Front, Vancouver
Frank Stella exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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April |
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Andy Warhol exhibition, Ace Gallery, Vancouver
The Marion Scott Gallery presents the work of master Inuit sculptors, Marion Scott Gallery
Feminist Points of View: Yvonne Rainer and Babette Mangolte, Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver
European Dialogue: The Third Biennale of Sydney, Sydney Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia
Bill Featherston exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Sally Michener exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Pacific Rim / Slow Scan, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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May |
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Video '79, Rome, Italy
Ian Wallace exhibition, Nova Gallery, Vancouver
Chick Rice exhibition, Artists' Gallery, Vancouver
Jerry Pethick exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
The Bau-Xi Gallery moves to new premises at 3045 Granville Street and opens with a group exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, 3045 Granville Street, Vancouver
Paris Moscow 1900-1930 exhibition, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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June |
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Robert Davidson and Joe David exhibition, Bent-Box Gallery, West 15th Ave, Vancouver
Emily Carr: The Mature Years exhibition, Canada House Gallery, London, England
Evelyn Roth International Festival, BAG, Burnaby, BC
Richard Turner exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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September |
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Contemporary Arts Society lecture series, Vancouver, BC
West Coast Ceramics exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, Holland, Amsterdam
Affinities: Ten Painters of This Region exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Ian Wallace exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Perform. A month-long video festival, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Living Art Performance Festival, Vancouver, BC
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October |
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Emily Carr exhibition, Vancouver, BC
Joseph Beuys exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
The Keenlyside Gallery opens on Granville Street, The Keenlyside Gallery, Vancouver
Marian Penner Bancroft exhibition, Nova Gallery, Vancouver
Robert Davidson exhibition, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver
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December |
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Bill Featherston and Robert Young exhibition, Artcore, Vancouver
Byron Black and Tony Reif film presentation, Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver
Robert Flaherty exhibition of 139 photographs, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Confrontations exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Inuit / TV, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Hank Bull performance, Robson Square Media Centre, Vancouver
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1980 |
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May |
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ECCA moves to Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
Camere incantati - Espansione dell'immagine exhibition, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
Locations catalogue exhibition, Mercer Union, Toronto
Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 retrospective exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
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1981 |
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1982 |
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April |
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The Braineaters, paintings, performance, sculpture, and film, Unit/Pitt, Vancouver
Fred FitzPatrick exhibition, The Western Front, Vancouver
David Keane's installation, The Western Front, Vancouver
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1983 |
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