Vancouver Art Gallery
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| Established | 1931 |
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| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 49°16′58″N 123°07′14″W / 49.282875°N 123.120464°W |
| Type | Art gallery |
| Website | Vancouver Art Gallery |
| Official name | Former Vancouver Law Courts National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1980 |
The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) is the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada and the largest in Western Canada. It is located at 750 Hornby Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its permanent collection of about 11,000 artworks includes more than 200 major works by Emily Carr, the Group of Seven, Jeff Wall, Harry Callahan and Marc Chagall.
The Vancouver Art Gallery was founded in 1931 and had its first home at 1145 West Georgia Street. In 1983 it moved to the Hornby Street location, the former provincial courthouse. It was renovated at a cost of $20 million by architect Arthur Erickson, which completed his modern three city-block Robson Square complex. The gallery connects to the rest of the complex via an underground passage below Robson Street to an outdoor plaza, restaurants, the University of British Columbia's downtown satellite campus, government offices, and the new Law Courts at the southern end.
The gallery has 41,400 square feet (3,850 m2) of exhibition space and more than 10,000 works in its collection, most notably its Emily Carr collection. It has also amassed a significant collection of photographs. In addition to exhibitions of its own collection, the gallery regularly hosts touring exhibitions. The gallery also features a variety of public programmes and lectures.
The gallery also has a gift shop, a café, and a library.
In March 2007, the 2010 Olympic countdown clock was placed in the front lawn of the VAG. It was open for free for the public to see. The clock has since been disassembled, with one half going to BC Place and the other to Whistler Village.
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