Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Local Showcase Vancouver Now!
The Vancouver Art Gallery presents Vancouver Now!, a new rotating exhibition series celebrating the artists shaping Vancouver.
Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Local Showcase Vancouver Now!
Dedicated to emerging and mid-career artists whose practices are timely, distinctive and deeply connected to the city, the series reflects the Gallery’s commitment to championing local artistic voices and keeping its finger on the pulse of Vancouver’s evolving cultural landscape.
The Gallery already announced the first five Vancouver Now! exhibitions, showcasing the exceptional diversity and ambition of Vancouver’s contemporary artists.
“The first five Vancouver Now! exhibitions speak to the incredible depth of artistic talent in Vancouver,” says Eva Respini, Interim Co-CEO & Curator at Large. “Across painting, drawing, sculpture and installation, these artists are producing some of the most exciting work in Canada today. This series is our commitment to making local artists’ work a regular and visible part of the Gallery experience.”
The inaugural Vancouver Now! exhibition features interdisciplinary artist Emily Hermant, whose intricate weavings transform recycled electrical wires and data cables into richly textured compositions through a meticulous making process.
The exhibition coincides with the Vancouver Art Gallery’s acquisition of Hermant’s suspended sculpture Talk Through Me (2024), an important addition to the Gallery’s growing collection of contemporary Canadian art and a reflection of its commitment to supporting artists living and working in B.C.
Artist Talk
- Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- Location: Rooftop Pavilion – Vancouver Art Gallery
- Details: Hear from Vancouver artist Emily Hermant as she discusses the inaugural Vancouver Now! exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Learn about the ideas, materials and processes behind her meticulously woven works. Register online in advance.
Vancouver Now! will continue with a rotating program of solo exhibitions by Vancouver artists. Following Emily Hermant, the series will feature Annie Briard, whose immersive installations combine video, light and sound to explore perception and the ways we experience the world, and Manjot Kaur, whose richly detailed paintings and multichannel sound installation draw on the traditions of Indian miniature painting to imagine hybrid human-bird beings inspired by Hindu female deities.
The series continues through 2028 with Lauren Crazybull, who creates portrait-based paintings that consider Indigenous presence, self-representation and multiplicity while asserting the humanity and resilience of Indigenous peoples, followed by Karice Mitchell, who transforms found images through analogue and digital processes to explore Black femme visibility, protection and alternative ways of being.
The Gallery will present a series of public programs throughout the run of Vancouver Now!. Program details will be announced on a rolling basis.
Exhibition Schedule
Vancouver Now! Emily Hermant
August 7–November 22, 2026
Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Richard Hill, Smith Jarislowsky Senior Curator of Canadian Art
Vancouver Now! Annie Briard
December 11, 2026–March 29, 2027
Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Siobhan McCracken Nixon, Audain Associate Curator of BC Art
Vancouver Now! Manjot Kaur
April 16–August 8, 2027
Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Diana Freundl, Senior Curator
Vancouver Now! Lauren Crazybull
August 27, 2027–January 9, 2028
Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Camille Georgeson-Usher, Audain Senior Curatorial Advisor on Indigenous Art
Vancouver Now! Karice Mitchell
January 28–May 22, 2028
Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Stephanie Rebick, Interim Director of Exhibitions & Publishing
And don’t forget Free First Friday Nights where there’s no admission on the first Friday night of each month.
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