Metro Vancouver events on August 2, 2018

Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman - exhibition

Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman unites the work of two women artists practicing in British Columbia in the early twentieth century, presenting the paintings of Emily Carr with approximately thirty photographs by Mattie Gunterman

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Douglas Coupland’s Vortex at the Vancouver Aquarium

Douglas Coupland’s Vortex at the Vancouver Aquarium Event description: Experience acclaimed artist Douglas Coupland’s new radical art installation – Vortex – at the Vancouver Aquarium, an Ocean Wise initiative

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Dorothea Lange - exhibition

The exhibition title is borrowed from the idiomatic expression for an anxious state of mind resulting from a prolonged stay in a remote or confined place

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Kevin Schmidt - exhibition

Kevin Schmidt is a British Columbia–based artist whose multidisciplinary practice embodies the do-it-yourself (DIY) sensibilities of an amateur inventor

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Ayumi Goto & Peter Morin: how do you carry the land? - exhibition

Ayumi Goto & Peter Morin: how do you carry the land? is an exhibition that presents the performance art and ongoing collaborations of Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Site Unseen - exhibition

Site Unseen places lens-based works from the Gallery’s permanent collection in dialogue with select loans to explore the way contemporary photographic artists--who start with a documentary impulse to record the landscape - use diverse strategies to create

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

David Milne: Modern Painting - exhibition

Organized by the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery, with exceptional support of the National Gallery of Canada. The exhibition is curated by Ian A C Dejardin and Sarah Milroy

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

waaw! TALKS by Cicely Blain Consulting

waaw! TALKS is a series of events that encourages critical thinking among professionals

Vancouver | Lost + Found Cafe | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture

Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget

The show, "An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life," will include stand-up, film clips, musical numbers and conversations about their lives in show business

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Mixed Improv Arts

Two Improv Directors go head-to-head as they put a team of improvisers through a set of grueling & hilarious improv formats

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Show