Audain Art Museum

Emily Carr’s 1940 painting ‘Survival’ returns to British Columbia

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Audain Art Museum (AAM) in Whistler, BC, which has acquired a noteworthy Emily Carr painting, revealed it to media in downtown Vancouver this morning.

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  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Audain Art Museum (AAM) in Whistler, BC, which has acquired a noteworthy Emily Carr painting, revealed it to media in downtown Vancouver this morning.
  • Titled ‘Survival,’ the 28 x 23-inch oil on canvas, signed by Emily Carr in 1940, had not been exhibited publicly for almost 60 years.
  • This piece was one of four Emily Carr works in Canada’s debut at the Venice Biennale Internazionale d'Arte in 1952.
  • “I was drawn to this important painting because of the subject matter, the late period in her oeuvre, and its distinguished provenance.

Audain Prize for Visual Art awards $100,000 to Ian Wallace

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

Wallace also taught at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design from 1972 to 1998.

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  • Wallace also taught at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design from 1972 to 1998.
  • The Audain Prize, which was established in 2004, is one of the big three annual Canadian arts awards granting the winner a cash prize of $100,000.
  • It is a great honour to make this award to one of B.C.s greatest living artists Ian Wallace, says Michael Audain, Chairman of the Audain Foundation.
  • In addition to the $100,000 Audain Prize for Visual Art, the Audain Foundation funds five $7,500 travel grants for students in university-level visual arts programs.

Audain Art Museum gets Out of Control with playful exhibition highlighting the intersection between contemporary art and skateboarding

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

The AAM's Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator Kiriko Watanabe and guest curator Patrik Andersson collaborated to develop the Out of Control exhibition and publication.

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  • The AAM's Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator Kiriko Watanabe and guest curator Patrik Andersson collaborated to develop the Out of Control exhibition and publication.
  • That's why we're excited to sponsor the Out of Control: The Concrete Art of Skateboarding exhibition at the Audain Art Museum," explains Christina Sunwoo, Manager, Community Engagement.
  • The Audain Art Museum is grateful to be on the shared, unceded territory of the Swxw7mesh (Squamish) Nation and Lilwat7l (Lil'wat) Nation.
  • The Museum hosts three temporary exhibitions per year that feature artists and collections of national as well as international significance.

Remarkable exhibition of master carver Dempsey Bob to open at Glenbow at The Edison

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

CALGARY, Aug. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The work of Tahltan-Tlingit master carver Dempsey Bob will soon be on display at Glenbow at The Edisons new exhibition Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob, opening September 10 and running until November 20, 2022.

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  • CALGARY, Aug. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The work of Tahltan-Tlingit master carver Dempsey Bob will soon be on display at Glenbow at The Edisons new exhibition Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob, opening September 10 and running until November 20, 2022.
  • Glenbow is proud to host the remarkable works of Dempsey Bob in this captivating exhibition, said Nicholas R. Bell, President & CEO, Glenbow.
  • Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob is at Glenbow at The Edison from September 10 to November 20, 2022.
  • While renovations are underway, visitors can experience exhibitions at the museums satellite gallery, Glenbow at The Edison.

Audain Prize for Visual Art awards $100,000 to James Hart

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Monday, November 8, 2021

The Audain Prize, which was established in 2004, is one of the big three annual Canadian arts awards granting the winner a cash prize of $100,000.

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  • The Audain Prize, which was established in 2004, is one of the big three annual Canadian arts awards granting the winner a cash prize of $100,000.
  • The ScotiabankGiller Prize (celebrating excellence in Canadian fiction) and the Sobey Art Award(for a contemporary Canadian artist) are in this rare company.
  • It is a real honour to make this award to one of B.C.s greatest living artists Jim Hart, says Michael Audain, Chairman of the Audain Foundation.
  • In addition to the $100,000 Audain Prize for Visual Art, the Audain Foundation funds five $7,500 travel grants for students in university-level visual arts programs.