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3 message from the chair

4 message from the director

6 75th anniversary celebrations

8 75th anniversary exhibitions

�6 2006 exhibitions

34 2006 collection

36 acquisitions

46 publications

47 public programs

48 thank you

55 2006 financial statements

62 board of trustees

62 staff

64 information

stan douglas, Subject to a Film: Marnie, �988–�996, silver gelatin print, collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of

ann and marshall Webb in honour of the 75th anniversary of the vancouver art gallery

message from the chair

axel hütte

New York, Pan Am/Bryant Park, 2002

chromogenic transparency and mirror

collection of the vancouver art gallery

gift of alison and alan schwartz

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after 75 years, the vancouver art gallery is

undeniably one of canada’s leading cultural

organizations, yet holds all the promise of

much more: the vancouver art gallery has the

potential to become our country’s leading art

museum.

for the past three years, the board of trustees

has rigorously pursued a major facility expansion

that will allow us to achieve the gallery’s full

potential in exhibitions, programming and

service to the greater community. in building a

strong signature institution for vancouver, the

gallery will reflect the international excellence

british columbia’s artists have achieved. it will

also embody the energy the canadian west

exemplifies in all facets of our culture, providing

a centre for artistic exchange unique to our

place on the edge of the asia pacific.

as we approach the year ahead, we hope to

solidify these ambitious plans with an exciting

announcement that will capture the imagination

of our city, province and country.

the vancouver art gallery creates curiosity,

initiates thought and instills greater

understanding by presenting the work of

outstanding artists, using the inherent power

of art to engage, motivate and inspire. With a

strategic vision, the support of those we serve

within the community, the leadership of the

local, provincial and national government and

the corporate community, as well as a board of

trustees who are firmly committed to realizing

this goal over the next five years, i am most

confident we will succeed in our mission.

i would like to extend my sincere appreciation

to the city of vancouver, the province of

british columbia, the government of canada,

our patrons, members and staff, to each of

our trustees who continue to guide and direct

this organization with unswerving dedication,

with special thanks to kathleen bartels for her

tremendous leadership in bringing the gallery

to new heights of success. as we enter this

exciting new phase, all things are possible.

george killy

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reaching far beyond its residents

and the six million guests who

visit the city annually, vancouver

is known around the globe as

a model for diverse culture,

progressive ideas and artistic

excellence. for seventy-five years, the vancouver

art gallery has proudly represented this

remarkable city’s thriving cultural heart.

our 75th anniversary year saw many significant

achievements. throughout 2006, we celebrated

our history with a series of outstanding

permanent collection exhibitions and special

programming, reaching new records in

attendance revenue and membership. our 75th

year also saw exceptional corporate support,

with nearly $650,000 contributed by leading

local, national and international corporations.

in addition to financial support, the growth of

the gallery’s collection is of vital importance.

thanks to the generosity of our patrons, more

than 200 artworks were acquired in 2006,

contributing to the collection growth that is so

crucial to the gallery’s future. at the same time,

we laid the foundation for continued expansion

at all levels with the creation of a dynamic new

three-year strategic plan.

our 2006 exhibitions represented a “homecoming”

in the gallery’s anniversary year, presenting

�2 full months of british columbia art and

artists. our internationally touring brian Jungen

exhibition, which opened at new york’s new

museum of contemporary art in the fall of 2005

to critical acclaim from The New York Times and

Time Magazine, came home to vancouver in

January. Takao Tanabe was a breathtaking career

retrospective of one of british columbia’s most

distinguished artists. in the summer of 2006, we

presented an unprecedented exhibition:

Raven Travelling: Two Centuries of Haida Art.

With works from canadian and international

collections, Raven Travelling represented a

monumental achievement, resulting from a two-

year collaboration with haida leaders and artists.

ending the 75th anniversary exhibition year was,

appropriately, Emily Carr: New Perspecives on

a Canadian Icon, a major international touring

exhibition of carr’s life and work.

vancouver is still speaking of our anniversary

events, including the founder’s day celebration,

marking the largest single day for attendance in

recorded history. five thousand visitors enjoyed

the gallery as our guests for this landmark

community event. the 75th anniversary gala and

art auction, a stellar evening which took 400

guests back to the grandeur of another age,

owed much of its success to the overwhelming

support of the artistic community and their

generous contributions of artworks for the silent

and live auctions.

in our 75th year, the vancouver art gallery

reaffirmed its proud past. i strongly believe that

all this magnificent organization has achieved lays

the foundation for the exciting changes we will

see over the next five years, as we create an even

more exciting future through facility expansion.

i am deeply inspired by the incredible opportunities

that still lie ahead for the vancouver art gallery.

it is the vision, dedicated support and continued

partnership of our board of trustees, artists,

donors, members, volunteers, staff and all those

who believe in the promise of the gallery’s

future who will take us there.

kathleen bartels

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steven shearer, Window, 2005, oil on canvas, collection of the vancouver

art gallery, purchased with the financial support of the canada council for

the arts and the vancouver art gallery acquisition fund

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a 75-year success story

In its 75th anniversary year, the Vancouver Art

Gallery had much to celebrate. Throughout 2006,

the Gallery marked a long history as one of the

most important artistic and cultural cornerstones

in the city, province and country.

In conjunction with a year-long series of

permanent collection exhibitions titled 75 Years

of Collecting, the Gallery produced a dynamic

web-based anniversary publication. Visitors to

the website found in-depth information and

interpretation on 75 works selected from the four

collection-based exhibitions, artist’s biographies,

bibliographical excerpts, exhibition histories

and a wide range of collection documents,

including original correspondence, receipts and

conservation records.

On Saturday, October 7, the Vancouver Art Gallery

invited the public to share in the Founders Day

Celebration, a community-wide event officially

commemorating the Gallery’s anniversary.

Admission was ten cents, harkening back to 1930s

era prices. The landmark event, supported by 75th

Anniversary Celebration Partner RBC Financial

Group, attracted more than 5,000 visitors, the

largest single-day attendance in recorded history.

Founders Day also represented the first public

opportunity to view Emily Carr: New Perspectives

on a Canadian Icon.

Founders Day officially began with the

presentation of Canada’s National Anthem, sung

by Vancouver’s own Chor Leoni men’s choir.

Kathleen Bartels, director of the Vancouver Art

Gallery, joined His Worship Sam Sullivan, Mayor

of Vancouver, Graham MacLachlan, BC regional

president for RBC Financial Group, and Mary-Lynne

Jordan, the great-granddaughter of Gallery

founder Henry A. Stone, for opening ceremonies

on Robson Square. Following the ceremonies,

visitors were invited to join in the celebration

with a massive anniversary cake bearing 75

candles. Programming for Founders Day included

special featured performances by Chor Leoni in

the Gallery’s historic rotunda. Aeriosa generated

excitement on the historic building’s exterior

with breathtaking midair performances using

rope rigging systems and graceful leaps of faith.

Visitors also participated in a larger-than-life Emily

Carr collaborative mosaic on Robson Square and

contributed to a commemorative anniversary time

capsule, placing their favourite Gallery memories

in a trunk for storage in the vault beneath the

building.

On Saturday, October 21, the Vancouver Art

Gallery formally celebrated its 75th year as one

of Canada’s premier visual arts institutions at a

spectacular event: the 75th Anniversary Gala and

Art Auction, presented by Mercedes-Benz Canada.

More than 400 prominent donors, philanthropists,

corporate supporters and luminaries of Canada’s

arts and cultural community were in attendance.

For the first time in more than a decade, the

Vancouver Art Gallery’s historic Georgia Street

entrance, with its grand marble staircase, was

opened to receive Gala guests for a champagne

reception and live auction of artworks. Many

of Canada’s finest artists and galleries across

Canada and the United States contributed

artworks in honour of the historic occasion.

Following the reception and live auction, guests

adjourned to the Four Seasons Hotel for a black

tie dinner, silent auction and special performance

by Vancouver’s own Dal Richards Orchestra,

performing songs from the Gallery’s founding

era. Seventy-five years in the making, it was an

evening those in attendance will long remember.

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clockwise from top left:

more than 5,000 visitors packed the gallery and enjoyed activities on robson square at the

gallery’s founders day celebration on october 7.

rcmp officers flanked the red carpet entrance to the live auction and champagne reception at

the 75th anniversary gala and art auction.

mrs. nancy campbell, kathleen bartels and the honourable gordon campbell, premier of british

columbia, pause for a photo during the champagne reception prior to the live auction at the

75th anniversary gala and art auction, held october 2�, 2006 at the vancouver art gallery.

christos dikeakos, co-chair of the 75th anniversary gala and art auction, and wife sophie enter

via the grand georgia street staircase at the 75th anniversary gala and art auction.

leo, the rbc mascot, greets a young visitor at the founders day celebration.

founders day visitors shared in the celebration with complimentary slices of a giant anniversary cake.

gallery director kathleen bartels, his Worship mayor sam sullivan, mary-lynne Jordan, great-

granddaughter of gallery founder henry a. stone, and graham maclachlan, bc regional

president for rbc financial group, presented keynote remarks at the founders day celebration.

chor leoni, under the direction of diane loomer, perform on robson square at the founders

day celebration on october 7, 2006.

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throughout the year, the gallery’s collection was in the spotlight as never

before with a series of exhibitions titled 75 Years of Collecting. the four

modules included British Masters, Pop Icons and The Group of Seven, First

Nations: Myths and Realities, The Road to Utopia and Portrait of a Citizen.

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british masters, pop icons and the group of sevenFebruary 4 – May 14, 2006

Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery

Curated by Bruce Grenville, senior curator, Vancouver Art Gallery

The exhibition included a presentation of the entire Founders’ Collection of more than 150 works and major

works donated by the Gallery’s top donors who have shaped the collection in significant ways.

Artists: Berenice Abbott, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Balthasar van der Ast, B.C. Binning, Anna Blume and Bernhard Johannes Blume, Margaret Bourke-White, Julia Margaret Cameron, Robert Capa, Emily Carr, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Maurice Cullen, Robert Davidson, Rineke Dijkstra, Walker Evans, Gathie Falk, Robert Field, Robert Frank, Ralph Gibson, Richard Hamilton, Cornelius de Heem, Antonia Hirsch, Jan van Huysum, Cornelius Krieghoff, Mark Lewis, Roy Lichtenstein, Ken Lum, Jock Macdonald, John Massey, James Wilson Morrice, Bruce Nauman, Shirin Neshat, Raymond Pettibon, Richard Prince, Edward Quigley, Robert Rauschenberg, Bill Reid, August Sander, Roelandt Savery, Jack Shadbolt, Stephen Shames, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons and Allan McCollum, Gordon Smith, Keith Sonnier, Paul Strand, Takao Tanabe, Roman Vishniac, Lawrence Weiner, Robert R. Whale, Bernard Zimmer and others

installation view of 75 Years of Collecting: British Masters,

Pop Icons and The Group of Seven

first nations: myths and realitiesMay 6 – October 15, 2006


Curated by Ian Thom, senior curator, historical, Vancouver Art Gallery

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installation views of 75 Years of Collecting: First Nations: Myths and Realities

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installation view (left to right): sarah lucas, Bunny Gets

Snookered #4, �997; Jake and dinos chapman, My Giant

Colouring Book, 2004 in Body: New Art from the UK

This exhibition, which coincided with Raven Travelling: Two Centuries

of Haida Art, examined both the self-representation of First Nations

cultures and their depiction by non-Aboriginal artists. Focusing

primarily on the west coast, the exhibition spanned the period from first

contact to the present day. The works reveal two dominant themes—

land claims and self-governance—in the work of a variety of historical

and contemporary art in the collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery.

This exhibition considered the realities of culture, history and

contemporary life by highlighting the proud history of cultural

continuity and potent iconography of First Nations culture, and its

influence on both Aboriginal and European creative production.

Artists: Sybil Andrews, Carl Beam, Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, Dempsey Bob, John Bernard Boyle, Emily Carr, Dana Claxton, Edward Curtis, Frederick Dally, Joe David, Reg Davidson, Robert Davidson, Beau Dick, Christos Dikeakos, Statira Frame, Nicholas De Grandmaison, Edwin Holgate, Tom Hunt Jr., Tony Hunt, Bruce Inverarity, A.Y. Jackson, Langdon Kihn, Cornelius Krieghoff, Benjamin Leeson, Jock Macdonald, Mike MacDonald, Teresa Marshall, Grace Melvin, David Neel, Marianne Nicolson, William McFarlane Notman, George Douglas Pepper, Margaret Peterson, Walter J. Phillips, Susan A. Point, Jane Ash Poitras, Bill Reid, Irene Hoffar Reid, Jack Shadbolt, Gordon Smith, Jeff Wall, Lyle Wilson, Don Yeomans, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun

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the road to utopiaNovember 4, 2006 – January 1, 2007


Curated by Grant Arnold, Audain Curator of British Columbia Art,

Vancouver Art Gallery

In Europe and North America, twentieth-century modernism was

often driven by idealist dreams of an egalitarian future. These utopian

impulses found especially fertile ground on the Canadian west coast,

an environment distinguished by interaction (often unequal) between

European, Asian and First Peoples cultures, as well as close proximity

between nature and a rapidly developing urban environment. Through

key works from the Gallery’s collection, this exhibition explored

the territory between those utopian yearnings and the skepticism

engendered by the tensions, displacements and disappointments that

emerged in modernism’s wake.

Artists: Vikky Alexander, Roy Arden, B.C. Binning, Emily Carr, Nan Lawson Cheney, Kate Craig, Rodney Graham, Arni Haraldsson, Lawren Harris, E.J. Hughes, Beatrice Lennie, Mark Lewis, Ken Lum, Jock Macdonald, Liz Magor, Luanne Martineau, Scott McFarland, Elspeth Pratt, Mark Ruwedel, Charles Scott, Howard Urusuliak, John Vanderpant, Fred Varley, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Vera Olivia Weatherbie

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installation view of 75 Years of Collecting: The Road to Utopia

featuring luanne martineau’s Lubber, 2003, felt and wool,

collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist.

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portrait of a citizenSeptember 23, 2006 – January 1, 2007


Curated by Bruce Grenville, senior curator, Vancouver Art Gallery

installation view of 75 Years of Collecting: Portrait of a Citizen


This exhibition offered, in a variety of themes, a short history of the

portrait of the citizen as presented by artists of the past two centuries.

The relationship between the citizen, the state and culture at large,

both in support and dissent, are a constant and engaging subject of

art. This is a story that is told over time and through diverse media,

each offering a new perspective on our condition. Portrait of a Citizen

presented an opportunity to consider the central role that art plays

in representing the ubiquitous, but fundamental, role of the citizen in

society.

Artists: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Roy Arden, William Beechey, Karin Bubaš, Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Curtis, Honore Daumier, Rineke Dijkstra, Eugenio Dittborn, Sarah Dobai, Lorainne Gilbert, Leon Golub, Francisco de Goya, Andreas Gursky, Theophile Hamel, Robert Harris, Lewis Wickes Hine, William Hogarth, Dorothea Lange, Thomas Lawrence, Tim Lee, Attila Richard Lukacs, Ken Lum, Scott McFarland, Nadar, William Notman, Tony Oursler, Thomas Ruff, Martin Archer Shee, Thomas Struth, Althea Thauberger, Roman Vishniac, Stephen Waddell, Ian Wallace, Jin-me Yoon

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installation view of Raven Travelling: Two Centuries of Haida Art

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the gallery’s 75th anniversary year was marked by dynamic exhibitions that solidified

important community relationships, won critical acclaim and attracted record

attendance. the year began with a double celebration of british columbia art with

survey exhibitions of takao tanabe, who boasts a half-century career as a painter and of

the internationally recognized artist brian Jungen.

the spring and summer exhibitions continued to highlight british columbian culture

in all its diversity. almost three hundred haida treasures from international museums

were brought together for the first time in Raven Travelling: Two Centuries of Haida

Art, an exhibition that marked an unprecedented collaboration. another first was the

retrospective of the illustrious career of local architect arthur erickson, who turned a

courthouse into the vancouver art gallery in �983. the gallery’s increasing interest in

architecture and design was also evident with the exhibition Some Assembly Required:

Contemporary Prefabricated Houses.

in the fall, painting was intensely explored with two exhibitions. Emily Carr: New

Perspectives on a Canadian Icon, co-produced with the national gallery of canada,

provided a fresh and rigorous view of british columbia’s earliest modern master. PAINT,

guest-curated by local artist neil campbell, focused on a new generation of british

columbia talent in the context of a dynamic presentation of bc painting since the �960s.

the season ended with Kyohei Sakaguchi: Zero Yen House, the first exhibition for this

visionary young Japanese architect who has studied innovative structures improvised

out of necessity in the bustling streets of tokyo. With this project, the gallery

continued its unique tradition of commissioning artists from the pacific rim in the

NEXT series of exhibitions.

takao tanabeJanuary 21 – April 17, 2006

Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery in cooperation with

the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Curated by Ian Thom, senior curator, historical, Vancouver Art Gallery

and Pierre Arpin, director, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

2006 exhibitions

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The first retrospective of Takao Tanabe’s work from the 1950s to

the present brought together some fifty canvases and fifteen works

on paper, tracing the career of one of Canada’s most distinguished

painters, teachers and art activists. Despite receiving multiple honours

including the Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia, two honorary

doctorates and the Governor General’s Award in the Visual Arts, this

presentation marked the first major survey exhibition of Tanabe’s art.

This travelling exhibition began with early subtle abstractions and

moved to the artist’s hard-edged works of the late sixties and prairie

landscapes of the seventies. In 1980, Tanabe turned his attention

to the coastal BC landscape, and the body of work he produced is

among the most compelling depictions of this region. The exhibition

is accompanied by a major publication, co-published with Douglas &

McIntyre, with a biographical essay by Ian Thom and essays by Nancy

Tousley, Roald Nasgaard and Jeffrey Spalding.

installation view of Takao Tanabe

installation view of brian Jungen’s Isolated Depiction of the Passage of Time, 200�, plastic food trays, television monitor,

vcr and wood, collection of bob rennie, rennie management corporation, in the foreground

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brian JungenJanuary 28 – April 30, 2006


Curated by Daina Augaitis, chief curator/associate director,


Since winning the inaugural Sobey Art Award in 2002, Brian Jungen

has gained an international reputation as one of Canada’s most

prominent young artists. The Vancouver Art Gallery’s critically

acclaimed exhibition constitutes the first major survey of Jungen’s

innovative practice, presenting a range of work from early to recent

sculptures and installations. This exhibition also presented the

first opportunity to view the entire series of Prototypes for a New

Understanding (1999–2005), a series of disassembled Nike Air Jordan

training shoes reconfigured into startling simulations of Northwest

Coast Native masks, as well as the first showing of all three of Jungen’s

“shapeshifter” sculptures—enormous, suspended whale-like skeletons

constructed from generic plastic patio chairs. Brian Jungen’s complex

works present a unique synthesis of meticulous craft and conceptual

strategies, forging connections between western art history, First

Nations culture and the global economy.

Presenting Sponsor: The Audain Foundation

with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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arthur erickson: critical WorksMay 27 – September 10, 2006


Curated by Nicholas Olsberg, independent curator, and Grant Arnold,

Audain Curator of British Columbia Art, Vancouver Art Gallery


installation views of Arthur Erickson: Critical Works

This exhibition thematically surveyed the work of Vancouver-based

architect Arthur Erickson, widely recognized as the pre-eminent

Canadian architect of the latter half of the twentieth century. The

exhibition focused on twelve projects undertaken by Erickson between

1963 and 2002: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby; MacMillan Bloedel

Building, Vancouver; University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge; Museum

of Anthropology, Vancouver; Helmut Eppich House, West Vancouver;

Robson Square, Vancouver; Pacific Northwest House, Bainbridge Island,

Washington; Napp Laboratories, Cambridge, England; Puget Sound

House, Puget Sound, Washington; Canadian Chancery, Washington,

DC; Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington; and Waterfall Building,

Vancouver. Through these projects, the exhibition examined Erickson’s

use of concrete as a primary material together with the conceptions

of landscape, public space and social value that have provided the

framework for Erickson’s distinctive practice.

Presenting Sponsor: Concord Pacific Group Inc.

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raven travelling: tWo centuries of haida artJune 10 – September 17, 2006


Curated by Daina Augaitis, chief curator/associate director, Vancouver

Art Gallery; Jay Stewart and Peter Macnair, scholars/independent

curators, Victoria; Nika Collison, curator, Haida Gwaii Museum at

Qay’llnagaay; Irene Mills, cultural critic/activist, Haida Gwaii; Lucille

Bell cultural critic/activist; and Vince Collison, curatorial assistant,


As part of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s year-long 75th anniversary

celebration, the Vancouver Art Gallery presented an exhibition that

featured the finest examples of Haida art created in the last two centuries.

Drawn from extensive public and private collections throughout North

America and Europe, the exhibition presented the development and

aesthetic achievements of Haida art from the nineteenth century to

the present. Featuring nearly 300 artworks ranging from monumental

poles and exquisitely carved masks to argillite carvings and remarkable

spruce root weavings, as well as new directions in contemporary art, the

exhibition captured the vitality of a unique and significant culture.

Supporting Sponsors: Scotiabank Group and

Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd.

Artists: Primrose Adams, Rick Adkins, Tim Boyko, Walker Brown, Delores Churchill, Alfie Collinson, Lewis Collinson, Janice Criswell, Mrs. John Cross, John Cross, Agnes Davidson, Ben Davidson, Florence Davidson, Reg Davidson, Robert Davidson, Fred Davis, Mrs Albert Derrick, Freda Diesing, Albert Edward Edenshaw, Charles Edenshaw, Don Edenshaw, Isabella Edenshaw, Jaalan Edenshaw, Johnny Kit Elswa, John Gwaytihl, Ron Wilson Giitsxaa, Dorothy Grant, Jim Hart, Kaigani Master of the Labret Woman, Master of the Chicago Settee, Master of the Long Fingers, Gerry Marks, Mrs. T. Nutcomb, Mrs. Parnell, Tom Price, Bill Reid, Marcel Russ, John Robson, Isabel Rorick, Raymond Stevens, James Sawyer, Simeon Stilthda, Jay Simeon, Evelyn Vanderhoop, Francis Williams, Christian White, Hazel Wilson, Don Yeomans, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, and many unknown Masters.

installation view of Raven Travelling: Two Centuries of Haida

Art featuring robert davidson, Two Eagles, �990 (left) and

don yeoman, Totem Pole, 2006 (right)


next: kyohei sakaguchi: zero yen houseSeptember 23, 2006 – January 1, 2007


Guest curator Makiko Hara

Continuing the Vancouver Art Gallery’s NEXT series, which presents

artists’ projects from the Pacific Rim, this exhibition featured the work

of Kyohei Sakaguchi, a Tokyo-based artist whose practice examines the

significance of non-traditional and informal architecture. Although trained

as an architect, Sakaguchi focuses on photography, installation-based

work and artists’ books. Utilizing Sakaguchi’s interest in housing built by

homeless and dispossessed individuals in Tokyo for little or no money, the

exhibition documented an elaborate sub-culture of architecture that includes

temporary and semi-permanent houses built from scavenged materials and

sited in public spaces.

installation view of Solar System (replica), 2006 in Kyohei Sakaguchi: Zero Yen House

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paintSeptember 30, 2006 – February 25, 2007


Curated by Neil Campbell, guest curator

Recent years have been marked by a vigorous, renewed interest in

painting practices both in Vancouver and elsewhere. Following this

development, the Vancouver Art Gallery invited Neil Campbell, a

leading Vancouver-based artist, to curate an exhibition investigating

local practices and their precedents. The exhibition focused on

an upcoming generation of painters in British Columbia whose

enthusiastic practices bring renewed attention to painting. To lend

context to this new energy, Campbell chose to highlight the work

of Jessica Stockholder and Peter Schuyff—two Vancouverites who

ventured outside of Canada to establish outstanding careers on

the international stage beginning in the 1980s. Selections from the

Vancouver Art Gallery’s permanent collection represent the defining

achievements of BC painters in the intervening decades from the mid-

1960s to the 1990s.

Presenting Sponsor: TD Bank Financial Group

with generous support from the Vancouver Foundation

Artists: Joan Balzar, Maxwell Bates, B.C. Binning, Matthew Brown, Arabella Campbell, Allyson Clay, Gathie Falk, Brian Fisher, Tim Gardner, Graham Gillmore, Reg Holmes, Holger Kalberg, Paul Huang, Roy Kiyooka, Gary Lee Nova, Ken Lum, Attilla Richard Lukacs, Landon Mackenzie, David MacWilliam, Vicky Marshall, David Mayrs, Elizabeth McIntosh, Michael Morris, Toni Onley, David Ostrem, Laurie Papou, Gary Pearson, Philippe Raphanel, Charles Rea, Charlie Roberts, Derek Root, Jack Shadbolt, Stephen Shearer, Gordon Smith, Jessica Stockholder, Peter Schuyff, Takao Tanabe, Ron Terada, Mina Totino, Kenneth Wallace, Ian Wallace, Neil Wedman, Alan Wood, Robert Youds, Robert Young, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Etienne Zack


installation view of PAINT

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installation view of Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon

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emily carr: neW perspectives on a canadian iconOctober 7, 2006 – January 7, 2007

Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and

the National Gallery of Canada

Curated by Charles C. Hill, curator of Canadian Art, National Gallery

of Canada; Ian Thom, senior curator, historical, Vancouver Art Gallery

and Johanne Lamoureux, professor, Université de Montréal

The first national touring exhibition of Carr’s work in more than thirty

years, Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon looked at the

artist through the lens of her career. Beginning with the 1927 exhibition

West Coast Art Native and Modern, which introduced Emily Carr to the

larger Canadian art establishment, the exhibition opened with a partial

re-creation of this landmark show. The second section of the exhibition

presented Carr’s work within the modernist paradigm, including a

discussion of Carr’s relationship to modernism and primitivism. The third

section presented Carr from a post-modern viewpoint, introducing the

many other voices that have been brought to bear on Carr and her work

and examining Carr’s self-construction through her self-portraits and

writings. Collectively, these new interpretations provided a provocative

look and re-examination of an iconic Canadian artist.

Presenting Sponsor: Polygon Homes Ltd.

Artists: Frederick Alexcee, Captain Carpenter, Emily Carr, John William Clark, Charles Mercer Dawson, Charles Edenshaw, Haida Artist of Masset, Unknown Haida Artists, Unknown Heiltsuk Artists, Edythe Hembroff, Edwin Holgate, A.Y. Jackson, Paul Kane, Langdon Kihn, H.U. Knight, Unknown Kwakwaka’wakw Artist, Richard Maynard, Patricia Morley, Charles F. Newcombe, Nisga’a Artist, Unknown Northwest Coast Artist, Nuu-chah-nulth Artist from Nitinat, Unknown Nuu-chah-nulth Artist, Unknown Nuxalt Artist, Theodore Richardson, William Russ, Ann Savage, Unknown Tlingit Artists, Mark Tobey, Unknown Tsimshian Artist, Florence Wyle

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installation view of Body: New Art from the UK installation view of Brian Jungen

installation view of Dawn: Sketches by the Group Of Seven

photo: courtesy of two rivers gallery

installation view of Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon

installation view of Massive Change: The Future of Global Design installation view of Takao Tanabe

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touring exhibitions

2006 was a very successful year for the Vancouver Art Gallery’s touring exhibitions program, with more than

220,000 visitors to tour venues in Canada, the United States and Europe. Exhibition tour highlights included

Brian Jungen, which set attendance records for the Museé d’art contemporain de Montréal, and the final

showing of Massive Change: The Future of Global Design at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.

Dawn: Sketches by the Group of Seven marked the successful launch of Across the Province, the Gallery’s

new provincial touring program. The initiative is designed to circulate exhibitions drawn from the Gallery’s

permanent collection to partner venues across British Columbia.

body: neW art from the uk

A joint project of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the British Council

Ottawa Art Gallery: November 25, 2005 – February 5, 2006

Oakville Galleries: April 8 – June 4, 2006

Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton: June 23 – September 3, 2006

brian Jungen

Organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery

New Museum, New York: September 29 – December 31, 2005

Museé d’art contemporain de Montréal: May 25 – September 4, 2006

Witte de With, Rotterdam: December 2, 2006 – February 11, 2007

Museum Villa Stuck, Munich: March 8 – May 20, 2007

daWn: sketches by the group of seven

Organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery

Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George: March 30 – June 23, 2006

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria: July 7 – September 24, 2006

Kelowna Art Gallery: December 2, 2006 – February 18, 2007

emily carr: neW perspectives on a canadian icon

Organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Canada

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa: June 2 – September 4, 2006

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: March 3 – May 20, 2007

Musée des beaux arts, Montréal: June 21 – September 23, 2007

Glenbow Museum, Calgary: October 25, 2007 – January 26, 2008

massive change: the future of global design

A project by Bruce Mau Design and the Institute without Boundaries,

commissioned and organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: March 11 – May 29, 2005

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: September 16 – December 31, 2006

takao tanabe

Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Vancouver Art Gallery

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria: October 7, 2005 – January 2, 2006

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax: May 27 – August 27, 2006

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario: January 27 – May 27, 2007

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2006 collection in revieW

In 2006, 220 artworks were acquired through purchase and donation, bringing the

Vancouver Art Gallery’s permanent collection to a total of 9,110 works. The Gallery was

particularly fortunate to receive funds from the Audain Foundation toward the

purchase of Brian Jungen’s Furniture Sculpture, a major installation created specifically

for his exhibition at the Gallery. Other highlights of contemporary acquisitions include

Mark Lewis’ Algonquin Park, September and Off Leash, High Park. In addition, the

Gallery was successful in obtaining a matching Canada Council Acquisitions Assistance

Grant that allowed for the purchase of recent works by Vancouver artists Karin Bubaš,

Jayce Salloum and Steven Shearer. Donations of important works by influential local

artists Robert Davidson and Ian Wallace were also received.

The organization’s historical holdings benefited through the addition of significant

works by B.C. Binning, Paterson Ewen, Sam Francis, Cornelius Krieghoff, Walter Phillips

and Florence Wyle. The Gallery was extremely fortunate to receive funds from the Rix

Family Foundation toward the purchase of Frederick Horsman Varley’s painting,

Cheakamus Canyon.

The institution’s impressive collection of photography continued to grow dramatically

with the addition of historical works by George Bankart, Samuel Bourne, John Burke,

Peter Henry Emerson, Robert Frank and Baron Adolph de Meyer. These works were

complemented by the acquisition of contemporary photographs by internationally

acclaimed artists Edward Burtynsky, Stan Douglas, Axel Hütte, Geoffrey James, Cindy

Sherman and Larry Towell as well as portfolios of photographs by Lois Conner, Larry

Fink and Stephen Shore.

The collection continues to benefit from the overwhelming generosity of collectors.

Claudia Beck and Andrew Gruft, Aaron Milrad, Sandra Simpson, and Alison and Alan

Schwartz made exceptional donations of work. The Gallery also extends appreciation to

Laing and Kathleen Brown, Bill Jeffries, Ann and Harry Malcolmson, and Ann and

Marshall Webb for their continued support, as well as to artists Ann Kipling, Gary

Pearson, Jayce Salloum, Larry Towell and Lawrence Weiner, all of whom made

significant gifts of their artwork in 2006.

35installation view of brian Jungen, Furniture Sculpture, 2006, leather sofas, collection of the vancouver art gallery, purchased with significant

financial support from the audain foundation, an additional contribution from rick erickson and the vancouver art gallery acquisition fund

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AlexAnder, Vikky Heike’s Room, 2004 ink jet print on canvas collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of robert g. Woods and petra tode-Woods

BAnkArt, GeorGe “Pickering Tor,” Dove Dale, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

“Pike Pool” (from Below), circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

“Pike Pool”, Beresford Dale, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

A Quiet Nook in Beresford Dale, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Crow-Island Stream, River Wye, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Entrance to Dove Dale, Derbyshire, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Haddon Hall and Homestead, from the River Wye, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Haddon Hall, from the Meadows, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

In Beresford Dale, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

In Dove Dale, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly




samuel bourne, Natural Arch on the Mall—Muree, �863–�870, albumen print, collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of

claudia beck and andrew gruft

acquisitions

In Dove Dale (Staffordshire Side), circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

In Dove Dale, “Habet!”, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Izaak Waltons’ House at Shallowford, Staffordshire, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Lady Dorothy’s Bridge, Haddon Hall, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Near Reynard’s Cave, Dove Dale, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

On the “Sow” near Walton’s House at Shallowford, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Rowsley Bridge, on the Derwent, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

The Path Over the First Brae, Dove Dale, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Tissington Spires, Dove Dale, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Walton and Cotton’s Fishing House (The Doorway), circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Walton and Cotton’s Fishing House, Beresford Dale, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Wolfscote Bridge and Franklyn Rock, Beresford Dale, circa �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

BinninG, B.C. Czechoslovakia, �932 - �933 etching, watercolour, ink on papercollection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of peter ohler

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Russian, �932 - �933 etching, watercolour, ink on papercollection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of peter ohler

Sweden, �932 - �933 etching, watercolour, ink on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of peter ohler

Switzerland, �932 - �933 etching, watercolour, ink on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of peter ohler

Bourne, SAmuel Natural Arch on the Mall - Muree, �863 - �870 albumen print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of claudia beck and andrew gruft

Untitled [street scene in India with markets and figures], �863 - �870 albumen print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of claudia beck and andrew gruft

BuBAš, kArin Woman in Fog, 2006 ink jet print collection of the vancouver art gallery, purchased with the financial support of the canada council for the arts acquisition assistance program and the vancouver art gallery acquisition fund

Burke, John Untitled [from Second Afghan War 1878-80, Man Walking Through River], �878 - �880 albumen print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of claudia beck and andrew gruft

Untitled [from Second Afghan War 1878-80, Man with Rifle in Road], �878 - �880 albumen print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of claudia beck and andrew gruft

Untitled [from Second Afghan War 1878-80, Men around Tree, Tower behind], �878 - �880 albumen print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of claudia beck and andrew gruft

Untitled [from Second Afghan War 1878-80, Scene with Ruin in foreground], �878 - �880 albumen print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of claudia beck and andrew gruft

BurtynSky, edwArd Three Gorges Dam Project, Wan Zhou #4, Yangtze River, China, 2002 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of alison and alan schwartz

Three Gorges Dam Project, Wan Zhou #6, Yangtze River, China, 2002 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of alison and alan schwartz

Conner, loiS Ai Shan, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Baisha, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Die Cai Shan, Guilin, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Fenglou, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Fuli, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Gao An, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Gaotian, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Gaotian, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Li River, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

barbara todd, Overlay, �994, textile, collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of amesbury chalmers collection

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frederick horsman varley, Cheakamus Canyon, �929,

oil on panel, collection of the vancouver art gallery,

gift of the rix family foundation

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Li River, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Mushan, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Mushan, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Putao, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Puyi, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Yangshuo, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman









Yangti, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

Yue Liang Shan, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984 - 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

dAVidSon, roBert In the Eye of the Beholder, �993 screenprint on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated in memory of florence edenshaw davidson (jaadrahl q’iigangaa)

douGlAS, StAn Subject to a Film: Marnie, �988 - �996 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of ann and marshall Webb in honour of the 75th anniversary of the vancouver art gallery

emerSon, Peter henry A Backwater on the Lea, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

A Rainy Day at the Flander’s Weir, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Amwell Church, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Field’s Wier, Near Rye House, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Footbridge Near Cheshunt, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Footbridge Near Chingford, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Footbridge Near Tottenham, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Hoddesdon, Herts, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Keepers Cottage, Amwell Magna Fishery, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

King’s Weir, River Lea, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Mouth of the Old River Stort, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Mouth of the River Ash, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Poplars and Pollards on the Lea, Near Broxbourne, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Stanstead on the Lea, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

The Black Pool, Near Hoddesdon, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

The Conspirators’ Room, Old Rye House, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

The Crown Inn, Broxbourne, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

The Ferry Boat Inn, Tottenham, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

The Lea, Near Hoddesdon, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

The Lea, Near Tottenham, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

The October Hole, Near Hoddesdon, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

The Old Rye House Inn, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

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The River Stort, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

The Shoot, Amwell Magna Fishery, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

Ware, Herts, �887 photogravure collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of nora kelly

eriSAlu, enn Untitled, �980 oil on canvas collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of yvonne darcel

ewen, PAterSon Life Stream with Time Intervals B, �968 acrylic on canvas collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of laing and kathleen brown

Fink, lArry Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA, January 1989, [from Boxing Portfolio], �989 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA, January 1990, [from Boxing Portfolio], �990 silver gelatin printcollection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA, January 1991, [from Boxing Portfolio], �99� silver gelatin printcollection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA, January 1991, [from Boxing Portfolio], �99� silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift




Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA, January 1992, [from Boxing Portfolio], �992 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA, July 1991, [from Boxing Portfolio], �99� silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA, March 1989, [from Boxing Portfolio], �989 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA, November 1996, [from Boxing Portfolio], �996 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA, October 1992, [from Boxing Portfolio], �992 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift



Champs Gym, Philadelphia, PA, February 1993, [from Boxing Portfolio], �993 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Champs Gym, Philadelphia, PA, February 1993, [from Boxing Portfolio], �993 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Champs Gym, Philadelphia, PA, January 1993, [from Boxing Portfolio], �993 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Champs Gym, Philadelphia, PA, January 1993, [from Boxing Portfolio], �993 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Cleveland High School of the Arts #38-8, �998 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Cleveland High School of the Arts #99-14/15, �998 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Fashion Week, De la Renta, Mizrahi, and Klein, NYC #12-38, �996 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

mark lewis, Algonquin Park, September 2001, 200�, 35mm film transferred to dvd,

collection of the vancouver art gallery, vancouver art gallery acquisition fund

acquisitions 4�

Tyson-Ruddock Fight, Las Vegas, NV, March 1991, [from Boxing Portfolio], �99� silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Ventozelo Farm, Ervodosa do Doro, Portugal #40-20, �995 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

FrAnCiS, SAm Straight Line of the Sun, �976 lithograph on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of sherry killam

FrAnk, roBert Macy’s 34th St, New York, �955 - �956 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of claudia beck and andrew gruft

Political Rally, Chicago, �955 - �956 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of claudia beck and andrew gruft

hütte, Axel New York, Pan Am/Bryant Park, 2002 chromogenic transparency and mirror collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of alison and alan schwartz

JAmeS, GeoFFrey New Housing at Langstaff Road and Highway 7, Vaughan, 1997, �997 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of ann and harry malcolmson

JunGen, BriAn Furniture Sculpture, 2006 leather sofas collection of the vancouver art gallery, purchased with significant financial support from the audain foundation, an additional contribution from rick erickson and the vancouver art gallery acquisition fund

kiPlinG, Ann #15 - Landscape - Falkland, B.C., 1976, �976 graphite on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

#17 - Landscape - Falkland, B.C., 1976, �976 ink on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

#37 - Falkland Landscape, July 27, 1982, �982 graphite on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

#38 - Falkland Landscape, August 13, 1982, �982 graphite on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

#39 - Falkland Landscape, August 18, 1982, �982 graphite on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

#4 - Cherry Tree, Lynn Valley, 1963, �963 ink and pencil on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

#40 - Landscape - Takatakamin Winter, �985 charcoal / conte on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

#42 - View through the Pillar Lake Valley, �983 charcoal / conte on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Falkland - Untitled, Sept 3, 1995, �995 ink on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Fashion Week, De la Renta, Mizrahi, and Klein, NYC #28-30, �996 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Gucci, Los Angeles, CA #8-70, �997 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Larry Holmes Gym, Easton, PA, January 1992, [from Boxing Portfolio], �992 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Ring Girls, Madison Square Garden, NY, May 1996, [from Boxing Portfolio], �996 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Silky Smooth, Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA, January 1991, [from Boxing Portfolio], �99� silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

State Theatre, Easton, PA, February 1994, [from Boxing Portfolio], �994 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

State Theatre, Easton, PA, February 1994, [from Boxing Portfolio], �994 silver gelatin printcollection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

Tyson, Ruddock Fight, Las Vegas, NV, March 1991, [from Boxing Portfolio], �99� silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

larry towell, World Trade Center, New York City, September 11, 2001, 200�, silver gelatin print,

collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

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Landscape - Falkland, B.C., 1976, �976 graphite on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Landscape - Untitled, Sept 24, 1995, �995 ink on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Landscape - Untitled, Sept 7, 1995, �995 ink on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Lynn Valley, 1963, �963 ink and pencil on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Spallumcheen, Aug 12, 1996, �996 ink on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Spallumcheen, Aug 8, 1996, �996 ink on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Spallumcheen, Sept 9, 1996, �996 ink on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Trees, April 2, 1981, �98� graphite on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Trees, Aug 25, 1981, �98� graphite on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Trees, Aug 6, 1981, �98� graphite on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Trees, June 1, 1993, �993 ink on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Trees, June 3, 1993, �993 ink on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

krieGhoFF, CorneliuS Autumn Landscape with Indians at the Big Rock, �860 - �865 oil on canvas collection of the vancouver art gallery, anonymous gift

lewiS, mArk Algonquin Park, September 2001, 200� 35mm film transferred to dvd, 4 minutes collection of the vancouver art gallery, vancouver art gallery acquisition fund

Off Leash, High Park, 2004 35mm film transferred to dvd, 4 minutes, �2 seconds collection of the vancouver art gallery, vancouver art gallery acquisition fund

liSmer, Arthur Frederikus Proceedum Westum, �926 coloured pencil, graphite on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the rix family foundation

meyer, BAron AdolF Untitled [Buddist Monk on Porch], �860 - �869 platinum print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of claudia beck and andrew gruft

Untitled [Interior with Lamp and Man], �860 - �869 platinum print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of claudia beck and andrew gruft

Untitled [Pyramids], �860 - �869 platinum print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of claudia beck and andrew gruft

PeArSon, GAry Hotel Room, 2002 acrylic on canvas collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

PhilliPS, wAlter J. The Bear, �942 wood engraving on papercollection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of peter ohler

SAlloum, JAyCe (Kan ya ma Kan) There was and there was not, �988-�998 installation collection of the vancouver art gallery, partial purchase with the financial support of the canada council for the arts acquisition assistance program and the vancouver art gallery acquisition fund and partial gift of the artist.

lois conner, Yangshuo, Guangxi [from Guilin and the Li River], �984–2000, silver gelatin print,

collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of danny baratz and neill Judelman

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SheArer, SteVen Poems VIII, 2005 charcoal on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, purchased with the financial support of the canada council for the arts acquisition assistance program and the vancouver art gallery acquisition fund

Window, 2005 oil on canvas collection of the vancouver art gallery, purchased with the financial support of the canada council for the arts and the vancouver art gallery acquisition fund

ShermAn, Cindy Untitled #250, �992 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of sandra l. simpson

Untitled #255, �992 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of sandra l. simpson

Shore, StePhen Artemesia, [from The Giverny Portfolio], 1977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Field of Irises, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Garden view, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Irises by the path, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Irises in bloom, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Long view of Monet’s Garden, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Monet’s Bench, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Monet’s house, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Orange poppy, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Overview of Garden, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Pollarded Tree, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Poppy and yellow irises, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Rear Garden, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Red chrysanthemums by path, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Red Chrysanthemums, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Roses by fence on the pond, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

The pond, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

paterson ewen, Life Stream with Time Intervals B, �968, acrylic on canvas,

collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of laing and kathleen brown

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Trees by the stream, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Tulips and daisies, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Tulips with purple pansies, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

View from the house, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Waterlilies, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Wheel Barrow, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Wisteria by the pond, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

Wisteria covered bridge, [from The Giverny Portfolio], �977 - �983 chromogenic print collection of the vancouver art gallery, donated by aaron milrad in memory of bella and Joseph milrad

tAkAShimA, Shizuye Isolated man, �964 oil on canvas collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of lorne a. berkovitz

todd, BArBArA Overlay, �994 textile collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of amesbury chalmers collection

towell, lArry Clash Site, Hebron, Occupied West Bank, 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Destroyed Palestinian houses at Egyptian border. Rafah Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip, 2003 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, vancouver art gallery acquisition fund

Mennonites, Dust Storm, Durango Colony, Durango Mexico, �994 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Mennonites, Redekop Funeral, Durango Colony, Durango Mexico, �996 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Palestinian killed in night invasion of Jabaliya Refugee camp. Morgue, Gaza Strip, 2003 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Perquín, Morazán, �99� silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

President Arafat’s Compound following Thaeli invasion of Palestinian Territories Ramallah West Bank, 2004 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Protest. Beit Ummar, West Bank, 2000 silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

Quebec City, April 2001, 200� silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

World Trade Center, New York City, September 11, 200�, 200� silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

World Trade Center, New York City, September 11, 2001, 200� silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the artist

unknown Untitled, August 31, 1926, �926 coloured pencil, graphite on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the rix family foundation

VArley, FrederiCk horSmAn Cheakamus Canyon, �929 oil on panel collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of the rix family foundation

wAllACe, iAn Blue Sketch, �979 oil on silver gelatin print collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of bill Jeffries

weiner, lAwrenCe DAS TOR IST ENG/BOZEN, 2005 textile, paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of moved pictures archive and museion

ENRIQUE EL NAVEGANTE EN UN MAR DE ARENA, 2006 offset lithograph on paper and card stock collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of moved pictures archive and lawrence markey

HENRY THE NAVIGATOR IN A SEA OF SAND, 2006 offset lithograph, paper, cardstock collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of moved pictures archive and lawrence markey

LAWRENCE WEINER/LAWRENCE MARKEY SAN ANTONIO TEXAS, 2006 offset lithograph on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of moved pictures archive and lawrence markey

LO & BEHOLD, 2006 offset lithograph on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of moved pictures archive and the Wolfsonian

RÉSISTANCE À CHAQUE INSTANT DONNÉ QUELQUE SOIT LA DURÉE, 2006 lithograph on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of moved pictures archive and galerie petro sparta

STRETTA E LA PORTA/BOLZANO, 2005 textile, paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of moved pictures archive and museion

X Y & Z, 2006 offset lithograph on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of moved pictures archive and the bawag foundation

X Y & Z, 2006 offset lithograph on paper collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of moved pictures archive and the bawag foundation

wyle, FlorenCe Blue Jay in Sumac, circa �938 plaster, paint collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of linda lando fine art

Easter, circa �928 plaster, paint collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of linda lando fine art

Spring, �9�2 - �9�6 bronze collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of linda lando fine art

Study for North Country, circa �940 plaster, paint collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of linda lando fine art

Untitled, circa �952 wood collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of linda lando fine art

Untitled [Elaine], circa �937 plaster, paint collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of linda lando fine art

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karin bubaš, Woman in Fog, 2006, ink jet print, collection of the vancouver art gallery, purchased with the financial

support of the canada council for the arts acquisition assistance program and the vancouver art gallery acquisition fund

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2006 publications

across the province: daWn: sketches by the group of seven

Full-colour brochure, with an essay by Liz Bruchet

raven travelling: tWo centuries of haida art

182-page hardcover, full-colour book co-published with Douglas & McIntyre, with contributions

by Daina Augaitis, Lucille Bell, Nika Collison, Vince Collison, Robert Davidson, Jacqueline

Gijssen, Guujaaw, Marianne Jones, Peter Macnair, Bill Reid, Isabel Rorick, Michael Nicoll

Yahgulanaas and Don Yeomans

arthur erickson: critical Works

192-page hardcover, full-colour book co-published with Douglas & McIntyre, with contributions by

Grant Arnold, Ricardo Castro (photography), Edward Dimendberg, Nicholas Olsberg, Laurent

Stadler and Georges Teyssot

emily carr: neW perspectives on a canadian icon

336-page hardcover, full-colour book co-published with the National Gallery of Canada

and Douglas & McIntyre, with essays by Marcia Crosby, Susan Crean, Andrew Hunter,

Johanne Lamoureux, Gerta Moray, Peter Macnair/Jay Stewart, Charles Hill and Ian Thom

paint: a psychedelic primer

72-page colour and duotone book, with contributions by Neil Campbell, Thomas Lawson,

Elisabeth McIntosh, Michael Morris, Peter Schuyff, Jessica Stockholder, Monika Szewczyk and

Scott Watson

eyes of laura: Janet cardiff

192-page black-and-white book, with contributions by Bruce Grenville and Ron Wakkary and

reproductions of Janet Cardiff’s commissioned work, Eyes of Laura

next: kyohei sakaguchi: zero yen house

Full-colour brochure, with an essay by Makiko Hara

internet publication:

75 years of collecting at the vancouver art gallery http://projects.vanartgallery.bc.ca/publications/75years/

Four exhibitions represented with colour illustrations and archival information on 75 works

from the Gallery’s permanent collection, with texts by Grant Arnold, Bruce Grenville, Jens

Hoffmann and Ian Thom

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public programs

In 2006, the Gallery’s Public Programs department

focused on presenting diversity in programming that

revealed and activated connections between art and

life on many levels.

Artists Brian Jungen and Robert Davidson, architect

Arthur Erickson and many other distinguished

presenters spoke about their work to large and

appreciative audiences. The venerable British

Columbia painter Takao Tanabe spoke in conjunction

with the exhibition Takao Tanabe and curator

Neil Campbell, world-renowned artist Jessica

Stockholder and young contemporary Vancouver

painters acknowledged British Columbia’s painting

legacy while pointing to the future in an artists’

discussion on the exhibition PAINT. The International

Lecture Series expanded this dialogue with a

public talk by prominent contemporary painter

Luc Tuymans.

Interdisciplinary programs associated with the

exhibition Raven Travelling: Two Centuries of Haida

Art were particularly rich, ranging from a Haida

storytelling area to interactive software exploring

formline design. The knowledge of Haida animateur

Kwiahwaah Jones enriched the Gallery’s program,

along with talks, demonstrations and performances

by the Haida Gwaii Dancers and others. A multiplicity

of voices also framed the exhibition Emily Carr: New

Perspectives on a Canadian Icon, ranging from talks

by exhibition curators Johanne Lamoureux and

Ian Thom to Gerta Moray, a respected scholar who

spoke to Carr’s relationships with First Nations peoples.

FUSE, the monthly interdisciplinary performance

event, continued to make the Gallery one of the

hottest spots in Vancouver for young adults with

challenging and breathtaking performances. The

evening event continues to attract and engage a

new Gallery audience.

supersunday celebrated its 11th birthday with record

event attendance. Each month, families sketched,

painted, collaged, sculpted and danced their way

through all four floors of the Gallery. supersunday

is now established as a “best practice” in museum

education and is a focus of study by early childhood

educators.

School programs continued to grow in ambition and

scope, with more than 18,000 students participating

in exhibition tours and studio workshops. The

Politics of Space, a teen program created in

partnership with King George Secondary School

and the Pacific Cinémathèque, encouraged youth

to explore the issue of homelessness through the

creation of artworks inspired by the work of Brian

Jungen. 2006 also saw an expansion of “teach the

teacher programs” through partnerships with the

University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser

University.

The Gallery’s many programs would not be possible

without the more than 300 Gallery volunteers

who served the organization. Volunteers met the

increasing needs of supersunday, FUSE and other

programs, as well as the Founders Day Celebration,

the 75th Anniversary Gala and Art Auction and the

new Gallery Ambassador program.

ingrid yeung, animateur,

giving a tour of Raven Travelling:

Two Centuries of Haida Art

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the vancouver art gallery is a not-for-profit

organization and generates nearly 60% of its

income from non-governmental sources. its

broad base of community support includes

contributions from individuals, foundations and

corporations in british columbia, throughout

canada and beyond. this support is essential

to the gallery’s continued success in

presenting exhibitions, educational programs,

and preserving its collection. it is with deep

gratitude that the gallery recognizes the

generosity of lifetime supporters and all those

who contributed in 2006.

lifetime contributions

$500,000 or moremr. michael J. audain and ms. yoshiko karasawa

$250,000 or moreanonymous

mr. george and mrs. karen killy

dr. donald and mrs. eleanor rix

$150,000 or moremr. and mrs. peter brown

mrs. gordon southam

mr. milton and mrs. fei Wong

mr. gary r. bell

$100,000 or moremr. elias m. doumet

estate of dr. max stern painting trust

mrs. mary margaret young

thank you

life benefactor endoWment fundmr. and mrs. robert annable

mr. michael J. audain and ms. yoshiko karasawa

merla beckerman

mr. and mrs. samuel belzberg

mr. and mrs. peter J. g. bentley

mr. and mrs. bruce branch

mr. and mrs. robert g. brodie

mr. and mrs. ronald laird cliff

mr. f. peter cundill

mr. and mrs. robert heffel

mr. and mrs. david k.J. heffel

mr. paul and mrs. edwina heller

mr. david e. lemon

mr. ed life

mrs. Jacqueline longstaffe

mary and ian mcdonald

mr. and mrs. gerald a. mcgavin

dr. david i. mclean and dr. siu li yong

mr. and mrs. david mclean

mrs. kathleen meek

John nichol

c. michael o’brian


mr. and mrs. kenneth Woods


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endoWment giving

vancouver art gallery foundation

Supporting the Gallery’s future, year after year

the vancouver art gallery foundation was established in �998 with the goal of creating a permanent fund to offer a steady base of annual support for the gallery in perpetuity. the foundation’s endowment fund is guided by a board of directors and managed by the vancouver foundation. a percentage of the income earned from the endowment fund is distributed to the gallery each year to support its exhibitions and programs.

Board Members

michael J. audain, chair

michael alexandor, secretary

david aisenstat

peter bentley

richard charles

Jake kerr

george i. killy

gordon macdougall

c. michael o’brian

donald rix

garth thurber

$2,000,000 or more

audain foundation - the audain curator of british columbia art

$500,000 or more

the christopher foundation

the killy foundation – the killy foundation endowment fund

the estate of doris kathleen shadbolt - the Jack and doris shadbolt publication endowment

$250,000 or more

the rix family foundation – the rix family internship endowment

$100,000 or more

mr. John and mrs. rebecca mackay

mr. gerald and mrs. sheahan mcgavin

michael o’brian foundation

gordon and marion smith education endowment contributors


$50,000 or more

mr. richard and mrs. patricia charles

mr. ronald and mrs. ardele cliff

the estate of nora doutre gourlay

mr gordon and mrs. barbara macdougall

$25,000 or more

mr. and mrs. garth thurber

mr. daniel and mrs. trudy pekarsky

up to $10,000

virginia and michael alexandor

the estate of ella fell

miss marjorie a. murray

phillips, hager & north investment management ltd.

renaissance fund

the bc arts renaissance fund is an endowment and development fund established by a grant of $25,000,000 from the province of british columbia to support arts and culture organizations across british columbia.

the gallery extends its appreciation to the vancouver foundation for its continuous support through management of the renaissance fund and the administration of this matching grant, as well as those who generously supported the endowment fund enabling the gallery to receive a $350,000 matching grant in 2006.

anonymous (3)

ms. bev albinet


mrs. marti barregar

mr. stephen and mrs. katherine bellringer

mrs. marion l. bradley

christopher and Judith braun

mr. brian and mrs. mikell callahan

mr. richard and mrs. patricia charles

mr. peter a. cherniavsky

christopher foundation

mr. John de courcey evans

moreno and dagmar gabay

mr. and mrs. robert heffel

mr. david and mrs. patsy heffel

mrs. mary c. Jordan

kaatza foundation

mr. lawrence and mrs. sherry killam


mr. robert m. ledingham

mr. and mrs. ralph lewis

mr. John and mrs. rebecca mackay

dr. david i. mclean and dr. siu li yong

meriem foundation

mr. and mrs. frank mingie

dr. John o’brien-bell

mr. arne olsen

pekarsky family foundation

the rix family foundation

mrs. gwynneth rogers

mr. John and mrs. marilyn ross

dr. William and mrs. ruth ross

mr. peter paul and mrs. nancy saunders

mr. e. sonner

mr. donald and mrs. pamela steele

mrs. mary White

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individual leadershipVisionary Circle - $100,000.00 or more

mr. michael J. audain and ms. yoshiko karasawa


Patrons Circle - $50,000.00 or more

mr. david aisenstat

mr. gary r. bell


Director’s Circle - $25,000.00 or more

estate of dorothy freda bailey

estate of manoel gerald de carmo

estate of robert neil dehart

mr. eric savics

ms. lesley stowe and mr. geoffrey scott

Curators’ Circle - $10,000.00 or more

anonymous

mr. peter and mrs. sheila bentley

ms. Jill gardiner and ms. mary taylor

mr. sam and mrs. sylvia ketcham

mr. lawrence and mrs. sherry killam

dr. kevin b. leslie

Collectors Circle - $5,000.00 or more

mr. michael and mrs. elizabeth aymong

mrs. marti barregar

mr. stephen and mrs. katherine bellringer

mr. James and mrs. Judy cheng

mr. helmut and mrs. hildegard eppich

mr. rick erickson

mr. William and ms. suzanne everett

mr. david m. goudge

ms. Jane m. irwin and mr. ross k. hill

dr. marla kiess

mr. Joseph and mrs. nancy kovalik

mr. stuart lai

mr. phil lind and ms. ellen roland

ms. heidi loeb-chang

mr. Jeff mooney and ms. suzanne bolton

mr. c. michael o’brian and ms. inna vlassev

mr. david and mrs. pamela richardson

mr. milton and mrs. fei Wong

mr. peter and mrs. opal Wong

mr. bagley and mrs. virginia Wright

Ambassador - $2,500.00 or more


brian and kathleen bartels

Wallace and dorothy beck

mr. david and mrs. kim calabrigo

mr. christos and mrs. sophie dikeakos

barbara and david gillanders

mr. richard and mrs. carol henriquez

mr. donald and mrs. patricia hudson

mr. Jerry and mrs. susan lampert

mr. mark and mrs. naudia maché

mr. and mrs. frank mingie

mr. todd and mrs. valerie prodanuk

mr. and mrs. William lawrence sauder

Benefactor - $1,500.00 or more

mr. Jack and mrs. maryon adelaar

susan almrud

ms. Joan anderson

daina augaitis

Winslow and betsy bennett

lance W. bernard

mr. shawn and mrs. Jessica bouchard

val and dick bradshaw

christopher and Judith braun

kathleen and laing brown

mr. michael and mrs. darlene calyniuk

mrs. ann cameron

ms. louise cecil

mr. peter a. cherniavsky

mr. robert and mrs. Janine chilcott

mr. Wayne clarke

leslie g. cliff and mark tindle

kenneth and barbara cross

colin and anne dobell

mr. John de courcey evans

mr. a. William everett

mr. david and mrs. yvonne fleck

ms. evelyn g. froese

moreno and dagmar gabay

mrs. helen r. gooderham

mr. david gray and ms. Jill leversage

mr. alexander and mrs. darlene hayne

ms. kitty heller

mr. and mrs. James r. houston

mrs. florence mary hungerford

mr. douglas and mrs. carolyne knight

mr. paul larocque

mr. robert m. ledingham

mr. and mrs. ralph lewis

ms. Jane macdonald and mr. bruno Wall

friedel and martin maché

mary and ian mcdonald

Joseph and arlene mchugh

mr. John and mrs. peggy mclernon

ms. rosemary nault and mr. paul conder

coleen and howard nemtin

dr. John nightingale and ms. Jacqueline gijssen

michael and beth noble

ms. ruth norris

John and helen o’brian

mr. arne olsen

mr. mark osburn

ms. Jeanne parkin

ms. nicole parton and ms. samantha parton

mr. Joshua and mrs. marla pekarsky

dr. martin and mrs. grace robin

mr. peter ross

mr. sam and mrs. shanit schwartz

cathy and david scott

mr. alex shorten and ms. catherine robertson

mr. and mrs. d. shumka

mrs. audrey sojonky

mr. e. sonner

mrs. gordon t. southam

peter and alison speer

mr. michael and mrs. dana sullivant

andy sylvester

mr. bing thom, o.c.

nicholas and vaughan thornton

mr. and mrs. garth thurber

mr. Joachim and ms. zohreh Waibel

mr. allan and mrs. faigie Waisman

h. p. Wakefield

ann and marshall Webb

mr. William and mrs. zoe Wong

mr. bruce m. Wright

Friend - $750.00 or more

anonymous

mr. mike and mrs. megan abbott

mr. alain and mrs. annick boisset

dr. sterling and dr. sandra clarren

mrs. m. e. douglas

ms. Judy gale

mr. William and mrs. renata humphries

mr. carl and mrs. mavis Jonsson

Jack lutsky, susan mendelson and family

mr. lanny and mrs. kathy mann

mr. frank and mrs. marika palmer

dr. William and mrs. ruth ross

mr. gary Wagenheim and dr. carolyn p. egri

dr. crista Walker

mr. eric and mrs. shirley Wilson

Supporting Member - $500.00

anonymous (2)

mr. david a. allison and mr. chris nicholson

ms. celena m. benndorf

dr. dan and mrs. arlene birch

mr. robert d. booth and mrs. casey kelly

beverley J. burns

mr. Jeff christianson and ms. helene lai yau tim

mr. and mrs. gordon r. diamond

mr. brian and mrs. lee ann ellis

ms. teresa m. frolek

mr. doug gordon and ms. stephanie carlson

mr. robert and mrs. roberta hampson

poul and Judith hansen

pamela Jesseau

ms. carol m. Jutte

nora kelly

mrs. olive mary kloepfer

harry locke

mr. peter lutsky and ms. shari goldman-lutsky

mr. f. and mrs. geraldine malkin

mr. Julian marlowe

mr. ross mcdonald

mr. and mrs. g. edward moul

2006 contributors

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dr. and mrs. h. peter oberlander

mr. gilles and mrs. Julia ouellette

cecilia pereyra and sebastián touza

ms. katherine poole

dr. kimit and ms. linda rai

dr. todd raine and ms. Jennifer robison

mr. robert safrata and ms. Jacqueline koerner

dr. todd raine and mrs. Jennifer robison

the scott-sibley family

dr. andrew shannon and ms. Janet andersen

John and nicole starkey

mr. donald and mrs. pamela steele

dr. peter and mrs. sandra stevenson-moore

dr. ian and mrs. Jane strang

mr. edgar sung

sylvia tait

ms. shelly Windover

tony yue

honouring othersIn Memory of Betty Black Stokvis

mr. patrick and mrs. gloria i. black

mrs. Jean bodlak

mr. glenn brown and ms. Janet ingraham

ms. marsha g. douglas

miss. pearl king

ms. elisa m. mclaren

mr. howard and mrs. Wendie saunders

ms. Jeanne Watchuk

In Memory of Maxine Shaw

corporate leadershipLeader - $10,000.00 or more

belfor (canada) inc. /cromwell restoration

fuji xerox co. ltd.

rbc capital markets

West fraser timber co. ltd.

Advocate - $5,000.00 or more

commonwealth insurance co.

ebco metal finishing ltd.

glotman simpson consulting engineers

lehigh northwest cement limited

renlim holdings inc.

Investor - $2,500.00 or more

christie’s canada inc.

denbigh design fine arts

marin investments ltd.

sauder industries ltd.

third eye design

vevex corporation

Supporter - $1,000.00 or more

cundill investment research ltd.

davis & company

osburn/clarke productions inc.

spirit Wrestler gallery

van dop & associates

vanguard security services ltd.

foundations and associationsanako foundation

the andy Warhol foundation for the visual arts

anmar fund

associates of the vancouver art gallery

audain foundation

bing thom architects foundation

british council canada

the christopher foundation

the hamber foundation

Japan foundation

kaatza foundation

kpmg foundation

phyllis lambert foundation

larkspur foundation

michael o’brian foundation

rbc foundation


the sackler foundation

the W. p. scott charitable foundation

simons foundation

vancouver foundation

Weathertop foundation

government supportcity of vancouver

government of canada

canada council for the arts

acquisitions assistance

architecture program

assistance to art museums and public galleries

assistance to culturally diverse curators for residencies in visual arts

department of canadian heritage

museums assistance program

cultural spaces canada

young canada Works

canada travelling exhibitions indemnification program

canada france accord

canadian heritage information network

foreign affairs canada

visiting foreign artists program

arts promotion program

greater vancouver regional district

province of british columbia

british columbia arts council

gaming revenues

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sponsorsExhibition SponSorS

Emily Carr: art, plaCE, CulturE

Supported by:

associates of the vancouver art gallery

takao tanabE

Supported by:

department of canadian heritage museums assistance program Additional support by:

mira godard-bennett

equinox gallery

the Jarislowsky foundation

paul kuhn fine arts

brian JungEn

Presenting Sponsor:

audain foundation

Supported by:

the andy Warhol foundation for the visual arts

Additional Support by:

ms. marti barregar

mr. gary r. bell

mr. greg kerfoot

the ouellette family foundation

the donald r. sobey foundation

mr. bill and mrs. ruth true

douglas & mcintyre ltd.

the Jack and doris shadbolt endowment for research and publications

foreign affairs canada, arts promotion program

SomE aSSEmbly rEquirEd: ContEmporary prEfabriCatEd houSES

Supported by:

members of the vancouver art gallery

arthur EriCkSon: CritiCal WorkS

Presenting Sponsor:

concord pacific group inc.

Supported by:

canada council for the arts - architecture program

Additional Support Provided by:

bing thom architects foundation

James k. m. cheng

helmut and hildegard eppich

hugo and brigitte eppich

glotman simpson sayers

david goudge

phyllis lambert

lehigh northwest cement limited

power corporation of canada

pamela and david richardson

mr. bagley and mrs. virginia Wright

ravEn travElling: tWo CEnturiES of haida art

Supporting Sponsors:

scotiabank group

phillips, hager & north investment management ltd.


Patrons:

teck cominco limited

douglas reynolds gallery

gary r. bell

Friends:

the fairmont hotel

canfor corp.

hemlock printers

Contributors:

Joseph and nancy kovalik


Educational Programs Supported by:

bc hydro

nExt: ZEro yEn houSE

Supported by:

the Japan foundation

fuji xerox, co. ltd.

Emily Carr: nEW pErSpECtivES on a Canadian iCon

Presented by:

polygon homes ltd.

Supported by:

department of canadian heritage museums assistance program canada travellling exhibitions indemnification program

paint

Presenting Sponsor:

td bank financial group


vancouver foundation

Exhibition Patrons:

mr. sam and mrs. sylvia ketcham

aCroSS thE provinCE

Supported by:

rbc foundation


Exhibition mEdia SponSorS:

the vancouver sun

cbc radio one

cbc radio two

cbc television

the georgia straight

program SponSorS

75th annivErSary CElEbration partnEr:

rbc financial group

fuSE

Presenting Sponsor:

rbc financial group

Summer Auto Sponsor:

bc ford dealers

Media Sponsors:

the georgia straight

the beat 94.5

tuESday EvEning by donation

Presented by:

sun life financial

SChool programS

Supported by:

imperial oil foundation

supersunday

Presented by:

hsbc bank canada

Media Sponsor:

the knowledge network

paint SuppliEr:

benjamin moore

StoragE SuppliEr:

belkins moving and storage (canada) ltd.

cornelius krieghoff, Autumn Landscape

with Indians at the Big Rock, �860–�865,

oil on canvas, collection of the vancouver

art gallery, anonymous gift

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gifts of art

maJor donorS of art

Lifetime gifts of $5,000,000 or more

J. ronald and Jacqueline longstaffe

Lifetime gifts of $1,000,000 or more


John and eve davidson

alan and alison schwartz

W. maurice and mary margaret young

Lifetime gifts of $500,000 or more

anonymous

Jessie binning

toni ann chowne

the estate of kathleen reif

John nichol

stuart and clemencia shepard

sandra l. simpson

keith Westergaard

Lifetime Gifts of $250,000 or more

laing and kathleen brown

ronald and ardelle cliff

cordell couillard

ian davidson

thomas J. deutsch, patrick c. devlin, and peter k. Jensen

the estate of John parnell

henning and brigitte freybe

daniel and trudy pekarsky

John petch, qc

gerald and doris radowitz

dr. rodrigo restrepo

doris shadbolt

takao tanabe

Lifetime gifts of $100,000 or more

anonymous

michael J. audain and yoshiko karasawa

toni and hildegard cavelti

a. bernard cody, daryl k. seaman, and donald r. seaman

Jack diamond, o.c.

gluskin sheff and associates inc.

dr. abraham greenberg

naomi greenberg and Judith greenberg

geoffrey f. hyland

anna k. Jetter

morris and miriam kaplansky

ann kipling

harry and ann malcolmson

Jane mastin and James funk

James mastin and barbara mastin

aaron milrad

toni onley

larry i. ruskin

Jayce salloum

maxine shaw and family

gordon and marion smith

ian h. Wallace

dr. and mrs. a.J. Warren

marshall and ann Webb

lawrence Weiner and alicia zimmerman

ira and lori young

2006 donorS of art

anonymous (3)

danny baratz and neill Judelman


lorne a. berkovitz

laing and kathleen brown

yvonne darcel

stanley fenwick

nora kelly

sherry killiam

ann kipling

bill Jeffries

linda lando fine art

ann and harry malcomson

aaron milrad

moved pictures archive

peter ohler

gary pearson

Jayce salloum

alison and alan schwartz

sandra l. simpson

larry towell

ann and marshall Webb

Woodlawn arts foundation

robert g. Woods and petra tode-Woods

5454

75th anniversary gala and art auctionPresented by:

mercedes-benz canada inc.

75th Anniversary Celebration Partner:

rbc financial group

Presenting Media Sponsor:

the vancouver sun

Supporting Sponsors:

telus

hemlock printers ltd.

Patron:

haywood securities inc.

Donors:

david aisenstat

abc photocolour

arthouse gallery

bau-xi gallery

gary r. bell

bjornson kajiwara gallery

blanket gallery

caldwell snyder gallery

casey m. kaplan gallery

catriona Jeffries gallery

rick and pat charles

chernoff fine arts

coastal peoples fine art gallery

coast salish arts

dal richards

diaz contemporary gallery

douglas reynolds gallery

douglas udell gallery

equinox gallery

four seasons hotel, vancouver

galerie laurent godin, paris

gallery Jones

gallery m

granville island gallery

harley street holdings inc.

heffel gallery ltd.

kitty heller

holt renfrew

ian tan gallery

Jeannie kamins realtor

peter lattimer

le meridien at beverley hills

marion goodman gallery

maynards industries ltd.

monte clark gallery

nairbo investments inc.


starfish glassworks

marilyn thorsteinsson

303 gallery

tracey lawrence gallery

trépanierbaer gallery

Winchester galleries

Artists:

roy arden

lisa birke

Jim breukelman

matthew brown

karin bubaš

edward burtynsky

bobbie burgers

neil campbell

david carter

lincoln clarkes

darlene cole

alfie collinson

reg davidson

robert davidson

christos dikeakos

stan douglas

Wang du

Jamie evrard

gathie falk

geoffrey farmer

marc-aurèle fortin

cory fuhr

tim gardner

liam gillick

ann goldberg

grace gordon-collins

rodney graham

hadley + maxwell

gabryel harrison

arni haraldsson

lisa henriques

fred herzog

James huctwith

e.J. hughes

shawn hunt

barrie Jones

brian Jungen

holger kalberg

shelagh keeley

davida kidd

eric klemm

tim lee

euan macdonald

landon mackenzie

myfanwy macleod

gerry marks

luke marston

scott mcfarland

elizabeth mcintosh

Jason mclean

robert mcvittie

eric metcalfe

abelardo morell

alex morrison

frank paulson

ross penhall

andre petterson

susan a. point

lucy pullen

charlie roberts

henri robideau

larry rosso

Juan m. sanchez

Jack shadbolt

Jay simeon

danny singer

gordon smith

martha sturdy

anselmo swan

norman tait

kelvin thompson

erika toliusis

morna tudor

John vanderpant

roy henry vickers

Jeff Wall

ian Wallace

laura Wee láy láq

kelly Wood

michael nicoll yahgulanaas

craig yeats

don yeomans

karen yurkovich

etienne zack

vancouver art gallery 2006 financial statements 55

We have audited the balance sheet of the Vancouver Art Gallery

Association (“the Association”) as at December 31, 2006 and the

statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash flows for the

year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of

the Association’s management. Our responsibility is to express an

opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally

accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and

perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial

statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes

examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and

disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing

the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by

management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement

presentation.

In our opinion, these financial statements present fairly, in all material

respects, the financial position of the Association as at December 31, 2006

and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then

ended in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting

principles. As required by the Society Act (British Columbia), we report

that, in our opinion, these principles have been applied on a basis

consistent with that of the preceding year.

Chartered Accountants

Vancouver, Canada

February 22, 2007

AUDITORS' REPORT

To the Members of the Vancouver Art Gallery Association

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vancouver art gallery association balanCE ShEEt december 31, 2006, with comparative figures for 2005

vanCouvEr artS

aCquiSitionS StabiliZation

gEnEral fund fund tEam fund total 2006 total 2005

aSSEtS

current assets:

cash and cash equivalents $ 297,400 $ 229 $ – $ 297,629 $ 593,514

grants, interest and accounts receivable 729,769 183,796 – 913,565 664,121

prepaid and exhibition expenses 405,766 – – 405,766 295,442

inventories 7�8,383 – – 7�8,383 554,378

2,151,318 184,025 – 2,335,343 2,107,455

capital assets (note 4) 514,570 – 514,570 381,404

$ 2,665,888 $ 184,025 $ – $ 2,849,913 $ 2,488,859

liabilitiES and nEt aSSEtS

current liabilities:

accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 1,059,076 $ 546 $ – $ 1,059,622 $ 747,607

current portion of long-term liabilities (note 7) – 100,000 – 100,000 91,300

deferred revenue (note 6) 249,607 – 249,607 408,131

interfund balances 884,062 14,923 (898,985) – –

2,192,745 115,469 (898,985) 1,409,229 1,247,038

long-term liabilities (note 7) – 440,000 – 440,000 540,000

net assets (deficiency):

invested in capital assets 514,570 – – 514,570 381,404

unrestricted (41,427) (371,444) (412,871) (578,568)

externally restricted (note 8) – – 898,985 898,985 898,985

473,143 (371,444) 898,985 1,000,684 701,821

$ 2,665,888 $ 184,025 $ – $ 2,849,913 $ 2,488,859

commitments (note �4)

see accompanying notes to financial statements.

approved on behalf of the board:

trustee trustee

vancouver art gallery 2006 financial statements 57

vancouver art gallery association StatEmEnt of opErationS year ended december 31, 2006

with comparative figures for 2005

gEnEral aCquiSitionS total total

fund fund 2006 2005

revenue:

admissions $ 1,960,054 $ – $ 1,960,054 $ 1,876,18�

exhibition loan fees 318,271 – 318,271 222,141

fundraising (note ��(b) and (c)) 883,637 214,641 1,098,278 809,614

gallery store and artist editions (note �0) 2,300,250 – 2,300,250 1,825,381

investment income (note 3) 51,864 335,064 386,928 403,982

memberships 581,321 – 581,321 451,334

public programming 94,841 – 94,841 101,984

rentals and restaurant lease 343,362 – 343,362 303,152

special events (note 9) 879,805 – 879,805 40,390

sponsorships 735,616 – 735,616 410,011

vancouver art gallery foundation (note ��(a)) 206,806 – 206,806 168,825

other 215,117 948 216,065 184,023

8,570,944 550,653 9,121,597 6,797,018

grants:

bc arts council 603,000 – 603,000 512,300

bc gaming commission 40,000 – 40,000 40,000

canada council 300,000 28,135 328,135 324,387

city of vancouver 2,049,500 – 2,049,500 2,002,665

department of canadian heritage 399,741 – 399,741 193,093

foreign affairs canada 10,000 – 10,000 12,232

greater vancouver regional district – – – 8,500

other 4,930 – 4,930 139,707

3,407,171 28,135 3,435,306 3,232,884

11,978,115 578,788 12,556,903 10,029,902

expenses:

administration and finance 631,680 – 631,680 596,088

art acquisitions – 257,778 257,778 111,361

board and management services 887,121 – 887,121 671,828

curatorial and programs 1,660,067 – 1,660,067 1,272,653

exhibitions 2,211,936 – 2,211,936 1,655,840

gallery store and artist editions (note �0) 1,818,266 – 1,818,266 1,464,452

maintenance and security 1,737,587 – 1,737,587 1,168,234

marketing, development and visitor services 1,657,603 – 1,657,603 1,521,603

master planning 71,000 – 71,000 188,055

museum services 1,198,323 – 1,198,323 933,100

sundry acquisition costs – 30,�66 30,�66 23,953

11,873,583 287,944 12,161,527 9,607,167

excess of revenue over expenses

before the undernoted 104,532 290,844 395,376 422,735

amortization of capital assets (96,513) (96,513) (75,800)

excess of revenue over expenses $ 8,019 $ 290,844 $ 298,863 $ 346,935


vancouver art gallery 2006 financial statements

vancouver art gallery association StatEmEnt of ChangES in nEt aSSEtS year ended december 31, 2006, with comparative figures for 2005

gEnEral fund vanCouvEr artS invEStEd in aCquiSitionS StabiliZation total total Capital aSSEtS unrEStriCtEd fund tEam fund 2006 2005

balance, beginning of year $ 381,404 $ 83,720 $ (662,288) $ 898,985 $ 701,821 $ 354,886

excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses (96,513) 104,532 290,844 – 298,863 346,935

net change in investment in capital assets 229,679 (229,679) – – – –

balance, end of year $ 514,570 $ (41,427) $ (371,444) $ 898,985 $ 1,000,684 $ 701,821


vancouver art gallery association StatEmEntS of CaSh floWS year ended december 31, 2006, with comparative figures for 2005

2006 2005

cash provided by (used in):

operations:

excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses $ 298,863 $ 346,935

items not involving cash:

amortization of capital assets 96,513 75,800

gain on disposal of capital assets – 6,186

exhibition expenses written off 91,318 –

net change in non-cash operating working capital:

grants, interest and accounts receivable (295,320) (36,364)

prepaid and exhibition expenses (155,766) (43,814)

inventories (164,005) (71,736)

accounts payable and accrued liabilities 312,015 (42,380)

deferred revenue (158,524) 17,623

25,094 252,250

investments and financing:

decrease in long-term liabilities (91,300) –

purchase of capital assets (229,679) (97,591)

(320,979) (97,591)

increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (295,885) 154,659

cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 593,514 438,855

cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 297,629 $ 593,514


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vancouver art gallery association notES to finanCial StatEmEntS year ended december 31, 2006

1. purpose of the organization:

the vancouver art gallery association (the “association”) is a not-for-profit organization incorporated in april �93� under the society act (british columbia). its objectives are to establish and maintain an art gallery for the perpetual benefit of the city of vancouver and its citizens. it is a registered canadian charity for canadian income tax purposes.

2. Significant accounting policies:

these financial statements have been prepared in accordance with canadian generally accepted accounting principles for not-for-profit organizations and include the following significant accounting policies:

(a) fund accounting:

these financial statements include the undernoted funds which are segregated for purposes of carrying on specific activities as described below.

(i) the general fund reflects the results of general operations of the association.

(ii) the acquisitions fund was established with bequests from donors and receives income earned by the vancouver art gallery endowment fund for acquisitions of art, which is administered by the vancouver foundation (note 3).

(iii) the life benefactors endowment fund was initially established during �989 and the income from the fund is intended to finance special projects as determined by the board of trustees in consultation with the life benefactors (note 3).

(iv) the vancouver arts stabilization team fund was estab-lished from restricted contributions received from the gerald and sheahan mcgavin capital grant to the arts (note 8).

(b) basis of accounting:

(i) cash and cash equivalents:

cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and highly liquid investments with terms to maturity of three months or less at the date of inception.

(ii) prepaid and exhibition expenses:

the balance is comprised primarily of exhibition expendi-tures that have been paid by the association and relate to exhibitions to be held the following year.

(iii) inventories:

inventories are comprised primarily of books, jewellery, paper products, gifts, reproductions and clothing held for sale in the gallery store and are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value.

(iv) revenue recognition:

the association follows the deferral method of accounting for contributions which include donations, bequests and government grants. under this method of accounting, revenue received which relates to a future period is deferred and recognized in that subsequent period. endowment contributions are recorded as direct increases in net assets.

exhibition loan fees are recognized as revenue when received, except for the portion relating to a future period which is deferred and recognized in that subsequent period.

gallery store and artist edition revenue is recognized as revenue as sales are made.

unrestricted contributions are recognized as revenue when received or receivable. pledged amounts are recorded as revenue when the amount to be received can be reasonably estimated, typically when signed pledge forms are received, and ultimate collection is reasonably assured. at december 3�, 2006, the association has recorded $ �20,470 (2005 - $��0,577) of pledges as revenue and accounts receivable.

externally restricted contributions are reported as revenue when the restrictions imposed by the contributors on the use of the monies are satisfied.

(v) capital assets:

capital assets are recorded at cost and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of the assets. the useful lives of assets are as follows:

aSSEt ratE

computers 3 – 5 years

equipment 3 – �0 years

furniture and building fixtures 5 – 25 years

the association is responsible for the management of these assets and enjoys beneficial ownership thereof. title to the majority of these assets is vested in the city of vancouver.

(vi) pension plan:

the association maintains a defined contribution plan for its employees. pension plan costs for the employees of the association are funded annually and charged to operating expenses. these costs totaled $ �38,36� during 2006 (2005 - $�23,764).

(vii) employee future benefits:

the association accrues its obligations under employee benefit plans and the related costs as the underlying services are provided.

(viii) collection (see note �2):

additions to the collection are charged as an expense on the acquisitions fund in the year of acquisition.

(ix) donated works of art, materials and services:

the association receives donated works of art, materials and services, the value of which is not reflected in these financial statements.

(x) use of estimates:

the preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the year. significant areas requiring the use of management estimates relate to the determination of useful lives of capital assets for amortization, allowance for doubtful accounts and provisions, if any, for contingencies. actual results may differ from these estimates.

vancouver art gallery 2006 financial statements

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vancouver art gallery association notES to finanCial StatEmEntS years ended december 31, 2006 and 2005

3. Endowment funds:

endowment funds, administered and recorded by the vancouver foundation in its financial statements, are permanently restricted and consequently not included as assets of the association in these financial statements. these funds at book and market values comprise:

2006 2005

the vancouver art gallery endowment

fund for acquisitions of art $ 5,505,200 $ 5,505,200

the vancouver art gallery endowment fund:

general 201,164 201,164

life benefactors 365,000 365,000

566,164 566,164

book value $ 6,071,364 $ 6,071,364

market value $ 10,243,326 $ 9,486,161

under the terms of these endowment funds, the association receives investment income earned on the capital. income of $ 335,064 (2005 - $363,470) from the vancouver art gallery endowment fund for acquisitions of art has been credited to the acquisitions fund. income of $ 38,307 (2005 - $34,89�) from the general and life benefactors components of the vancouver art gallery endowment fund has been credited to the general fund.

4. Capital assets:

2006 2005

accumulated net book net book Cost amortization value value

computers $ 387,742 $ 207,490 $ 180,252 $ 32,701

equipment 284,123 208,102 76,021 75,045

furniture and

building fixtures 388,519 130,122 258,297 273,658

vehicles 5,702 5,702 – –

$1,066,086 $ 551,516 $ 514,570 $ 381,404

5. line of credit:

the association has an available operating line of credit of $365,000 which bears interest at the prime rate. as at december 3�, 2006, the balance outstanding on this operating line is nil (2005 - nil).

6. deferred revenue:

2006 2005

canada council grant $ - $ 113,163

corporate sponsors 25,000 53,616

department of canadian heritage 96,739 147,921

province of british columbia 4,500 25,500

other 123,360 67,931

$ 249,607 $ 408,131

7. long-term liabilities:

represents amounts due for the acquisition of certain works of art. the amount is non-interest bearing and repayable as follows:

2007 $ 100,000

2008 100,000

2009 340,000

540,000

less current portion 100,000

$ 440,000

8. gerald and Sheahan mcgavin Capital grant to the arts:

under a five year agreement with the vancouver arts stabilization team (vast) dated february 25, �998, the association was entitled to receive a grant of $�79,797 each year for a five year period. as at december 3�, 2003, the total grant had been received by the association. in accordance with direction received from vast, and based on a resolution passed by the association board, the association has restricted the $898,985 for a period of three years ending december 3�, 2006 to be used as a working capital reserve.

9. Special events:

the association performs certain fundraising activities considered to be ancillary to its ongoing operations. these activities, which generated an excess of revenue over expenses of $ 879,805 (2005

- $40,390), have been presented in the statements of operations on a net basis. the gross revenue and expenses related to these activities are as follows:

2006 2005

sales $ 1,130,608 $ 276,113

expenses 250,803 235,723

excess of revenue over expenses $ 879,805 $ 40,390

of the total sales during 2006, $�,095,082 relates to the 75th anniversary gala art auctiton

10. gallery Store and artist Editions:

2006 2005

sales - gallery store $ 2,297,525 $ 1,781,271

- artist editions 2,725 44,110

2,300,250 1,825,381

expenses:

administration 105,963 73,095

cost of goods sold 1,254,790 997,049

salaries and employee benefits 457,513 394,308

1,818,266 1,464,452

excess of revenue over expenses from operations $ 481,984 $ 360,929

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vancouver art gallery association notES to finanCial StatEmEntS years ended december 3�, 2006 and 2005

11. related parties:

(a) vancouver art gallery foundation:

the vancouver art gallery foundation (the “foundation”) was incorporated in march �998 under the society act (british columbia) and is a registered charity under the income tax act. its purpose is to receive, hold and invest bequests, dona-tions, gifts, funds and property, the income from which supports the programs, operations and activities of the association. the association’s board of trustees appoints the board of directors of the foundation. the foundation has not been consolidated in the association’s financial statements.

the financial position and operating results of the foundation are as follows:

2006 2005

assets $ 412,503 $ 79,909

liabilities 413,777 50,796

net assets $ (1,274) $ 29,113

revenue $ 946,405 $ 1,073,268administrative expenses (17,236) (7,559)donation to the association (206,806) (168,825)

transfer to the vancouver foundation (752,749) (960,120)

excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses $ (30,387) $ (63,236)

the foundation’s donation of $ 50,0�5 (2005 - $46,285) to the association is included in accounts receivable at december 3�, 2006. the foundation also maintains endowment funds, which are permanently held and administered by the vancouver foundation, and receives income on these funds. the market value of these funds at december 3�, 2006 is $ 5,450,944 (2005 - $4,750,363).

as at december 3�, 2006, included in accounts payable is $ 60,843 (2005 - $ 23,350) relating to donations received by the association that are attributable to the foundation.

(b) friends of vancouver art gallery:

friends of vancouver art gallery (“friends”) is a nonprofit orga-nization, incorporated in the united states, march 2003.

its purpose is to receive donations, gifts, funds, and property from residents of the united states. the association’s board of trustees appoints the board of directors of friends. friends has not been consolidated in the association’s financial statements.

the financial position and operating results of friends are as fol-lows:

2006 2005

assets $ - $ 115

liabilities - 115

net assets $ - $ -

revenue $ 8,000 $ 9,315

donation to the association 8,000 9,315

$ - $ -

2005 was the first year that friends received cash gifts. the board of directors passed a motion to transfer �00% of the gifts to the association. $8,000 (2005 – $9,200) has been received by the association and nil (2005 - $��5) is in accounts receivable.

(c) associates of the vancouver art gallery:

the associates of the vancouver art gallery (the associates) are devoted to raising funds for the association through social, edu-cational and service enterprises. during the year, the associates donated $ 84,2�� (2005 - $8�,320) to the association.

12. Collection:

the association is responsible for the management of the vancouver art gallery collection and fine arts reference library. the collection comprises paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography, prints and other visual art materials. ownership of the collection is vested in the city of vancouver.

13. financial instruments:

financial instruments of the association are comprised of cash and cash equivalents, grants, interest and accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities and long-term liabilities. the carrying value of the association’s financial instruments, other than long-term liabilities, approximates their fair value due to their ability for prompt liquidation or settlement in the near term. the fair value of the non-interest bearing long-term liabilities (including the current portion) at december 3�, 2006 is approximately $ 503,550 (2005 - $553,742).

14. Commitments:

the association is committed to minimum lease payments on operating leases for the years ending december 3� as follows:

2007 $ 58,676

2008 57,575

2009 57,575

2010 38,229

2011 20,955

2006–2007

David Aisenstat

Michael Audain, chair, relocation

Merla Beckerman, past board chair & chair, governance/ nominations

David Calabrigo

Chris Dikeakos, chair, acquisitions

Bill Everett, secretary

Jill Gardiner

Michael Geller

Barbara Gillanders

Judy Kerr

Sam Ketcham, board vice chair

Sherry Killam

George Killy, board chair

Jerry Lampert

Kevin Leslie

Judy Lindsay, associates rep.

Grace Robin

Eric Savics

Audrey Sojonky

Peter Speer, chair, finance/audit

Marshall Webb

Peter Wong

gallery staffAt December 2006

board of trustees

adminiStration

Kathleen S. Bartels, director

Deborah Lagueux, administrative assistant to the director

Paul Larocque, associate director

Liz Massil, administrative assistant / board secretary

Valerie Prodanuk, controller

Julia Moser, manager, human resources

Ayesha Coosemans, accounting administrator

Flora Momerelle, payroll and benefits administrator

Robert Pestes, accounts payable administrator

Darcy Morrisseau, accounts receivable administrator

Layne Kirkpatrick, network administrator

audio/viSual / graphiCS

Wade Thomas, audio visual technician iii

Derek Brunen, acting media arts technician

building maintEnanCE

Clarence Lafortune, head of building maintenance

Denis Redding, stationary engineer

Manuel Pacheco, building services Worker

Nancy Naidu, building cleaner

Gopal Sami, building maintenance Worker

Curatorial

Daina Augaitis, chief curator/associate director

Angela Mah, administrative assistant

Kim Bates, clerk typist iii

Bruce Grenville, senior curator

Ian Thom, senior curator, historical

Grant Arnold, audain curator of british columbia art

Tom Padon, adjunct curator

Bruce Wiedrick, exhibitions coordinator

Monika Szewczyk, assistant curator ‘a’

Emmy Lee, assistant curator ‘a’

Charo Neville, curatorial assistant

Karen Love, acting touring manager

Adrienne Fast, exhibitions touring assistant

Stephanie Rebick, curatorial assistant

Matthew Hills, curatorial intern

ConSErvation

Monica Smith, conservator

Beth Wolchok conservation assistant

Emilie O’Brien, conservation assistant

(front row, left to right) george killy, Jill gardiner, audrey sojonky, barbara gillanders, kathleen bartels, christos dikeakos, valerie prodanuk, (middle row, left to right) peter speer, marie lopes, paul larocque, david calabrigo, rosemary nault, Julia moser, tom meighan, (back row, left to right) bill everett, michael audain, Judy kerr, sam ketcham, dana sullivant, Jerry lampert

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Rosemary Nault, director of development

Steven Endicott, assistant director of development

Cecilia Pereyra, development officer, database & financial administration

Jessica Bouchard, development officer, membership & annual giving

Natalia Tkachev, development coordinator, major gifts

Bobbi Parker, development coordinator, membership & annual giving

Cari Fraser, development associate

Vacant, administrative assistant to the director of development

gallEry StorE

Stephanie Yada, manager, retail operations

Sharon Young, assistant store manager

Suzana Barton, assistant store manager

Chad Yelenik, store assistant

Erica Krahn, store assistant

Laura Chiarenza, store assistant

Gwen Wing, shipping/receiving store assistant

library

Cheryl Siegel, librarian

Lynn Brockington, librarian

Joanna Spurling, library assistant

markEting

Dana Sullivant, director of marketing & communications

Colette Warburton, marketing and promotions manager

Andrew Riley, public relations manager

Susan Lavitt, promotions specialist

Faye Collinson, tourism marketing specialist

Cindy Maines, event specialist

Sarah Hitner, marketing coordinator

Robin Naiman, rental coordinator

photo imaging

Trevor Mills, photographer ii

Tomas Svab, photographer i

Danielle Currie, rights and reproductions coordinator

prEparation

Glen Flanderka, senior preparator iii

Keith Mitchell, lead preparator ii

Michael Trevillion, lead preparator ii

Paula O’Keefe, lead preparator ii

Rory Gylander, lead preparator

Dwight Koss, lead preparator

publiC programS

Marie Lopes, interim head of public programs

Karen Benbassat, public program coordinator

Sadira Rodrigues, public program coordinator

Sarah Holmes, programming assistant

Susan Rome, coordinator: family and youth programs

Susan Hoppenfeld, coordinator: family and youth programs

Gabriella Szalay, senior animateur

Sherry Stewart, volunteer resources coordinator

Emily Miles, group booking assistant

rEgiStration

Susan Sirovyak, registrar - collections

Jenny Wilson, registrar - exhibitions and loans

Bita Vorell, assistant registrar, documentation

Susan Currie, assistant registrar, touring exhibitions

Kim Svendsen, registration assistant

rECEption

Nadia Thibault, receptionist

Tory McDonald, relief receptionist

SECurity / viSitor SErviCES

Tom Meighan, director of operations and exhibition production

Hilton Goodes, assistant security supervisor

Nick Stefanakis, assistant security supervisor

Kulvinder Lehal, admissions clerk

Beth Oliver, admissions clerk

Paul Murray, admissions clerk

Christine Bourquin, admissions clerk

Maureen Powell, admissions clerk

The following list includes the names of people who contributed to the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2006 through their work in con-tract or temporary positions, as well as other employees who left the Gallery during 2006.

evelyn abisror, visitor services

irina balmus, visitor services

anita bidinosti, public programs

aja billas, gallery store

kathleen bond, conservation

erin boniferro, public programs

sean booth, building maintenance

sherrard bostwick, public programs

skooker broome, preparation

kristi bruce, gallery store

elizabeth bruchet, registration

amanda bryan, visitor services

deborah burns, audio visual

margot butler, public programs

paloma campbell, public programs

Joanne cheung, gallery store

donald chow, audio visual

vince collison, curatorial

krista constantineau, development

francesco cuglietta, building maintenance

catherine dawson, public programs

eric deis, preparation

Jan deny, audio visual

Jenny dent, visitor services

raman dherari, marketing & communications

natalie doonan, public programs

george febiger, gallery store

deanna ferguson, curatorial

melissa flagg, gallery store

staff & information 64

rebecca forrest, registration

chris frey, preparation

sean george, visitor services/public programs

laurryn gerzymisch, gallery store

Jacqueline gijssen, museum services

lori goldberg, public programs

sally gregson, public programs

Jason guihan, preparation

Janene haddix, visitor services

Jennifer harrison, public programs

claudia hazzard, gallery store

linda henningson, public programs

lisa hickey, public programs

matthew hills, preparation

catherine holdaway, public programs

betty hum, marketing & communications

andrea Jensen, gallery store

susan Jessop, public programs

christer Johansson, registration

ana Johnson, visitor services

kwiaahwah Jones, public programs

eileen kage, audio visual

Jasmina karabeg, public programs

christina kitts, visitor services

sunny kooner, gallery store

kristina kudryk, preparation

seunggun lee, audio visual

750 hornby street, vancouver, bc v6z 2h7

www.vanartgallery.bc.ca

information open daily 10 am–5:30 pm tuesdays and thursdays 10 am–9 pm

gallery administration 604 662 4700

fax 604 682 �086

info line 604 662 47�9

gallery Store 604 662 4706

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gallery Café 604 688 2233

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art rentals 604 662 4746

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library & Slide library 604 662 4709

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group tour bookings 604 662 47�7

volunteer office 604 662 4708

photography: trevor mills, tomas svab and henri robideau, vancouver art gallery unless

otherwise identified.

design: Jen eby

printing: hemlock printers ltd.

COVER IMAGE:

installation view of brian Jungen, Shapeshifter, 2000

national gallery of canada, ottawa.

david lehman, audio visual

yun li, audio visual

Jane lougheed, public programs

shawne macintyre, development

elizabeth martin, public programs

andrew mccord, audio visual

storma mcdonald, visitor services

lori mcgillivray, preparation

John mcintosh, preparation

simon mcnally, public programs

robert mcnealy, preparation

cheryl meszaros, public programs

fiona mowatt, public programs

miriam needoba, audio visual

regan o’connor, preparation

marius o’keefe-blitz, preparation

sooyun park, visitor services

matthew quiring, gallery store

cindy richmond, curatorial

henri robideau, photo imaging

elizabeth rusch, public programs

louisa russell, curatorial

Jane saroa, visitor services

kirsten schrader, public programs

liz scully, public programs

andre seow, public programs

stephanie shardlow, visitor services

matthew smith, audio visual

mark soo, gallery store

vanessa sorenson, registration

Jim stamper, preparation

david steiner, visitor services

Jeff stuckel, gallery store

terri sudeyko, conservation

sabina sutherland, conservation

martin thacker, preparation

mauray toutloff, preparation

allison Wells, public programs

sandra Wiens, public programs

lynda Wigmore, administration

steve Wood, preparation

ingrid yeung, public programs

geraldine york, public programs

maureen zetler, public programs

volunteers

the vancouver art gallery is enriched by the dedication and enthusiasm of volunteers who contribute their time and effort to this institution. often nominated by gallery visitors for excellence in service, more than 265 volunteers donated over �6,500 hours in 2005. gallery volunteers excel in providing service, information, education and guidance in many areas throughout the gallery.

lawrence Weiner, X Y & Z, 2006, offset lithograph on

paper, collection of the vancouver art gallery, gift of

moved pictures archive and the bawag foundation

v anc ou v er a r t galler y 2006 annu al repor t

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