Explore Vancouver artist Fei Disbrow’s luminous photo-sculptures in Quietly Palpable, a Capture Photo Fest exhibition at Gallery Jones that transforms lichens, moss and algae into immersive, biophilic forms. This exhibition blends photography and sculpture to reimagine cryptogamic landscapes as tactile, otherworldly portals.
Read MoreApril 2026’s cosmic forecast signals a powerful shift into bold action and radical honesty, as Aries season ignites revolutionary energy and spotlights the rare Saturn–Neptune conjunction shaping the next two years. With Uranus re-entering Gemini and key lunar events activating themes of values and communication, this month calls for some courageous conversations and future-focused decisions.
Read MoreThe strange moment when a familiar object becomes something else entirely, this contemplative poem turns its gaze to an ordinary chair, reflecting on absence, presence and how objects transform when they are used.
Read MoreExplore “From Horn to Home” at the Black Arts Centre, an exhibition unpacking the tenuous ties between migration, memory and identity through the lens of the Horn of Africa and its diaspora. This showcase highlights stories of displacement and belonging, offering a look at what it means to leave home and what it means to redefine it.
Read MoreWATER / COLOUR by Judith Williams (on view at Pale Fire gallery) is a series of paintings made using collected water samples from along the BC coast.
Read MoreThe soft aroma of Devil’s Club drifted through the air. A mixture of Indigenous flowers, juniper, sage and cedar dusted the ground, remnants from the opening of Manuel Axel Strain’s solo exhibition at the Richmond Art Gallery (RAG), titled xʷən̓iwən ce:p kʷθəθ nəw̓eyəł ((((Remember your teachings)))), which opened on September 13 and runs until November 9, 2025.
Around the gallery hang large photographs of natural and urban settings interwoven with clouds, trees, and waters, punctuated by pictograms in bold, vibrant colours. At the centre of the gallery stands the exhibition’s focal point: a physical re-interpretation of a traditional longhouse.
Read MoreVancouver director Shana Myara’s docuseries Killjoy Comedy about the future of comedy returns for a second season July 25 on OUTtv.
This season will follow 5 stand-up queer and/or racialized comics and one improv duo who are challenging the narrow lens of traditional comedy. Interweaving footage from live performances with intimate interviews, Myara’s series showcases the comedians doing their thing on stage while delving into thoughtful stories behind the bits. What brings someone to comedy? And why does it matter that they’re here?
Read Morescreeching container ports, fairy armadillos, advantageous appendages…
Coming in from a bright sunny afternoon, I am temporarily blinded upon entering the Western Front’s dim gallery. Somewhat ironically, I have to rely on my other senses to locate the leather-covered bench facing the two-channel video installation of Cirrus (2025) by Holly Márie Parnell. The work by the Irish-Canadian filmmaker takes its name from slender appendages used by animals to navigate without sight—like moles, who use cirrus to traverse subsurface landscapes.
