Vancouver Art Gallery Receives $1.6 Million

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Reena Saini Kallat, “Woven Chronicle, “2015, site-specific installation at Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite, (photo courtesy Vancouver Art Gallery)

The Vancouver Art Gallery has received $1.6 million in support of Asian art.

And the gallery’s Institute of Asian Art — which celebrates its 10th anniversary this month — has been renamed the Centre for Global Asias to reflect a new broader mandate.

The $1.6 million donation comes from a dedicated Centre for Global Asias Fund, “specifically aimed at continuing the gallery’s commitment to Asian art programming. This fund is initiated by a series of extraordinarily generous gifts from the following individuals and organizations: Roger Lee; Xiang (Shawn) He and Yu Jue (Sylvia) Zhang; Visas Consulting Group; artist Henry Wang and the Chen Family,” according to the news release.

“We are incredibly grateful for the unwavering support of these individuals and organizations, whose generosity will ensure the continued impact, growth and future of the gallery’s Asian art programming,” says Anthony Kiendl, the gallery’s CEO and executive director. “Our vision is to profoundly affect the ways in which audiences in this country come to recognize and celebrate the cultures of Asia and to facilitate a deeper understanding between cultures.”

The gallery also thanked The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation for a $84,000 grant to support Montréal-based artist Karen Tam in a year-long role as the VAG’s artist researcher. 

Source: Vancouver Art Gallery

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