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Jan. 15, 2010 / Gordon Price

All Lit Up

Here’s a beautiful shot of Jaume Plensa’s We – a sculpture in the Vancouver Biennale at Sunset Beach – captured…
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Jan. 13, 2010 / Gordon Price

Call and Response

Some great responses coming in to replace‘s request for unique and quirky examples of Vancouver’s urbanism, especially from those out…
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Jan. 12, 2010 / Gordon Price

A rising tide

There’s going to be a flood of articles profiling Vancouver as the Olympics focus international attention on us.   Please send…
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Jan. 06, 2010 / Gordon Price

More Underground Art

Further to our underground exploration of great transit stations, here are recent photos of some new stations in Kaohsiung City,…
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Dec. 31, 2009 / Gordon Price

Mao and Lenin in the ALO Triangle

Yes, the Canada Line makes it easy to get Richmond.  But where’s the there there?  Obviously, at the Oval.  So I…
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Dec. 21, 2009 / Gordon Price

Light in Madrid

Good friend Brian Williamson sends some images of how they do festive lighting in Madrid: What, I wonder, will we…
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Dec. 05, 2009 / Gordon Price

Woodward’s – First Impressions

Woodward’s is big, it’s complex.  No doubt, it’s transformative. First impression: 3 pm, Saturday December 5 – in the atrium.…
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Oct. 15, 2009 / Gordon Price

Olympic Bike Lane?

In all the coverage of the Olympic transportation plan, there was an interesting omission: no mention of the removal of…
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Oct. 14, 2009 / Gordon Price

Bikennale 4: Assorted Works

A wrap-up of the sculpture and installations seen on the ‘Bikennale’ – a two-wheeled tour of the Vancouver Biennale. To…
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Oct. 08, 2009 / Gordon Price

Bikennale 3: “History of Loss”

Eventually there will be Biennale installations at many of the Canada Line stations.  First up, though, is “History of Loss”…
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Oct. 07, 2009 / Gordon Price

Bikennale 2: Coal Harbour

I missed seeing the scupltures on Harbour Green and Cardero Park during this tour – but fortunately Michael Alexander was…
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Oct. 06, 2009 / Gordon Price

Bikennale 1: Minotaur with Hare

A sterling Sunday (will this summer never end?) and a fine day for a bike ride – with some art along…
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Oct. 05, 2009 / Gordon Price

The Unwrapping of the Wraps

And so it begins. I’ve been surprised how little Olympic buzz there has been in Vancouver so far.  Maybe it’s…
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Sep. 30, 2009 / Gordon Price

Unconventional spaces

More public art at the Convention Centre. Jill Anholt’s “Line of Work”, unveiled on September 25, was described here in an article…

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