Richmond Art Gallery

09/04/2026

📣 There's still time left to register! Learn more about Ongoing / Pacific Crossings with guest curator Makiko Hara for a guided tour and conversation in English or Japanese!

📍Curator’s Tours in English or Japanese / キュレーターによるツアー(英語•日本語)
🗓 Saturday, September 12, 2026
⏰ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
🔗 REGISTER: https://bit.ly/3Upx1KX

Dates: 9月12日, 土曜日
English Tour at 1:00 pm 英語ツアー: 午後１時より
Japanese Tour at 2:00 pm 日本語ツアー: 午後２時より
Join our tour of our current exhibition hosted by guest curator Makiko Hara.
Learn more about its themes through a guided visit and informal discussion in either English or Japanese.
Limited spaces, RSVP to reserve a seat.

ゲストキュレーターの原 万希子 (Makiko Hara) による展覧会ツアーにお越しください。このツアーは、英語と日本語の順に開催されます。キュレーターによる解説付きの展示見学とカジュアルなディスカッションを通し、展示のテーマについて理解を深めることができます。
定員には限りがございます。ご予約はお早めにお願いします。

Image 1: Ongoing / Pacific Crossings, July 2026. Photo by gallery staff.
Image 2: Makiko Hara (), Photo by Paul Wong Projects.
Image descriptions in alternate text.

09/04/2026

✨UPCOMING OFFSITE EXHIBITION: Aspire Richmond: Inspired Connections
🗓️ September 8 - November 12, 2026
⏰ 8:15 AM - 5:00 PM
🌎 Location: City Hall Galleria

Every fall, Richmond Art Gallery collaborates with Aspire Richmond to present an exhibition at the City Hall Galleria, celebrating the creativity and talents of participants in Aspire Richmond’s Avenues day program.

This year’s exhibition, Inspired Connections, showcases a vibrant collection of mixed-media artworks that capture what inspires the Aspire Richmond participants—their connections to place, memory, culture, and lived experience. For many, art-making is not only a creative outlet, but also a meaningful way to communicate stories and emotions that may be difficult to express otherwise. The creative process brings joy and discovery, while the resulting works open up opportunities for conversations around inclusion, acceptance, and belonging, inviting viewers to see the world through different perspectives.

Image: Enrico Magsajo, Namamalakaya (Engaging in Deep Fishing), 2026, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 24 x 24 in. Courtesy of the artist. Image description in alternative text.

09/03/2026

Check out our latest video!

Curious about “Ongoing / Pacific Crossings”? Hear directly from co-curators Makiko Hara and Nozomu Ogawa as they discuss the exhibition on our YouTube channel. Watch the full video here: https://bit.ly/4x1ICxj

09/03/2026

📣 There are only a few more days left to view Zhong Liu's Where Silence Rests at the City Hall Galleria! See it before it's gone on Monday, September 7th!

✨ OFF SITE EXHIBITION: Zhong Liu: Where Silence Rests
🌎 Location: City Hall Galleria
🗓 June 9 - September 7, 2026
🔗 READ: https://bit.ly/4vDFRSD

Combining technical precision with contemplative lyricism, artist Zhong Liu’s landscape photographs explore the delicate balance between permanence and transformation. Captured across British Columbia, Alberta, and Antarctica, his images transfigure mountains, forests, water, and sky into studies of space, light, and the passage of time. Faced with these vast landscapes, Liu reflects on nature’s majesty and humanity’s relative insignificance.

Zhong Liu (b. 1976) is a Richmond-based photographic artist originally from China. With over thirty years of experience in photography, his recent work centers on nature as a source of reflection. His photographs have been exhibited nationally and internationally across Canada, China, France, Switzerland, and Macau. He has received multiple international awards, including the MonoVisions Photography Awards and the Minimalist Photography Awards. He has published several books on photography, and served as a contracted expert for Fotomen magazine from 2012 to 2015. Liu holds a BFA from Minzu University of China, and is a member of the China Photographers Association and the Canadian Association for Photographic Art.

Image 1: Zhong Liu: Where Silence Rests Exhibition details. Image description in alternate text. Photo by gallery staff.

Image 2: Zhong Liu, Antarctic Light, 2018, archival pigment print, 49 x 79 cm. Courtesy of the artist.

Image descriptions in alternate text.

09/02/2026

📣 Artists, don’t miss out — there’s still time to apply! We’re still accepting exhibition proposals for our two offsite spaces, City Hall Galleria and The Annex Gallery, for our 2027 programming. Applications are open until September 18, 2026!

✨ SUBMISSIONS: OFFSITE EXHIBITION PROPOSALS
🗓 DEADLINE: September 18, 2026 for 2027 programming
🔗 SUBMIT: https://bit.ly/4gcIMf7

City Hall Galleria, located at Richmond City Hall, primarily showcases artworks connected to Richmond through themes or subject matter. All submissions by Richmond-based artists will also be considered for The Annex Gallery.
The Annex Gallery, located at the Richmond Cultural Centre Annex, is dedicated exclusively to Richmond-based artists.

Both spaces primarily showcase framed or ready-to-hang two-dimensional artworks. There is also a 32” flat-screen TV where videos can be displayed.
We offer CARFAC fees for Exhibitions in Other Public Places (2027 schedule):
$600 for solo exhibitions; $400 for two-person exhibitions.

📍Selected artists will be contacted by October 30, 2026.

Image 1 : Dona Nabata, Outside of History, 2022, City Hall Galleria. Photo by gallery staff.
Image 2: bottom: Joselito Macapagal, The Joy of Seeing, 2024, The Annex Gallery.
Photo by gallery staff.

Image descriptions in alternate text.

09/02/2026

Our latest publication is now available for purchase.

Restless by Nature: Mary Sui Yee Wong offers a picturesque introduction to the diverse artistic practice of Montréal-based artist Mary Sui Yee Wong (born in Hong Kong, 1956), whose work spans sculpture, installation, performance, and video. Showcasing both recent and archival images of her art from the 1990s to today, this publication—beautifully designed by Victoria Lum—marks the first substantial survey of Wong’s remarkable oeuvre. The book features essays by Zoë Chan, Keith Wallace, and Amelia Wong-Mersereau, an interview with the artist by scholar Alice Ming Wai Jim, and reprints of earlier reflections on her work by writers Rebecca Duclos, Sylvie Fortin, Henry Tsang, and Gina Badger.

Restless by Nature: Mary Sui Yee Wong is priced at $50 each. Get your copy today: https://bit.ly/4iIenYF

09/01/2026

✨Mark your calendars! Check out our events for this September!
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08/30/2026

“Embroidery is pretty much…universal…my association of someone caring for you. That reminds me of motherhood, my grandma…” — Asumi Oba.

Today, in “Ongoing Conversations,” Asumi Oba and Maiko Miyasaka speak about embroidery as a medium of care. The embroidery works of Marico Aoki ( )) lead them to discuss their personal thoughts on motherhood, nurturing, unrecognized labour and art.

The “Ongoing Conversations” series is where our friends, Asumi Oba and Maiko Miyasaka ( ), share their insights into some of the artworks in “Ongoing / Pacific Crossings as well as topics that are sparked by the featured works.

Ongoing / Pacific Crossings is the culmination of a seven–year cultural exchange between Tokyo’s Art Center Ongoing (ACO), Richmond Art Gallery, and guest curator Makiko Hara. Since 2019, the partners have facilitated sustained exchanges between Vancouver–and Tokyo–based artists and curators, fostering long–term dialogue and collaboration. This exhibition presents works by Japanese artists affiliated with ACO, alongside Canadian artists who completed residency exchanges at ACO in Tokyo over the past seven years.

The exhibition is on view until October 4, 2026.

08/28/2026

✨ Join us for a fun and creative gathering where adults can explore the world of Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)—miniature artworks created for trading and connection!

📍 Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) September Trading Session
⏰ Saturday, September 19, 2026
🗓 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
🔗 REGISTER: https://bit.ly/45XTFfZ

Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just starting out, this welcoming session is perfect for anyone curious about small-scale art, creative exchange, and meeting other artists.

Artist Ming Yeung will host the session, explain how ATC trading works, and answer questions. Bring along your own pre-made and signed Artist Trading Cards to trade with others.

Light refreshments provided.
Free Adult Drop-in, RSVP Appreciated.

Image: TC Trading Session hosts Crystal Chan and Ming Yeung, June 2026. Image description in alternate text.

08/28/2026