We’ve launched a book club!

Every Tuesday, August 14 – September 46:00- 7:15 PMRegistration for the book club is now closed. We are excited to announce the launch of the rennie museum Book Club! In conjunction with our Kerry James Marshall: Collected Works exhibition, we invite book and art enthusiasts to investigate the impact of literature on art and culture, freedom, and injustice through the…

Abandon Everything

Written by Callum Coogan I sat with milk glue in my hand for the first five-or-so minutes, not sure where to start. I debated whether it was more appropriate to begin with a different material, or if I was supposed to “mend” something else. I read the wall text again: “mend with wisdom, mend with love. It will mend the…

Join us for Family Pride Day!

Saturday, August 4, 2018 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Registration for Family Pride Day is now closed rennie museum welcomes families with individuals that identify as LGBTQI+ and/or Two-Spirit, as well as their allies to its very first Family Pride Day! Join an interactive tour of our Kerry James Marshall: Collected Works exhibition. Enjoy refreshments on our rooftop sculpture garden…

rennie Speaker Series: Kerry James Marshall

On May 31, 2018, rennie museum hosted a talk by Kerry James Marshall. Maintaining an interdisciplinary approach to art-making, Marshall is perhaps best known for his prowess using classical techniques to re-integrate black figures into the history of painting. As part of the exhibition programming, Marshall took part in the rennie Speaker Series to give a talk on his extensive…

Newsletter: Kerry James Marshall

rennie museum is proud to announce a survey of works by Kerry James Marshall spanning thirty-two years of the artist’s career. Maintaining an interdisciplinary approach to art-making, Marshall is perhaps best known for his prowess using classical techniques to re-integrate black figures into the history of painting. As part of the exhibition programming, Marshall will be taking part in the…

Newsletter: New Exhibition: Kerry James Marshall

rennie museum is proud to announce a survey of works by Kerry James Marshall spanning thirty-two years of the artist’s career. Drawn entirely from rennie collection, Kerry James Marshall: Collected Works features over 30 pieces from the artist’s complex body of work, which interrogates the sparse historical representation of African-Americans through painting, sculpture, drawing and other media. The exhibition opens June 2nd and runs…

Manifesting Peace

Written by Darya Kosilova Over the six-week run of our Yoko Ono: Mend Piece (March 1-April 15, 2018) exhibition the Education Program at Rennie Museum hosted 184 young visitors from ten Vancouver schools. The diverse groups, ranging in ages five to eighteen, learned about the interdisciplinary career of Yoko Ono and participated in Ono’s instructional artwork MEND PIECE, Andrea Rosen…

Lara Favaretto Catalogue Now Available

We are pleased to announce our Lara Favaretto catalogue is now available for purchase. The publication commemorates the artist’s first solo exhibition in Canada. Favaretto’s art practice explores the absurdities of modern life, consumer culture, and obsolescence through the juxtaposition of binary opposites. The colourful celebratory visual language present in her work is thwarted by the mundane nature of its subject…

Exhibition Extended: Yoko Ono

In response to the tremendous success of Yoko Ono: Mend Piece, we are extending the exhibition until April 15, 2018 and adding two extra days of visits!    With additional visitation days on Tuesdays and Fridays, the exhibition is now open to the public five days a week. If you haven’t been able to book your visit, now is your chance to come…

rennie Speaker Series: Gary Simmons

Did you miss our most recent rennie Speaker Series talk by Gary Simmons? Staging history through the looking glass of popular culture, Simmons’ work exposes the impossibility of abolishing racial and cultural stereotypes from our shared memory, presenting a balanced, forthright address of racial, social and cultural politics. On November 15, 2017, artist talked about the recurring ideas and new…