Tag: First Nations

Vancouver Art Gallery Exhibition Highlights the Surrealist Fascination with Indigenous Art

VANCOUVER, BC.- It is said that when Surrealist André Breton first saw an indigenous mask from the Pacific Northwest , he called it “more surreal than the Surrealists.” During the 1930s and 40s, Breton and many of his Surrealist colleagues …

Vancouver Art Gallery Exhibition Highlights the Surrealist Aspect of Indigenous Art

VANCOUVER, BC.- It is said that when Surrealist André Breton first saw an indigenous mask from the Pacific Northwest , he called it “more surreal than the Surrealists.” During the 1930s and 40s, Breton and many of his Surrealist colleagues were …

Vancouver Art Gallery Exhibition Highlights the Surrealist Fascination with Indigenous Art of the Pacific Northwest

VANCOUVER, BC.- It is said that when Surrealist André Breton first saw an indigenous mask from the Pacific Northwest , he called it “more surreal than the Surrealists.” During the 1930s and 40s, Breton and many of his Surrealist colleagues …

Vancouver Art Gallery Exhibition Highlights the Surrealist Fascination with Indigenous Art of the Pacific Northwest

VANCOUVER, BC.- It is said that when Surrealist André Breton first saw an indigenous mask from the Pacific Northwest , he called it “more surreal than the Surrealists.” During the 1930s and 40s, Breton and many of his Surrealist colleagues …

British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology Cancels Exhibition on Missing Women

By: Anthony Shelton, Director, MOA
VANCOUVER.- MOA’s intention was to open doors for discussion about difficult issues that have a continuing and powerful resonance in Vancouver. Our decision to host the show, however, was predicated on further de…

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