Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver, B.C.)
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- established in 1971 as the Greater Vancouver Artist's Gallery; in 1976 the organization was incorporated as a non-profit charitable society; in 1983 it was renamed the Contemporary Art Gallery; following year became an artist-run centre, widely recognized for providing the first ever solo exhibitions of many of Vancouver's now well-known artists ( (Contemporary Art Gallery website, viewed on October 24, 2019) )
- nuc90-48297: Clay, A. Allyson Clay, c1985(hdg. on CaBVaU rept.: Contemporary Art Gallery; usage: Contemporary Art Gallery)
- Utopian territories, 1997:t.p. (Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver) Can. CIP (Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver, B.C.))
- Brian Jungen, c2002:colophon (CAG; Contemporary Art Gallery)
Wikipedia description:
The Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG) is a non-profit public contemporary art gallery in downtown Vancouver. The CAG exhibits local, national, and international artists, primarily featuring emerging local artists producing Canadian contemporary art. It has exhibited work by many of Vancouver's most acclaimed artists, including Stan Douglas, Ian Wallace, Rodney Graham, Liz Magor, and Brian Jungen, and it continues to feature local artists such as Damian Moppett, Shannon Oksanen, Elspeth Pratt, Myfanwy MacLeod, Krista Belle Stewart and many others. International artists who have had exhibitions at the CAG include Dan Graham, Christopher Williams, Rachel Harrison, Hans-Peter Feldmann and Ceal Floyer. Other notable people that have curated or written for the CAG include Douglas Coupland, Beatriz Colomina, Roy Arden, and John Welchman. The gallery offers free admission to all visitors.
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