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Good morning everyone! 🌞🩷 I wish you all a wonderful Thursday!Edited: Oops😬🤣 it's only Thursday, I posted saying Friday! Sorry🙄Hope I didn't mess you up! I am SO happy with how my otter mural turned out. 🦦🦦 Zipolita'Z ArtworkZThe mural had been badly weather-damaged. I tried repairing it back in April, but I wasn't happy with my efforts. At some point I tried again, and still… it
What Should Public Art Be? Part 6 — The Final Chapter of the Vancouver Biennale Investigation Six posts. A lot of questions. A lot of documents. A lot of digging. And I started this investigation because one electronic sign on a bicycle route genuinely upset me. I wanted to know: Who chose this? Who approved it? Who paid for it? And did anybody think about the people who would
The Public Gets a Say — Or Does It? Part 5 of the Vancouver Biennale Investigation We've followed the money. We've looked at the people. We've examined the approval system. We've looked at the art itself. Now comes the question that may matter most to ordinary Vancouverites: DO WE ACTUALLY GET A SAY? The Vancouver Biennale puts art into places where people live, walk, cycle, work and
The Art That Divided Us Part 4 of the Vancouver Biennale Investigation So far in this investigation, I've followed the money. I've looked at the people behind the Vancouver Biennale. I've started looking at the approval process. Now I want to look at something much more subjective — the art itself. Because this is where people can get very defensive. Someone says, “That's incredible!”
Who Approves the Art? Part 3 of the Vancouver Biennale Investigation In Parts 1 and 2, we followed the money and started following the people. Now we get to the question I've really been wanting to answer: WHO ACTUALLY APPROVES THE ART? Because here's something I have learned while digging through Vancouver's public records: A sculpture doesn't simply appear in a Vancouver park
Who's Behind the Curtain? Part 2 of the Vancouver Biennale Investigation In Part 1, I started following the money. Now I want to follow the people. Because when an organization puts art into the parks, waterfronts and public spaces where Vancouverites live, walk, cycle and play, I think it's reasonable to ask: Who decides what we see? Not because I believe there is some secret
Who Pays for Vancouver's Public Art? Part 1 of the Vancouver Biennale Investigation I love public art. Let me start there. I love walking or riding through Vancouver and suddenly encountering something unexpected — something colourful, beautiful, funny, enormous or completely imaginative. OSGEMEOS' Giants at Granville Island is exactly the kind of public art I love. Those huge
WHO IS JOÃO LOUREIRO — AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SIGN? I've been researching the Vancouver Biennale's Vancouver Novel after encountering this sign while riding my bike along Point Grey Road. I have questions. The Biennale identifies the artist as João Loureiro, a Brazilian artist born in 1972, and says the installation cycles through 29 sentences — including six new sentences
When Public Art Becomes a Public Trigger There is a difference between challenging people with art and accosting people with disturbing imagery when they are simply trying to enjoy a public space. I want to talk about the João Loureiro artwork Vancouver Novel, installed along Point Grey Road as part of the Vancouver Biennale. The Biennale explains that the work is deliberately made up
You Shall Not Pass: When Gandalf Came Knocking on Peter Thiel’s Door Sometimes resistance comes with a megaphone. Sometimes it comes with a paintbrush. And sometimes… it arrives wearing a very impressive wizard hat. On August 18, 2026, a group of protesters dressed as Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings gathered outside billionaire Peter Thiel’s home in Buenos Aires. Their message? “You
