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Art at the Central Library

Learn about public art at our the Central Library.

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Photo of Ochre Boarding House by Roy Arden
Roy Arden, Ochre Boarding House, Vancouver BC, 1997

Canada Council Art Bank

The Central Library of the VPL houses 55 pieces of local art from the Canada Council Art Bank. To find out more information on the works selected by VPL, take a self-guided walking tour.

Download our brochures and head inside the Central Library

Guide to Art Bank art at Central, VPL (PDF FILE)
Information on the selection of Art Bank art (PDF file)

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Image of Mosaic in Fountain at the Central Library
Photo Credit: Maxime Cyr-Morton

Library Square

Joseph Montague
Fountain of Time, 1995
Stone Mosaic
City of Vancouver, Library Square
Location: Central Library, South Plaza (Outside Children’s Library)

For more information please visit the City of Vancouver Public Art Registry

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Adrift

Central Library Sculptures

Rebecca Belmore and Osvaldo Yero
Adrift, 2019
City of Vancouver Public Art Program
Location: Vancouver Public Library, Central Library. Suspended in the double-height, sky-lit space between levels 8 and 9.

For more information, please visit City of Vancouver Public Art Registry

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Library banners by the artist Kitty Guerin

Banners in the Atrium

Kitty Guerin
sʔi:ɬqəy’
City of Vancouver Public Art Program
Location: Vancouver Public Library, atrium at the Central Library
For more information, please visit City of Vancouver Public Art Registry

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Photo of Sisters, Daughters, Clan Mothers: Honouring indigenous Women and Girls, 2019

Haisla Collins
Sisters, Daughters, Clan Mothers: Honouring indigenous Women and Girls, 2019
City of Vancouver, 2018 Indigenous Murals
Location: Above elevators on level 2

For more information please visit City of Vancouver Public Art Registry
Artist's website: haislacollins.com