Art at the Library

Visit the library to see free art featuring local talent. Discover where you can find pieces ranging from sculpture, installation, photography, painting, and drawing both indoors and outdoors at our Central and branch libraries. Works currently on display are acquired from the City of Vancouver’s Public Art Program and loaned from Canada Council’s Art Bank.

For more information on Canada Council’s Art Bank, please visit: Canada Council Art Bank.

For more information on City of Vancouver’s Public Art Program, please visit: City of Vancouver Public Art Registry.

The Central Library of the VPL houses 55 pieces of local art from the Canada Council Art Bank.

Explore it using this  guide (PDF FILE) as a map to find works by artists including Vikky Alexander, Rebecca Belmore, Stan Douglas, Liz Magor, N.E Thing Co. Ltd., Ian Wallace and many more.