Josh Rimer

Finding inside events during these times can be quite difficult to say the least, but our city is lucky enough to be hosting an exhibition of 200 Van Gogh paintings that you can actually go see right now! Imagine Van Gogh is taking place at the Convention Centre until August 29, 2021 and is a contactless experience with limited capacity, timed entries, and operating in full accordance with British Columbia’s public health guidelines. Filling 25,000 square feet with 8 meter high walls (a meter higher than most of the previous cities got when they hosted the exhibit) this immersive exhibition displays giant projections of more than 200 of the famous Dutch artist the first filled with hanging placards that went into detail on the life and works of Van Gogh, and the second filled with the changing/moving giant projection of his art which fully covered the floor and walls.

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