Vancouver: New exhibition features priceless private art collection never before displayed publicly

Shore, For­est and Beyond: Art from the Audain Col­lec­tion reveals for the first time one of the most impor­tant pri­vate art col­lec­tions in Canada, a stun­ning group of works assem­bled over the past 25 years by Michael Audain and Yoshiko Kara­sawa. Gen­er­ously loaned to the Van­cou­ver Art Gallery for this spe­cial exhi­bi­tion, the Audains’ col­lec­tion fea­tures a vast array of art – from excep­tional 19^th cen­tury masks by First Nations artists, to an out­stand­ing set of paint­ings by Emily Carr that span the entire length of her career, to con­tem­po­rary works by inter­na­tion­ally renowned Vancouver-based artists Jeff Wall, Rod­ney Gra­ham, Ian Wal­lace and others.

The role of pri­vate col­lec­tors in the art world has always been essen­tial to both artists and muse­ums. Pri­vate col­lec­tions are formed in a vari­ety of ways, yet some achieve par­tic­u­lar dis­tinc­tion for their depth, breadth and qual­ity. Shore, For­est and Beyond shows the enor­mous role the Audains have played and con­tinue to play in sup­port­ing the arts in British Colum­bia and Canada.

Artdaily.org, Octo­ber 31, 2011