“How do you feel when you see something beautiful and priceless being inherently destroyed before your eyes? Do you feel outraged? Where is that feeling when you see the planet being destroyed before our very eyes?” Spoken by a Just Stop Oil activist moments after pouring tomato sauce on his colleagues super glued to Vermeer’s …
Perhaps there is something to be said about whether or not there are pieces of the life we lead embedded in the objects we leave behind once we’ve continued on to death. In the case of Joan Didion and the madness that was the estate sale of her belongings this week, this may ring true. On …
The 59th edition of the Venice Biennale is underway, and immediately one of the biggest talking points surrounding the event is the notable rise in female artists exhibiting within the main show Milk of Dreams, where 90% of the work featured is by women artists. Head curator Cecilia Alemani described this outcome as “not a …
We visited Spring 2022: Collected Works at the Rennie Museum this past week. A group exhibition showcasing the work of 3 photo-based contemporary artists – Katy Grannan, Larry Clark and Andres Serrano. The palpable weight of the exhibit was heavy -oppressive – albeit enticing. I gazed freely, partaking in intimate moments lived by vulnerable …
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As part of Capture Photography Festival 2022 BAF presents 💚 by Sara Gulamali. green heart emoji features work created by Gulamali during her 2022 winter residency at BAF and reflects on the artist’s recent relocation to Vancouver. The work explores a post-colonial navigation into the hyper-visibility or invisibility of Muslim women using green screen technology. For the artist, …
This spring Howard495 is excited to welcome you to our new gallery space at 3528 Commercial Street where we are pleased to present an exhibition of new and recent work by Damien Hirst. Never one to shy from controversy, this exhibit will mark Hirst’s explorative journey into the polarizing NFT space. Both digital and physical work will …
Howard495 is delighted to announce our current exhibiting artist, Aaron Jones will be showcasing his work as a part of MOCA’s Greater Art Toronto 2021. We are so proud to see the artists we have championed reach further success. Yay Aaron! Aaron Jones’s show Brobdingnagian is on at Howard495 until June 26th, 2021.
Howard495 is pleased to present MASK.ING a group exhibition featuring works by Beau Dick, T.J. Wilcox, Helen Levitt, Cindy Sherman, Douglas Coupland, Adad Hannah, Andy Warhol, Alison Yip, Tyler Shields, Pentti Sammallahti, Tyler Toews, Shawn Hunt, Sara Gulamali, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun and Steven Klein; all of whom employ masks and masking along various, yet tandem, trajectories.
On view by appointment Oct 3 – Nov 28, 2020
Gif Beau Dick, Untitled -Made in solidarity with the Dakota Pipeline protests , 2016
Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, HOWARD495 is an art advisory firm serving new and dedicated collectors, in both the private and commercial sectors, globally since 2006. Offering a customized, collaborative approach, we assist our clients with all aspects related to their art collecting needs, from research and education, to acquisition and installation.
Housed within a project space H495 exhibits for sale, a rotating, secondary market inventory of contemporary work by international and national artists at all junctures of their careers. HOWARD495 is dedicated to offering diverse art, across all disciplines, without compromise that is historically, socially and at times politically relevant and collectable today.
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