EXHIBITIONS

1. Stephen Shore “Uncommon Places” at Vancouver Art Gallery

A landmark series of photographs by American photographer Stephen Shore. Taken over the course of multiple road trips across North America between 1973 and 1981, Shore captures intersections, parking lots, buildings, interiors, landscapes, objects, and people. “Uncommon Places” was originally published as a book in 1982 and established a photographic vernacular rooted in everyday Americana. Through Shore’s lens, mundane subject matter becomes uncommon; we see the ordinary anew. The Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection is one of the most comprehensive held by any museum in the world. The works offer insight into the development of Shore’s photographic approach, as well as the range of subjects and concerns that unfold across the series.

Curated by Siobhan McCracken Nixon, “Uncommon Places” runs from March 27 to July 19, with Opening Reception and Artist Talk held Wednesday, April 1, 7 – 9 pm. The talk is co-presented by the Vancouver Art Gallery and  Capture Photography Festival as part of the 2026 Capture Speaker Series.

2. Maya Fuhr “Sole Parts” at Equinox Gallery

The exhibition features manipulated images of altered shoes and figures in a world of preserved bodies and material transformation. Working with analogue photography, latex, aluminum, and tape, the images appear suspended in a state between glamour and decay, caught between object and relic. Forms and figures are outlined, emptied, and held in place by the same materials used to protect and perfect, conveying and containing the residue of past photoshoots.

Curated by Nikki Peck, Maya’s exhibition runs from April 16 to May 16.

“Through these transformed objects and outlined bodies, the work opens a view into the unseen labour that shapes allure—the surfaces that preserve, the hands that maintain the illusion, and the subtle systems that capture and direct how desire comes into being.”

3. under city at Richmond Art Gallery

SIDE CORE is an emergent Japanese collective known for site-specific projects that blur the boundaries between contemporary art and street culture. Based in Tokyo, the collective presents a selection of video and photographic works that explore the overlooked spaces of the city. From highways and railroads to drainage tunnels and underground waterways, they worked in collaboration with renowned skate film crew Far East Skate Network to capture skaters navigating Tokyo’s subterranean environments, transforming utilitarian spaces into a virtual undercity.

Curated by Shaun Dacey, “Under City” marks their first North American exhibition. The show runs from April 18 to July 5.

“The exhibition invites audiences to reconsider how cities are navigated, controlled, and reimagined—offering a powerful reflection on space, access, and agency in contemporary urban environments.”

PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS

1. Hop on your bike and check out the images installed on 7 billboards along the Arbutus Greenway (between Fir St and Burrard St).

Camila Falquez, Compañerx
Arbutus Greenway between Burrard St and Fir St, Vancouver
On view March 14 – May 24, 2026

A series of portraits by Camila Falquez that accompanies a legislative proposal aiming to protect the rights of trans and non-binary individuals in Colombia. With a dedicated focus on social activism, Falquez interweaves the traditions of portraiture and fashion photography with elements of performativity.

2. Make sure you go and experience the scale of the image installed on the large facade of the BC Hydro’s Dal Grauer Substation.

Michelle Sound, Wherever You Are, 2026
944 Burrard Street, Vancouver
On view April 2027 – March 2027

A site-specific photograph by Cree and Métis artist Michelle Sound celebrating Indigenous presence in the city. Sound’s multidisciplinary practice explores cultural identity and knowledge, often highlighting the ways in which family and community are instrumental in building our sense of self. Commissioned exclusively by Capture and curated by Emmy Lee Wall.

3. Of course, we have to shoutout the installation we curated! Go check out the exterior of the Olympic Village Station to see a selection of images from  Sami Farra!

Sami Farra, Fragile Monuments, 2021
Olympic Village Station
On view Apr 1 – Aug 31, 2026

Sami Farra is an architect and photographer based in Lausanne, Switzerland. His work combines image and object to question the photographic medium in its representation of reality. The images on display are part of a project involving accidental sculptures created from found objects and the shaping of printed images. Farra’s work aims to demonstrate an architectural and photographic vision of an ever-transforming world.

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