Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery

Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Contemporary art gallery on the UBC Vancouver campus. Admission is free.

The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery’s mandate is to research, exhibit, collect, publish, educate and develop programs in the field of contemporary art and in contemporary approaches to the practice of art history and criticism.

Protocols and Histories: A Tour with Diamond PointSaturday, June 27 at 2 pmOn the occasion of the exhibition Fragments a...
06/23/2026

Protocols and Histories: A Tour with Diamond Point
Saturday, June 27 at 2 pm

On the occasion of the exhibition Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental, artist and educator Diamond Point will lead a walking tour of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) artworks and sites of significance on UBC’s Point Grey campus, promoting an awareness of cultural protocols and the longstanding history and connections that xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people have to this territory.

Beginning with Point's artwork wəɬ m̓i ct q̓pəθət tə ɬniməɬ (2020) in the Fragments and Forms exhibition, the tour will also visit with her works ya:y̓əstəl̓ (2022) at the Audain Art Centre, as well as her mural commissioned for the Neville Scarfe Building. The entire walk will take approximately 90 minutes (2.5-3 km) and will include house posts by Brent Sparrow Jr., as well as the First Nations Longhouse and Xwi7xwa Library.

To register, email [email protected] and include your name and the title, Walking Tour by Diamond Point.

Diamond Point is a Coast Salish artist, member of the Musqueam Indian Band, and a student in the Ts’Kel Doctor of Education Program in Indigenous Education, Leadership, Policy and Resurgence at the University of British Columbia.

Image: Diamond Point, wəɬ m̓i ct q̓pəθət tə ɬniməɬ, 2020. Photo:

Today and every day, we raise our hands in thanks to xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), on whose lands UBC and the Belkin are situ...
06/21/2026

Today and every day, we raise our hands in thanks to xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), on whose lands UBC and the Belkin are situated. We benefit from Indigenous artists, curators and people (with their communities and lands) that impact the Belkin in all aspects of our work over exhibitions, collections, outdoor art and archives, as well as from Indigenous staff, faculty and publics at UBC. These benefits come with a responsibility to continue to support and enact change in transforming the colonial histories of institutions, including galleries.

On Saturday, June 27 at 2 pm, artist and educator Diamond Point will lead a walking tour of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) artworks and sites of significance on UBC’s Point Grey campus, promoting an awareness of cultural protocols and the longstanding history and connections that Musqueam people have to this territory. Email us at [email protected] to reserve your spot.

The Belkin’s current exhibition, Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental, features work by Indigenous artists Raymond Boisjoly, Marianne Nicolson, Diamond Point and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun in conversation with works from the collection that respond and engage with the idea of the monument, with Rebecca Belmore’s Making Always War showing daily between 9 am and 9 pm on the Belkin’s Outdoor Screen.

And throughout the summer, join us on a Decolonization Tour, which looks at public art on campus by Kayám̓ Richard Campbell, Brent Sparrow, Ellen Neel, Edgar Heap of Birds and James Hart, 7idansuu (Edenshaw). Together, we will consider how these works raise questions around issues of place, space and identity on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. Email us at [email protected] for details and to reserve a spot.

Image: Marianne Nicolson, The Sun is Setting on the British Empire, 2016. Courtesy of the artist

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the opening of Fragments and Forms, it was such a pleasure to share t...
06/19/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the opening of Fragments and Forms, it was such a pleasure to share the evening with so many artists and their work!

Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental considers the ideological investments and representational strategies of the monument. Three artists—Deanna Bowen, Hazel Meyer and Jon Sasaki—have been invited to critically respond to a statue of King George VI that is held in storage on campus, in conversation with works from the gallery's permanent collection. Monuments have historically operated as statements of power in public space, and Fragments and Forms looks to the entanglements between dominant cultural forms and the articulation of history with work by Rebecca Belmore, Raymond Boisjoly, Deanna Bowen, Christo, Whess Harman, Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens, Luis Jacob, Gerald Kelly, Laiwan, Glenn Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Ken Lum, Hazel Meyer, Kent Monkman, Will Munro, Marianne Nicolson, N.E. Thing Co., Jerry Pethick, Diamond Point, Marina Roy, Jon Sasaki, Kevin Schmidt, Dan Starling, Ian Wallace, Cornelia Wyngaarden, Lawrence Paul Yuxweuluptun and others.

And please join Musqueam artist and educator Diamond Point on Saturday, June 27 at 2 pm for a walking tour of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) artworks and sites of significance on UBC’s Point Grey campus, email us at [email protected] to reserve a spot!

Fragments and Forms runs through August 16, 2026

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Join us tonight, Thursday, from 6 to 8 pm, for the opening reception of Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental...
06/18/2026

Join us tonight, Thursday, from 6 to 8 pm, for the opening reception of Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental, curated by Tatiana Mellema!

Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental considers the ideological investments and representational strategies of the monument. Three artists—Deanna Bowen, Hazel Meyer and Jon Sasaki—have been invited to critically respond to a statue of King George VI that is held in storage on campus, in conversation with works from the gallery's permanent collection. Monuments have historically operated as statements of power in public space, and Fragments and Forms looks to the entanglements between dominant cultural forms and the articulation of history with work by Rebecca Belmore, Raymond Boisjoly, Deanna Bowen, Christo, Whess Harman, Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens, Luis Jacob, Gerald Kelly, Laiwan, Glenn Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Ken Lum, Hazel Meyer, Kent Monkman, Will Munro, Marianne Nicolson, N.E. Thing Co., Jerry Pethick, Diamond Point, Marina Roy, Jon Sasaki, Kevin Schmidt, Dan Starling, Ian Wallace, Cornelia Wyngaarden, Lawrence Paul Yuxweuluptun and others.

Fragments and Forms runs from June 19-August 16, 2026 with an opening reception on Thursday, June 18 from 6 to 8 pm


Images: Deanna Bowen, An Inspiration to All Who Loved Freedom… the Living Symbol of Our Steadfastness (detail), 2026; Diamond Point, wəɬ m̓i ct q̓pəθət tə ɬniməɬ, 2020; Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun, MacMillan Bloedel Eco-System Destroyers and Their Preferred Weapons, 1994; Christo, Wrapped Monument of Leonardo, 1970; Statue of King George VI on Lawn, UBC, 1959.

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This Thursday from 6 to 8 pm, join us for the opening reception of Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental, cur...
06/15/2026

This Thursday from 6 to 8 pm, join us for the opening reception of Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental, curated by Tatiana Mellema!

Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental considers the ideological investments and representational strategies of the monument. Three artists—Deanna Bowen, Hazel Meyer and Jon Sasaki—have been invited to critically respond to a statue of King George VI that is held in storage on campus, in conversation with works from the gallery's permanent collection. Monuments have historically operated as statements of power in public space, and Fragments and Forms looks to the entanglements between dominant cultural forms and the articulation of history with work by Rebecca Belmore, Raymond Boisjoly, Deanna Bowen, Christo, Whess Harman, Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens, Luis Jacob, Gerald Kelly, Laiwan, Glenn Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Ken Lum, Hazel Meyer, Kent Monkman, Will Munro, Marianne Nicolson, N.E. Thing Co., Jerry Pethick, Diamond Point, Marina Roy, Jon Sasaki, Kevin Schmidt, Dan Starling, Ian Wallace, Cornelia Wyngaarden, Lawrence Paul Yuxweuluptun and others.

Fragments and Forms runs from June 19-August 16, 2026 with an opening reception on Thursday, June 18 from 6 to 8 pm


Images: Diamond Point, wəɬ m̓i ct q̓pəθət tə ɬniməɬ, 2020; Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun, MacMillan Bloedel Eco-System Destroyers and Their Preferred Weapons, 1994; Christo, Wrapped Monument of Leonardo, 1970; Statue of King George VI on Lawn, UBC, 1959.

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We are grateful to master carver and hereditary chief 7idansuu (Edenshaw) James Hart for his work to repair and maintain...
06/10/2026

We are grateful to master carver and hereditary chief 7idansuu (Edenshaw) James Hart for his work to repair and maintain the Reconciliation Pole on campus. It was an honour and a pleasure to spend time watching him carve and paint the pole.

Thank you, James!

Call for xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Artists! Deadline is June 12!The Belkin is seeking to commission an emerging or experie...
06/10/2026

Call for xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Artists! Deadline is June 12!

The Belkin is seeking to commission an emerging or experienced Musqueam artist to design a temporary banner to be installed on the gallery’s exterior. The Belkin is located at a prominent location on the north end of campus that is a historical look-out point to the Coast Salish seas, and faces the Main Mall, a major thoroughfare of campus in the Arts and Culture precinct.

Application Deadline: Friday, June 12, 2026

A selected artist will be invited to submit a two-dimensional design to be printed as a large-scale banner that thoughtfully engages the exterior of the gallery and its location on the ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. They will be supported in the creation of the new banner artwork by both Belkin staff and an established artist from the Musqueam community.

For more details, visit 🔗 www.belkin.ubc.ca/call-for-musqueam-artists/ 🔗

Fragments and Forms: Attending to the MonumentalJune 19-August 16, 2026Opening reception: Thursday, June 18 from 6 to 8 ...
06/09/2026

Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental
June 19-August 16, 2026
Opening reception: Thursday, June 18 from 6 to 8 pm

Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental considers the ideological investments and representational strategies of the monument. Three artists—Deanna Bowen, Hazel Meyer and Jon Sasaki—have been invited to critically respond to a statue of King George VI that is held in storage on campus, in conversation with works from the gallery's permanent collection. Monuments have historically operated as statements of power in public space, and Fragments and Forms looks to the entanglements between dominant cultural forms and the articulation of history with work by Rebecca Belmore, Raymond Boisjoly, Deanna Bowen, Christo, Whess Harman, Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens, Luis Jacob, Gerald Kelly, Laiwan, Glenn Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Ken Lum, Hazel Meyer, Kent Monkman, Will Munro, Marianne Nicolson, N.E. Thing Co., Jerry Pethick, Diamond Point, Marina Roy, Jon Sasaki, Kevin Schmidt, Dan Starling, Ian Wallace, Cornelia Wyngaarden, Lawrence Paul Yuxweuluptun and others.

Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental is curated by Tatiana Mellema.

Image (above): Statue of King George VI on Lawn, University of British Columbia, 1959. Photographer unknown. UBC Archives Photograph Collection, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0154393.

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Opening at AHVA Gallery this Thursday, June 11 from 4-7 pm!A Glitched Utopia: Rethinking the Digital RuinMallory Donen, ...
06/08/2026

Opening at AHVA Gallery this Thursday, June 11 from 4-7 pm!

A Glitched Utopia: Rethinking the Digital Ruin
Mallory Donen, Amber Frid-Jimenez, Nathalie Lawhead, Tingwei Li, Cassia Powell, Noah Pred

June 12–July 10, 2026
AHVA Gallery, Audain Art Centre, 6398 University Boulevard, Vancouver
Gallery hours: Tuesday–Friday, noon-4 pm (Closed July 1)

MA Critical and Curatorial Studies student Josie Xu’s graduating exhibition, A Glitched Utopia: Rethinking the Digital Ruin, opens at the AHVA Gallery on Friday, June 12. Featuring the work of artist Cassia Powell, a current MFA Visual Art student.

What is a “digital ruin”? It may be the remnants of failed digital components or abandoned, forgotten virtual spaces, recalling an inaccessible past. However, in a digital world where surveillance, extraction, and alienation are intensifying and increasingly dominated by the rise of artificial intelligence, the term “digital ruin” warrants reexamination.

A Glitched Utopia reflects upon this idea: in the collapse of the techno-optimistic, utopian dream, what does this current ruin look like? The artists explore these inquiries via textile works, artist books, a video game, installations, and interactive videos, questioning what kind of future this ruin will allow. Visitors are invited to play, look, touch, watch, and listen closely as theyconsider their own experience traversing through the digital ruin.

Presented with support from the Audain Endowment for Curatorial Studies through the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory in collaboration with the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia.

Image: Noah Pred, Overcasting, 2026

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