At its annual summer gala fundraiser last Friday evening (June 16), the Vancouver Art Gallery had yet to hang most of the 38 paintings for its upcoming exhibition, Claude Monet’s Secret Garden. However, it didn’t seem to matter too much, with so many grand floral displays and well-dressed attendees to beguile the eye.
The proverbial garden path included a canopy of roses leading into the gallery, bouquets draped across the heads of barefoot models at the exhibit entrance and a “flowerfall” cascading over the centre stage in the Georgia Street Plaza tent, where dinner commenced.
Unsurprisingly, many guests dressed directly to the theme. Floral prints, embroideries and headpieces abounded, but who could have expected twinning Dolce & Gabbana ice cream dresses? The crowd of more than 400 included Aritzia CEO Brian Hill and Cause We Care Foundation founder Andrea Thomas-Hill; Goh Ballet director Chan Hon Goh; Capture Photography Festival executive director Kim Spencer-Nairn; and, artists Douglas Coupland, Paul Wong, Howie Tsu and Landon MacKenzie.
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Ava Vorwaller, Susie Crang, Pamela Richardson, Priscilla Lam, Lyn Tyler, Angela Bi and Eric Woo.
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Cathy Zhou and Kathleen S. Bartels
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Priscilla Lam, Jenny Chen,
Yuan Pau Woo and Jiping Bai
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Brian Hill and Andrea Thomas Hill
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Jeffrey Scott and Leslie Stowe
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Pamela Richardson, David Richardson, Hank Bull
and Renvy Graves-Pittman
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Jane Irwin and Bruce Munro Wright
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Corinne Stauness and David Calabrigo
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
David Richardson and Lorne Segal
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Cici Liang, Gary Chen, Ying Qing, Kathleen S. Bartels, Van Yuen, and Amelia Gao
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Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
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Barbara Stuart, Don Stuart and Eric Woo
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Secret Garden Summer Gala 2017
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