Farsi And French Guided Tours With Hannah Darabi

Join us for a guided tour on Sunday, November 12 to gain unique insight into the Gallery’s winter exhibition From Slander’s Brand. The tour will be led by artist Hannah Darabi.

تور نمایشگاه همراه با راهنما

12pm: French language tour with Hannah Darabi
1:30pm: Farsi language tour with Hannah Darabi

Tours in English take place every Saturday at 1:30pm

Tours take approximately 45 minutes, and are by donation, courtesy of BMO Financial Group. Suggested amount $10 per person.

Tehran-born, Paris-based artist Hannah Darabi is known for her works that bring together photography with texts, archival images, and objects. Enghelab Street, A Revolution through Books: Iran 1979–1983 (2019) is a comprehensive archive of publications from across the political spectrum that were published during a period of regime change, which saw a brief flourishing of free expression before the consolidation of Islamic rule. The rare printed matter in the installation, all collected by the artist, takes audiences into the heart of this defining period in Iranian history. Darabi renders historic materials alive with masterful photographic storytelling, combining images of the swiftly censored books with her own photographs of contemporary Iran. Her award-winning artist’s book, which coheres all these materials with scholarly essays and interviews, will be available at The Diane Evans Bookstore.

Banner Image: Hannah Darabi, from the series Engelhab Street, A Revolution through Books: Iran 1979-1983, 2019. Courtesy of the Artist.

Deckchair Cinema V: Phen Ray

Catch a live set by Phen Ray before our screening of Audience Choice screening of Enter the Dragon or When We Were Kings.
Concession opens and music starts…

Deckchair Cinema V Audience Choice: Enter The Dragon

We’ve seen enough. The winner of our audience choice vote is Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon.
Who is the greatest fighter of all time: Muhammad Ali…

Meet Me At The Gallery: Seniors Program

Happening in September
Join us for an interactive workshop led by Avideh Saadatpajouh, a new media artist, researcher, and world-builder working across…

Kids First

Come get creative on the first Saturday and Sunday of the month with a day of art-making and fun at The Polygon Gallery. The projects are geared towards…

Traces Opening Celebration

Join The Polygon on Thursday, September 24 at 7:00pm for the Catherine Blackburn + Jeneen Frei Njootli: Traces Opening Celebration.
Doors at 6:30pm
Remarks…

Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma

Join us on Friday, October 30 for a screening of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.
Doors at 6:30pm
Film at 7:00pm
Admission is by donation, courtesy of…

Halloween At The Polygon Gallery

Come sweat with us at the biggest Halloween event in Vancouver. This 19+ event is happening on Saturday, October 31 from 8:00pm – 1:00am at The…