As Senior Curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery for over 30 years, Ian Thom has led countless acquisitions and curated 80+ exhibitions. Now, upon his retirement, Thom has gone into the more than 12,000 works in the VAG permanent collection and chosen a highlight exhibit of ~ 90 pieces.

Here’s a peek at some of the works from this wonderfully diverse, hand-selected show.

Andy Warhol. Marilyn. 1967

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Frederick Horsman Varley. Portrait of John Vanderpant, c. 1930

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Lawren Harris. Tamarack Swamp. Algoma. 1920

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David Milne. Village in the Sun, I. 1931

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George Segal. The Execution. 1967

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Leon Golub. The Heretic’s Fork. 1985-94

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Micah Lexier. Touch Down. 1988

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Bill Reid. Bear Head. 1981

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Emily Carr. Tree Trunk. 1931

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David Hockney. A Rake’s Progress: Bedlam. 1961-63

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Ian Thom Selects runs at the VAG until March 17, 2019.

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Header: E.J. Hughes. Comox Valley. 1953