
Q&A: Vancouver Art Gallery Co-CEO Eva Respini on how Jim Lambie’s Zobop (Colour-Chrome) transforms Rotunda into a living work of art
Zobop (Colour-Chrome) transforms the gallery’s grand neoclassical heart into something alive and playful.

Zobop (Colour-Chrome) transforms the gallery’s grand neoclassical heart into something alive and playful.

Respini notes that the word curator originates from Latin “to care”, and she plans to approach the next year of expansion with this in mind.

Respini, previously Barbara Lee Chief Curator at the Institute for Contemporary Art Boston, brings an international perspective to the VAG.



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