"We are profoundly grateful to the Chan family for their extraordinary generosity and their commitment to making Stephen Shore's Uncommon Places accessible to all. Few bodies of work have so decisively changed the course of photography."
"The Chan family donation of Shore's project Uncommon Places (1973-81) establishes the gallery as a home to one of the most comprehensive representations of the acclaimed series in the world. Selections from the gift works will go on view on 27 March in the gallery's permanent collection galleries."
The Vancouver Art Gallery has acquired more than 800 photographs from Stephen Shore's acclaimed Uncommon Places series (1973-81) through a donation by the Chan family. This gift establishes the gallery as home to one of the most comprehensive representations of this influential series globally. The Chan family previously donated C$40 million toward a planned new building designed by Herzog and de Meuron, though that project was scrapped in 2024 due to rising costs. Selections from the donated works will be displayed starting March 27 in the gallery's permanent collection galleries, marking Vancouver's first dedicated exhibition of Uncommon Places. The acquisition reinforces Vancouver's significant role in international photography history, particularly its association with the Vancouver school of photoconceptualism.
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