Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, located at 1045 Moss Street, holds a diverse collection that spans Canadian artists alongside significant holdings from Asia. The building itself, a former home, retains a certain domestic scale. Step outside into the meticulously kept Japanese garden. Here, the air stills around a Shinto shrine, its vermillion gate a sharp contrast to the muted greens of moss-covered rocks and carefully pruned trees. The soft crunch of gravel underfoot and the distant sound of water create a pocket of stillness. It is a place to pause, to absorb the quiet artistry of both the collections within and the landscape without.